GTEC Orders University of Ghana to Reverse 2025 Fee Increases

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has directed the management of the University of Ghana to immediately reverse any recent fee increases and/or dues for the 2025/2026 academic year.

According to GTEC, publicly funded universities cannot review student fees without adhering to proper procedures, including seeking Parliamentary approval as mandated by law.

The university has also been asked to credit all continuing students who have overpaid compared to last Academic Year’s fees for the next Academic Year.

In addition, the university is to refund the difference to final-year students who have paid in excess of the fees for last Academic Year and revert all dues, including SRC and GRASSAG dues, to last Academic Year’s rates.

GTEC has also asked the university to suspend any new fees, such as the 75th Anniversary dues and Development Levy (if newly introduced), except for those that were already in place.

This directive was contained in a letter dated January 5, 2026, addressed to the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana.

The letter followed last week’s information that the university had increased fees by 25% across all colleges.

The management of the university had explained that the increase was largely due to third-party charges imposed by student leadership, and not by the university authorities.

GTEC has asked Vice Chancellors to maintain the current student fees and only implement the revised fees for the 2025/2026 academic year after obtaining approval from Parliament.

The Commission has given the university until January 12, 2026, to provide evidence of compliance, failure of which will result in serious regulatory sanctions.

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