The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission has directed tertiary institutions in the country to accept 50% part-payment of fees by students to enable them to register for their courses and commence their academic activities for the 2022/2023 academic year.
This directive is in line with the meeting held between GTEC and the National Union of Students.
GTEC in the release dated 22nd December 2022 also called on the Management of the Tertiary Institutions to strictly adhere to the maximum of 15% increment as stated by the law.
According to GTEC, numerous petitions from students and other individuals disclose some tertiary institutions are charging fees far over the maximum 15% increase on the 2021/2022 fees.
The release reads;
RE:APPROVAL OF FEES AND CHARGES FOR THE 2022/2023 ACADEMIC YEAR
Our letter dated 16th December 2022 on the above subject refers. In the said letter, we communicated the approval by the Parliament of Ghana for Public Tertiary Education Institutions to charge fees for the 2022/2023 Academic Year based on a maximum of 15% upward adjustment of fees charged in the 2021/2022 Academic Year.
Since the release of the letter, the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission has received numerous petitions from students and other individuals about Universities allegedly charging fees far over the maximum 15% increase on the 2021/2022 fees.
This is to kindly remind all Public Tertiary Education Institutions to abide strictly by the approval given. Any increases above the approved rate shall be in direct contravention of the fees (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2022 (Act 1080) and likely to attract sanctions from the Parliament of Ghana.
At the request of the students, we further kindly advise the Management of the institutions to consider accepting a 50% part-payment of fees to enable the student to register at the beginning of the year, with a specific payment plan agreed upon for the balance to be paid, based on individual circumstances.
This is to provide flexible terms of payment and reduce fee-default rate amongst students with genuine financial challenges Counting on your usual cooperation.
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