Unless government speedily finds an amicable solution to the question of who pays how much for tertiary education, polytechnic students will soon be up in arms again. Funding tertiary education is very much a political issue. All parties agreed that government could not bear the entire cost of university education but stressed that if government cut down on unnecessary expenditure in some areas it could fund much of the costs. In a press release, the R P stated, Education is not a commodity. Higher education is not a luxury commodity.
Education is a social investment on people.
The RM therefore called on government not to shirk its responsibility of providing quality education to majority of Ghanaians. In an effort to end the chaos and silence his vociferous critics, President Rawlings directed the Education Minister to review the astronomical fees which ignited the student protests. Much as many hail the president s attempt at dousing the raging fires on Ghana s campuses, his directive fails to address the dire financial situation of the universities. In the first place it is not clear what the president means by review , deputy minority spokesman for education, Mr. K. Adjei-Darko said. Obviously, there are no easy answers.