Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has directed the University of Ghana (UG) Management to abide by the 15 percent increase in tertiary fees.
Following a meeting with all public universities on the tertiary fees controversy on Thursday, the Education Ministry issued its directive.
Recall that the Ghana Tertiary Education Council (GTEC) ordered all public tertiary institutions to increase fees for the upcoming academic year by no more than 15%.
However, some University of Ghana students claim that the school’s administration is charging more than the permitted rates for the upcoming academic year.
According to the Ministry’s findings, UG is implementing a fee increase of around 37%.
The University announced that it will consult with its Council to discuss the 15% increase and whether or not the school could adopt it.
“We have also heard from the University of Cape Coast about fees that they have taken in cases where fees were over 15%, they are doing refunds. They want to move within the 15% as mandated by Parliament,” Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum told JoyNews after the meeting on Thursday.
Three other public universities; the University of Cape Coast, the University of Education, Winneba and the University of Mines and Technology have all complied with the directive on fee charging.