The University of Ghana has expressed disagreement with the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission’s (GTEC) published fees for the forthcoming academic year.
According to the university’s management, the approved fees outlined by GTEC contravene agreements reached during a high-level stakeholder meeting chaired by the Deputy Minister of Education.
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GTEC had stipulated that publicly funded universities are not permitted to review student fees without adhering to established procedures, including obtaining parliamentary approval as mandated by law.
Consequently, the University of Ghana was directed to credit all continuing students who have overpaid relative to the previous academic year’s fees for the next academic year.
Additionally, the university was instructed to refund the difference to final-year students who have paid in excess of the fees for the last academic year and revert all dues, including those pertaining to the Student Representative Council (SRC) and Ghanaian Students’ Representative Council (GRASSAG), to the rates applicable to the last academic year.
Furthermore, the university was asked to suspend any new fees, such as the 75th Anniversary dues and Development Levy, except for those already in place.
However, Vice-Chancellor Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, in a letter to GTEC, explained that the fees charged by the university were agreed upon during a consultative meeting held on January 8, 2026.
The meeting, attended by representatives from GTEC, the University Council, university management, and student leaders, had reached agreements on key items.
She emphasised that the approved UGSRC Development Levy was set at GH¢200, contrary to the figure later published by GTEC.
Moreover, the telecom bundle, an optional service for enhanced data, was to remain at its original price of GH¢312, a package based on a student survey aimed at improving communication among the student body.
“There was no discussion or decision during the meeting on the 75th anniversary levy, which is not a new line item,” the Vice-Chancellor stated.
“We are therefore not clear on the basis for the request to stop this levy after the current academic year.”
