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General news for Thursday, September 17, 2020
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
2020-09-17
The University of Ghana and the Ghana Institute of Journalism are two popular public universities
Students have resisted the decision of two public institutions of higher education to increase fees for the 2020/2021 academic year.
Both the University of Ghana and the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) have raised fees for the upcoming academic year.
The University of Ghana, for example, has increased fees by 12%, but it is unclear if Parliament has approved the new fees.
By law, public university fees must be ratified before they are applied.
But since the new fees were announced, students have mounted a loud protest.
Students say the timing of the new fees is insensitive, citing business disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic as one of many reasons why fees should not have increased.
“I think the new fees are expensive because, seeing what COVID has brought us, I expected the fees to be lower. Some of our parents have lost their jobs and it is difficult to get money,” said a student from the University of Ghana. . Joy News said.
Meanwhile, the general secretary of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has said that the union intends to talk to the government to reduce fees.
Devine Edem Kojo said that “NUGS agrees with the section of students who are agitated by the increase. We have been collaborating with the government for the last two weeks to reduce the fees.”
He said NUGS has picked up indications that the new rates have been approved by Parliament.
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