In a letter dated January 2026 and addressed to the Director-General of GTEC, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, outlined specific fees and levies that the university says deviate from decisions taken at a meeting on January 8, 2026.
The meeting was chaired by the Deputy Minister of Education and involved key stakeholders in the tertiary education sector.
The development follows GTEC’s public release of approved fees for the upcoming academic year, in which the Commission reiterated that publicly funded universities are prohibited from reviewing or adjusting student fees without following laid-down procedures, including obtaining Parliamentary approval as required by law.
In its directive, GTEC instructed the University of Ghana to credit continuing students who may have paid more than the previous academic year’s fees, with the excess applied to the 2025/2026 academic year. Final-year students who have overpaid were also to be refunded the difference.
Additionally, GTEC directed the university to revert all dues, including Student Representative Council (SRC) and Graduate Students’ Association of Ghana (GRASAG) levies, to the rates charged in the previous academic year. The Commission further instructed the suspension of any newly introduced fees, such as the 75th Anniversary Levy and Development Levy, except where such charges had already been in existence.
However, the University of Ghana maintains that some of the figures published by GTEC contradict the outcomes of the January 8 consultative meeting, prompting the institution to formally seek clarification and review.
