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The presidential candidate of the Democratic National Congress (NDC), John Mahama, has indicated that the party’s ‘Kyemu Pe’ policy for tertiary education will cost approximately Gh ¢ 500 million.
In an exclusive interview with Joy News’ Emefa Apawu, Mr. Mahama added that if elected in power, the NDC will absorb the tuition fees of all first-year higher education students.
“Our Education Committee presented the recommendation and said that the fees they pay for the first few years are much higher than those for continuous students, so if we do the ‘Kyemu Pe’, they are not likely to benefit as much as the continuous student. . and that’s why we should do something more meaningful for them ”, he explained.
As such, the party updated its Manifesto to include the ‘Fa Ninyinaa’ policy to cover tuition fees for first-year students in tertiary institutions, while continuing students remain in the ‘Kyemu Pe’ scheme.
“We decided that for the first few years, we would cover the full fees to cushion them for the first year and then, for continuing students, we will apply the ‘Kyemu Pe’ policy.”
“For the ‘Kyemu Pe’ that was in front of the first year to the fourth year, we reached about 400 and something million, so if we add the additional, another 50% to the first years, it will reach a little more than 500 and some million “.
This, according to him, will help protect freshmen as the ‘Kyemu Pe’ policy may not cover all their needs.
In response to comments on whether the introduction of the policy at this latest stage of the campaign was an afterthought, the former president stated that it was simply an improvement on his existing policy that was presented by the NDC Education Committee.
“As we go along we keep announcing more initiatives because you come across some things that weren’t fully captured and then just the improvements, this is not even a new announcement, it’s just an improvement.”
He added, “maybe even between now and 7, there are a few more announcements that we will make. We’re looking at something in the trucking industry, so it could be a major announcement. “
Meanwhile, just hours after the NDC’s announcement of its updated education policy on Tuesday, December 1, Ghana’s Scholarship Secretariat Registrar, Kingsley Agyeman, at a media meeting in Accra announced a scholarship scheme for the SHS free graduates.
