The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has directed the University of Ghana to cut back its residential facility charges by 25% for each first-year and persevering with college students.
The directive is available in response to the college’s current 20% improve in lodging charges, which raised the annual cost to GH₵3,000 for the 2024/2025 tutorial yr. The payment adjustment sparked widespread discontent amongst college students and fogeys, resulting in calls for presidency intervention.
Talking at a gathering with the university’s management and the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) on the ministry on Thursday, sixth February 2025, the minister introduced that the discount would decrease the payment from GH₵3,000 to GH₵2,500. He additionally said:
I’ve requested the Vice-Chancellor to cut back the residential facility charges by 25% and have additionally directed her to have interaction with the SRC sooner or later earlier than saying any payment changes.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Nana Aba Amfo assured the minister of the college’s compliance with the directive and emphasised the establishment’s dedication to addressing pupil considerations.
Now we have listened to you, our minister, and in addition to our college students, and we will afford to implement the 25% discount throughout the board. Going ahead, there might be higher pupil engagement in such selections.
Reacting to the announcement, SRC President Maradona Adjei Yeboah, popularly known as Guru, expressed gratitude for the payment discount however insisted that college students who had already paid the complete quantity ought to obtain refunds.
We respect the discount—it can ease a few of the monetary burden on dad and mom. Nonetheless, there ought to be a refund for many who have already made funds.
College administration disclosed that roughly 80% of scholars had already paid their residential facility charges. The establishment is predicted to launch additional pointers on the way it will implement the revised prices.
