Haruna Iddrisu, the Minister-designate for Education, has revealed that first-year students who paid tuition fees will be reimbursed under the National Democratic Congress (NDC)'s Free Level 100 policy.During his vetting with the Appointments Committee today, Iddrisu emphasized the party’s commitment to ensuring that students undertaking normal programs in public universities receive free tuition.

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He explained, "President Mahama and the NDC promised free tuition for students from Level 100, who would undertake normal programmes in the various public universities of our country."The policy, he continued, will require the state to allocate approximately GHC345 million to cater for the student population entering tertiary institutions. "That is what the state will be required to do.

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We intend to provide that money to the affected universities. At least, to make refunds to all those who have paid those fees," he said.Additionally, Iddrisu noted that the policy would also allow parents who still wish to pay tuition fees to do so, "under this principle that has been introduced by the NDC.

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" The Free Level 100 education policy was first announced by John Mahama, the NDC’s presidential candidate, during the launch of the party's youth manifesto in Accra.

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