The Minority members of Parliament’s Education Committee have revealed that the government owes more than £17 million in unpaid tuition fees for 927 Ghanaian scholarship students in the United Kingdom.
These arrears have accumulated over a period of 27 months.
As a result of the government’s financial neglect, several UK universities have withdrawn their support and canceled Memorandums of Understanding with the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat.
In an interview with Citi News, Dr. Clement Apaak, Deputy Ranking Member on the Education Committee, urged the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo administration to take swift action to prevent further embarrassment for the nation.
“According to the students, the government owes their fees in excess of £17 million. This has not been paid. Consequently, a number of them have been withdrawn by their schools.
“Some are not being allowed to take classes in person. Some are being processed for deportation and others are under threat of being arrested and prosecuted.
“So this is a very dire situation, which is leading to some students engaging in very despicable and humiliating activities just to survive. We have information to the effect that some of the male students have had to resort to selling their sperm. Some of the female students are engaged in prostitution.”