The Minister of Education-designate, Haruna Iddrisu, has stated that medical students will not be covered by government’s decision to refund admission fees of first year university students. According to him, President Mahama’s government will make provision in its maiden budget for refund of admission fees of first year university students studying “normal subject areas”. He said the Minister of Finance-designate, Dr Ato Forson, if approved, will provide an amount of GHC345 million to cater for the refund of fees.
He was answering questions from Minority Leader and Ranking Member of the Committee, Alexander Afenyo-Markin on the ‘No fee stress’ also known as ‘No academic user fees for level 100 students’ promise by President John Mahama in his Youth Manifesto. When asked to provide clarity on whether tuition fee will also be catered for, the nominee said, tuition is already free in all public universities in Ghana, so they are referring to admission fees.
