The University of Ghana has issued new directives in the payment of school fees, beginning next academic year. This is to address the concerns raised by the Students� Representative Council for a review of fees and charges for certain services for the 2011/2012 academic year.
In a statement issued by the university recently, F. K. Yeboah, Acting Registrar of the university, indicated that management had decided that as a concession and contrary to the usual practice of students paying full fees at the beginning of the academic year, all Ghanaian students may pay a minimum of 50 percent of all dues, fees and charges for the first semester. �The balance will be due at the beginning of the second semester,� he noted.
He explained that this is a measure intended to provide a significant relief to students and their parents or guardians. He, however, stated that payment of due fees is a requirement for registration for the semester by August 5, 2011, adding that registration can only be done online.
He again noted that only students who have evidence of registration will be assigned to rooms in the halls of residence, adding that a student�s failure to register before the deadline will lead to him/her not taking their semester exams.
He reiterated that main campus students who wish to be residents are required to select and be assigned to halls of residence as part of the registration process.
�For that reason, all those who have not been assigned to any halls are being given a final chance to either select a facility or indicate a non-resident status. By not making a choice, students cannot be registered,� he noted.
He explained that new ID cards showing their new residential status will be issued to students in the new semester.
However, students of the Accra City Campus will be issued with separate directives later.
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