The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has promised to scrap academic fees for students entering the first year of all public universities in the country.

This was disclosed at the launch of the party’s Youth Manifesto in Accra, on Monday, August 12, 2024.

One of the speakers at the event, a student leader, told the audience that one of Mahama’s promises in the NDC Youth Manifesto is that no first-year student entering the country’s universities would have to worry about paying academic fees.

He said that students not paying academic fees means that a major challenge which keeps a lot of brilliant students out of the classroom would be a thing of the past.

“I want you all to stay with me. No fees stress. No fees stress. What are we saying? President John Mahama is simply promising that for all university entrants into level 100, you are not pay academic fees.

“No academic fees for all level 100 students. We've had many stories about students who finished school with six As, seven As, eight As and we have to start crowdfunding sources for them so they can enter into university. All of that would be a thing of the past in the next NDC administration,” he said.

Watch his remarks in the video below:



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