The Tertiary Education Institutions Network (TEIN) of the NDC has called for the abolishment of the 15% increment in public university fees considering the current economic hardship.

The KNUST branch of TEIN has petitioned the Parliamentary Committee on Education and the Ministry of Education to call on public universities to reconsider their decision to increase fees.

The President of TEIN KNUST, Selma Yoda, in a press release, says the 15% increment will impose risks to the basic right to education considering the difficulty parents are going through.

“In this case, students of various public universities risk a denial of their basic right to education as a result of the 15% approved increase by parliament,” said the statement.

TEIN says the increase in fees coupled with the inability of public universities to provide adequate accommodation for students result in worsening woes of parents as education becomes more of a privilege than a right.

The petition called on opinion leaders to help voice out this most urgent plea.