USAG vows to strongly resist fee increment

The University Students Association of Ghana (USAG) is opposing the increase in the fees of public universities for the 2022/2023 academic year.

“The recent astronomical hikes in school fees of public universities in the country, which will make access to education become increasingly difficult”, USAG said in a press release on Tuesday.

USAG is worried that with just a few weeks to reopening, students cannot adequately prepare for the upward adjustments in both academic and residential fees given the lack of ample notice.

Parliament recently approved a 15% maximum increment in university fees from the previous academic year.

The association of university students believes the announcement by the institutions is an error.

“The procedure for approval of Public University fees is very clear, and this approval does not stop at Management or at University Councils

Subject to the passing of the recent Fees and Charges Act, 2022, the final approving authority is not the university management but Parliament.”