The United Kingdom has increased its tuition fees to about 9000 pounds a year for British citizens–and countries like Finland which offered free tuition fees have announced an end to this, starting next year.
Yet, Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama has promised that with time and under his administration, Ghana will soon witness “progressively free tertiary education.”
Addressing students of the University of Cape Coast on Wednesday as part of his five-day tour of the Central Region, President Mahama stated that his government is investing heavily in tertiary education in order to make teaching and learning easier.
He said his government is currently running a free senior high school education policy and that the free education policy will be extended to the tertiary level as GDP grows.
“I wish to assure you that as Ghana’s GDP continues to grow and as we continue to make wealth, we will continue to make tertiary education progressively free so that you pay less fees,” President Mahama said.