The Minister of Education-designate, Haruna Iddrisu, has revealed that government will make provision in its maiden budget for refund of admission fees of first year university students.
He said the Minister of Finance-designate, Dr Ato Forson, if approved, will provide an amount of GHC345 million to cater for the refund of fees. "We know that some students have paid their admission fees, we will refund it to them," he revealed during his vetting by the Appointments Committee of Parliament on January 20.
He was answering questions from Minority Leader and Ranking Member of the Committee, Alexander Afenyo-Markin on the 'No fee stress' also known as 'No academic user fees for level 100 students' promise by President John Mahama in his Youth Manifesto.
On page 6 of the Youth Manifesto titled "The Pledge: The John Mahama 2024 Pledge to Young People," the following was stated, "We will implement a no-fees stress programme to alleviate the financial burden on parents and students in financing tertiary education.
