The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has directed the University of Ghana (UG) to strictly comply with the academic fees for the 2025/2026 academic year approved by the Education Ministry.
The Commission said the prescribed fees and charges approved by the Minister of Education which was communicated to the university remains valid and in force.
The Commission has also ordered the university to submit an evidence of compliance to the Commission not later than January 22, 2026.
In a letter addressed to the Vice Chancellor of the University on January 14, 2026, GTEC said failure to comply with the approved fees will result “in the withdrawal of all services by the Commission except the processing of salary subventions.”
“Please do not hesitate to reach out to the Hon. Minister of Education through his Deputy (Dr. Clement Apaak) for deliberations on this subject. We count very much on your cooperation,” the letter concluded.
The directive follows the University of Ghana’s rejection of aspects of GTEC’s approved fees and charges for the 2025/2026 academic year, raising concerns that the published figures do not reflect agreements reached during a consultative stakeholder meeting held earlier this month.
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The University of Ghana maintained that some of the figures published by GTEC contradicts outcomes of the January 8 consultative meeting, prompting the institution to formally seek clarification and review.
But GTEC in its letter clarified that at the January 8 meeting, it was stated unequivocally that the decisions reached were recommendations, subject to the final and explicit approval of the Minister of Education.
GTEC explained that the “approved variations were informed by the Minister’s assessment of the proposed adjustments and prevailing economic realities.”
According to GTEC, the Education Ministry only intervened to mitigate the fee adjustments proposed by the University of Ghana due to the following considerations:
1. Payment of levies being tied to students’ registration for academic activities.
2. Payment of 75th Anniversary Levy being made compulsory for students.
3. Payment of 75th Anniversary Levy despite the University marking its 78th Anniversary.
4. Fresh students being made to pay Three Hundred and Twenty-two Ghana Cedis (GHC322.00) Telecel Broadband Levy when their counterparts (continuing students) are paying One Hundred
and Twenty-two Ghana Cedis (GHC122.00).
University of Ghana rejects GTEC’s approved fees for 2025/2026 Academic Year
