The Ministry of Education, through the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), has approved specific fees and charges for the University of Ghana for the 2025/2026 academic year.
This is to ensure transparency, stakeholder engagement and consistency in the determination of fees, while keeping the Academic Facility User Fee at the 2024/2025 level.
The approval was announced in a press statement signed by the Deputy Minister of Education, Clement Abas Apaak.
The meeting, chaired by the deputy minister, brought together officials from the Ministry of Education, GTEC, the Council Chair, Management and student representatives of the University of Ghana.
Statement
The statement signed and issued by Dr Apaak, who is also the Member of Parliament for the Builsa South Constituency, explained that the decision followed a meeting held on January 8, 2026, at the instance of the sector.
The statement indicated that the Academic Facility User Fee had been pegged at the 2024/2025 rate and would not be increased for the 2025/2026 academic year.
This measure, it explained, was intended to reduce the financial burden on students while discussions continued on long-term fee sustainability in public tertiary institutions.
Under the approved charges, students of the University of Ghana will pay Student Representative Council (SRC) dues of GH¢50 and an SRC Development Levy of GH¢150.
These levies are meant to support student governance activities, welfare programmes and development projects undertaken by the SRC.
Graduate students will also pay a Graduate Students’ Association of Ghana (GRASAG) Development Levy of GH¢250 to support activities and initiatives of the GRASAG within the University.
The statement further announced the approval of a Telecel broadband levy of GH¢122 across all undergraduate levels, including freshmen.
However, it stressed that the levy is optional and must not be imposed on students who choose not to subscribe.
University authorities have been directed to properly educate students on their right to opt out of the broadband service before any charges are applied.
Restricted levy
A GH¢100 levy has also been approved in connection with the University of Ghana’s 75th Anniversary.
The statement made it clear that this levy was strictly limited to the 2025/2026 academic year and must not be charged beyond that period, in order to prevent it from becoming a permanent fee.
It emphasised that the approved fees and charges were specific to the University of Ghana and must not be adopted or replicated by any other public tertiary institution in the country.
The statement cautioned that no institution should rely on the UG approvals as a basis for adjusting its own fees.
Committee established
The statement also disclosed that the Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, had established a Fee Review Committee, chaired by his deputy, Dr Apaak, to review future fee adjustment proposals submitted by public tertiary institutions.
The committee will assess such proposals and make recommendations to Parliament for approval before any fee changes are implemented.
The Ministry of Education and GTEC called on the University of Ghana authorities, students and other stakeholders to cooperate in the implementation of the approved fees and charges for the 2025/2026 academic year.