The Minister of Education-designate, Haruna Iddrisu, has stated that medical students will not be covered by government's decision to refund admission fees of first year university students.
According to him, President Mahama's government will make provision in its maiden budget for refund of admission fees of first year university students studying "normal subject areas".
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. "On the authority of President Mahama, I am sure the Minister of Finance, if approved, will present the Reset Budget of the government.
It will include some provision of GHC345 million for admission fees for students studying in normal subject areas, not areas like Medicine," he revealed during his vetting by the Appointments Committee of Parliament on January 20.
