Two education experts have rec­ommended that the National Demo­cratic Congress (NDC) focus its proposed free academic user fee policy specifically on first-year stu­dents in public universities who are genuinely unable to pay the fees, rather than applying it universally to all students. Dr Peter Anti, Executive Direc­tor of the Institute of Education Studies, and Mr Kofi Asare, Exec­utive Director of African Educa­tion Watch, argued that a targeted strategy would prevent resource wastage and enhance funding efficiency. The two, expressed their views on the policy during separate in­terviews with the Ghanaian Times yesterday. The NDC launched its youth manifesto on Monday, outlining key policies the party intends to implement to improve various sectors of the country, including education and business. Among the proposed initiatives is free tertiary education for first-year students of public universities, improvements to the Free Senior High School programme to include private schools, and the introduc­tion of an insurance scheme for informal workers.