The Executive Director of Institute for Education Studies, Dr Peter Partey -Anti, says the "no fee stress policy" reiterated by the Minister Designate of Education, Mr Haruna Iddrissu, during his vetting process is not the ideal approach for the country.
According to him, the policy which seeks to make tertiary education free for first Year University students would result in the government subsidising students who were capable of paying their own fees, essentially wasting resources.
Speaking on a current affairs progamme on Accra-based Tv3, Television Station, monitored by the Ghanaian Times yesterday, the Executive Director suggested that the minister-designate should allocate resources to the Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) in order to enable students who genuinely needed financial assistance access loans with flexible repayment terms.
Dr Partey -Anti emphasised that channelling resources to the Students Loan Trust Fund would have been a more effective approach to ensure the sustainability of the country's resources.
