Feasibility studies, cutting waste & tackling corruption will make ‘no academic fees for level 100 students’ possible – Lecturer
Published:
3 months ago
Source:
3News
John Mahama,
When the National Democratic Congress (NDC) reduces wasteful expenditure if they form the next government and also tackles corruption, they should be in a position to implement the 'no academic fees for level 100 students' initiative, a lecturer at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Dr Jonathan Asante Otchere has said. For him, once there is a will, there will be a way out for the implementation of this initiative. Dr Asante Otchere further stated that proper feasibility studies will make it easier for the NDC to implement the initiative.
"When there is a will there will always be a way…if they do proper feasibility studies they should be able to implement it.
"If you reduce waste, ensure corruption is dealt with then definitely you will be able to do it," he said on the Big Issue on TV3 on Tuesday, August 13. Dr Asante Otchere further stated that relying on the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to finance the proposed 'no academic fees for level 100 students' at the universities can create problems because the GETFund is currently facing challenges. He stated that the GETFund has been leveraged for loans by the current government thereby making it difficult to rely on it to fund other projects.
"GETFund in itself has huge problems, we have leveraged it as part of huge loans this government has taken so it is difficult but if there is a change they should be able to do it," he said.