The University Students Association of Ghana (USAG) has called on students in public tertiary institutions not to pay any fees for the 2017/2018 academic year until parliament approves the amounts released by their institutions.
At a news conference in Accra, the leadership of the association accused management of the various tertiary institutions of charging exorbitant fees.
Currently, some of the institutions are charging more than GHC 2000, a situation which has ruffled feathers among students in public universities across the country.
Students all over the country have commenced campaigns complaining about the surge in prices of fees.
Already, the sector Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has requested all institutions to submit their fees to parliament for approval.
The USAG President, Emmanuel Kwarteng Frimpong, said he doesn’t comprehend the reason for the immediate rise in the fees and pleaded with heads of the institutions to reduce them.
‘We’re telling VCs that after parliament has approved the fees, they should also give us a breakdown because it is only when we know the breakdown of the fees that we would be confident that we’re not cheated’ he said.
Assault on NSS personnel
USAG further condemned the recent assault meted out by some security officers against some national service personnel and asked the head of the security services to apologize to the students.
USAG also urged the government to provide an advanced technology to facilitate the NSS registration for students at the comfort of their homes.
This, Emmanuel Frimpong said would assuage the apathy of students towards the National Service Scheme so they can serve their country in diligence and contentment.
