Vice President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has announced that the government will officially launch the No Fees Stress policy on Friday, July 4, 2025.
The initiative, a key campaign promise by President John Dramani Mahama in the 2024 elections, seeks to eliminate academic user fees for all first-year students enrolled in public tertiary institutions during the government’s first 120 days in office.
Speaking at the 58th Special Congregation of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Prof. Opoku-Agyemang disclosed that over 100,000 students have already completed their online applications under the new policy.
“The government continues to implement funding models that improve access to quality education. One of these is the No Fees Stress policy, under which first-year students in public institutions are exempt from paying academic user fees,” she stated.
The Vice President further revealed that nearly 130,000 prospective students had accessed the application portal by mid-June, according to data from the Students Loan Trust Fund.
She emphasized that the launch of the programme marks a critical milestone in the administration’s commitment to educational equity, academic freedom, and broader access to tertiary education across Ghana.
