Students of the University of Ghana, Legon
are kicking against an extra charge of GH¢100 imposed on them by school
authorities to support a GETFund project.
The Students are being charged the “Physical Development Levy” to support expansion projects by the Ghana Education Trust Fund ahead of the admission of two batches of Senior High School (SHS) graduates this year.
But the Legon students say they are already burdened with payment of their tuition fees.
Eric Edem Agbana, President of the Students Representative Council (SRC), told Joy News the government should be made to pay for the expansion projects, not students.
A vast majority of candidates who applied for admission to the universities, especially the public ones, may not be admitted this year because a large number of applicants from the 3-year and 4-year SHS batches, will be vying for limited places.
The number of applicants to the universities have increased two-folds because the two batches graduated at the same time this year.
The public universities were unable to contain the large numbers even when one of the batches of graduates applied for admission.
The clash of the 3-year and 4-year SHS graduates has come about as a result of government’s decision to abolish the 4-year SHS policy.
However, the University of Ghana has started three expansion projects to enable them admit more SHS applicants.
The Students are being charged the “Physical Development Levy” to support expansion projects by the Ghana Education Trust Fund ahead of the admission of two batches of Senior High School (SHS) graduates this year.
But the Legon students say they are already burdened with payment of their tuition fees.
Eric Edem Agbana, President of the Students Representative Council (SRC), told Joy News the government should be made to pay for the expansion projects, not students.
A vast majority of candidates who applied for admission to the universities, especially the public ones, may not be admitted this year because a large number of applicants from the 3-year and 4-year SHS batches, will be vying for limited places.
The number of applicants to the universities have increased two-folds because the two batches graduated at the same time this year.
The public universities were unable to contain the large numbers even when one of the batches of graduates applied for admission.
The clash of the 3-year and 4-year SHS graduates has come about as a result of government’s decision to abolish the 4-year SHS policy.
However, the University of Ghana has started three expansion projects to enable them admit more SHS applicants.
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