‘No academic fees for level 100’ policy: UTAG demands to have fuller picture and analysis of the whole situation
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4 months ago
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3News
Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama has said that the 'no academic fees for level 100 students' initiative will cost between 270 million and 290 million Cedis. University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has requested the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Former President John Dramani Mahama to provide further and better particulars on the 'No academic fees for level 100 students' policy. National President of UTAG Professor Mamudu Akudugu, said the idea is to find out how best they can work to make the proposal better.
"We believe that all these policies are very good intentions, our position is that we need to have a fuller picture of what is it that each of the parties is planning for tertiary education space. So when the news of the fee waiver for all level 100 students came up we asked for further and better particulars, at least it is emerging that a number of other things are happening.
"They talk about the increment in subventions and the rest but beyond that, we will want to have a fuller picture of the whole situation, and what we want to do in the tertiary education space.
"There are issues of infrastructure, there are issues of lecture recruitment and quality issues and so we see it as good news but then we have to do further analysis and see how we can make it better. The idea is to see how best we can work with whatever proposition they are making to work better, that is all that there is that we are looking for," he said on the Ghana Tonight show on TV3 Wednesday, August 14.
No academic fees for level 100s policy: We would want to have a fuller picture and analysis of the whole situation. - Prof.