The Education Committee of Parliament believes that the University of Ghana’s decision to raise tuition fees was correct.
This comes after the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) and the University of Ghana’s Students Representative Council (SRC) petitioned the committee, accusing management of the school and other public universities of defying a Parliamentary directive to raise fees by 15%.
The school’s administration has justified its decision to raise the fees.
“We received a petition from the SRC and NUGS that the fees that the University of Ghana was charging were high and that it was contrary to what was approved by Parliament. So we invited them based on that petition. The University of Ghana by our observation has not done anything contrary to the law. They worked within the remits of the law. That has been established.”
GTEC had directed all public tertiary institutions to increase fees by a maximum of 15% for the current academic year.
The directive was issued in response to numerous complaints that some universities were charging more than the 15% rate approved by Parliament, prompting GTEC to intervene.
Some public tertiary institutions were accused of charging around 50% more.
In the case of the University of Ghana, for example, it defended the increase in academic user fees.
Management of the school said “fees charged for the 2022/2023 academic year are legal and duly based on approved fee levels as authorized by Parliament.”
But the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has described as unfair the justifications provided by the University of Ghana.