University of Ghana students angry over increased fees

There is growing disquiet among continuing students of the University of Ghana over the rise in their fees for the 2017/2018 academic year. Each year, the university’s increases fees based on prevailing inflation rate plus 2%.

But some of the students who have been speaking to *Citi News* say the current fees are expensive and are appealing for a reduction. One of them noted that, students offering distance education courses will go through unbearable hardship following the increases.

“Even in distance education, last semester they paid GH2,499; the new academic calendar their fees is GHc2800. That is a GHc300 difference…we cannot pay it.” Another student also said taking the current inflation rate in consideration, the fees should have decreased instead.