Private varsities should benefit from GETfund

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Swapna Guduru 10 years ago

This shitty government will not listen to wisdom. Pretty soon it is going to impose sex tax that will tax every couple per rounds of sex each night. And double tax for premature ejaculations while triple tax for staying too l ...
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This shitty government will not listen to wisdom. Pretty soon it is going to impose sex tax that will tax every couple per rounds of sex each night. And double tax for premature ejaculations while triple tax for staying too long!
Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

the government cannot even take care of the public universities

the government cannot even take care of the public universities
krikri 10 years ago

'free SSS' has now been enhanced to 'free tertiary education'. Prof. are you going to use cocaine cash to fund that?

'free SSS' has now been enhanced to 'free tertiary education'. Prof. are you going to use cocaine cash to fund that?
THE PATRIOT 10 years ago

Professor Frimpong Boateng, I was shocked to hear this from you. As one of your top admirers, I could not believe what I was hearing - to give public funds to PRIVATE universities!

This honour given you by the private univ ...
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Professor Frimpong Boateng, I was shocked to hear this from you. As one of your top admirers, I could not believe what I was hearing - to give public funds to PRIVATE universities!

This honour given you by the private university should never have made you to lose your mind. I thought you were well past praise-singing and sycophancy. Did you feel you must become a stomach professor just to pay them for the sumptuous lunch or the envelope you were expecting? With hindsight I am sure you will feel embarrassed to read what you were supposed to have said. This leaves me with only Dan Botwe and Arthur Kennedy as persons I believe will make a difference to our lives if given the chance. Prof, you are finished - your career is went with the lunch provided by the Garden City University College in Kumasi.

To give our money to private business people to make money for themselves? Let this stomach professor know that any such move will not bring down the fees these shark private universities charge by even one peseta!
Swapna Guduru 10 years ago

You obviously do not understand the dynamics of higher education. What is so bad about what the prof is advocating? The government needs to rather provide incentives via the GETfund to the private institutions for they produc ...
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You obviously do not understand the dynamics of higher education. What is so bad about what the prof is advocating? The government needs to rather provide incentives via the GETfund to the private institutions for they produce graduates who will be part of the overall economy with their knowledge and expertise.
SOLDIER 10 years ago

PROF, YOU HAVE EMBARRASSED ME. I AM ASHAMED OF MYSELF. I RESPECT YOU SO MUCH. PLEASE DON'T DO THIS AGAIN. PLEASE DON'T DO IT AGAIN. I HOPE IT WAS A SLIP OF MIND.

PROF, YOU HAVE EMBARRASSED ME. I AM ASHAMED OF MYSELF. I RESPECT YOU SO MUCH. PLEASE DON'T DO THIS AGAIN. PLEASE DON'T DO IT AGAIN. I HOPE IT WAS A SLIP OF MIND.
mmrosa 10 years ago

HOW COULD YOU MAKE THESE UNSAVOURY REMARKS ABOUT PROF? DID U THINK BEFORE WRITING WHAT YOU DID? GOD FORGIVE YOU. IF YOU ARE NOT INAGREEMENT WITH WHAT HE SAID U SHD GIVE US YOUR SIDE OF THE ISSUE INSTEAD OF ATTACKING THE PROF. ...
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HOW COULD YOU MAKE THESE UNSAVOURY REMARKS ABOUT PROF? DID U THINK BEFORE WRITING WHAT YOU DID? GOD FORGIVE YOU. IF YOU ARE NOT INAGREEMENT WITH WHAT HE SAID U SHD GIVE US YOUR SIDE OF THE ISSUE INSTEAD OF ATTACKING THE PROF. U LACK GOOD UPBRINGING.SHAME ON YOU
Sam, Bern 10 years ago

This is not a good idea Prof. This institutions take their pound of flash, in the form of huge school fees in addition to development levy.

Private must remain private and government must remain government. This strat ...
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This is not a good idea Prof. This institutions take their pound of flash, in the form of huge school fees in addition to development levy.

Private must remain private and government must remain government. This strategy of capitalist sterling from the masses for their benefits must be stopped.

Government funds and initiatives must be left to grow and innovate to bring relief to the poor while the private should also be left to innovate to show how much they are worth to society
sumbo martin 10 years ago

YOU CAN'T JUST SAY THAT, YOU ARE NOT ONLY BEING ONE SIDED IN YOUR THINKING, BUT ALSO UNPATRIOTIC TO THIS NATION, MIND YOU WHETHER YOU LIKE IT NOT CAPITALISM IS PART AND PARCEL OF OUR ECONOMY, AND INFACT IT STRONG INSTRUMENT T ...
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YOU CAN'T JUST SAY THAT, YOU ARE NOT ONLY BEING ONE SIDED IN YOUR THINKING, BUT ALSO UNPATRIOTIC TO THIS NATION, MIND YOU WHETHER YOU LIKE IT NOT CAPITALISM IS PART AND PARCEL OF OUR ECONOMY, AND INFACT IT STRONG INSTRUMENT TO DRIVE OUR NATION FORWARD IN THIS ERA OF OUR STRUGLING ECONOMY.WHY DO YOU ONLY LOOK THE BENEFITS TO THEIR PROPRIETORS,CAN YOU SAY OF OUR MISSION UNVERSITIES LIKE PENTECOST UNVERSITY,VALLEY VIEW UNIVERSTY, CATHOLIC UNIVERSTY,AHMADIYA UNIVERSTY E.T.C WHO ARE THEY FOR AND WHAT IS THE PROFIT TO THIER ESTABLISHMENT, BECAUSE THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED EXPENSIVE QUALITY SCHOOLS RIGHT FROM THE GRASSROOT OF EDUCATION WHICH ARE NURTURING GHANAIAN NOT THEIR MEMBERS WITHOUT BUSSINESS AGENDA, DON"T BE JEALOUS OF PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL TOILS AND SWEATS AND SUCCESSES, THEY SHOULD BE SUPPORTED THAT WILL REDUCE THE HUGE FEES THEY PAY FOR.
sumbo martin 10 years ago

why not, and even benefit from whatever other public universities enjoy because,1. the students in these universities (private) parents equally pay tax, 2. private universities are helping our many youth by offering them admi ...
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why not, and even benefit from whatever other public universities enjoy because,1. the students in these universities (private) parents equally pay tax, 2. private universities are helping our many youth by offering them admissions which all the public universities can't offer to our qualified WASSCE leavers.
SOLDIER 10 years ago

I RESPECT DR FRIMPONG SO MUCH BUT I SERIOUSLY DISAGREE WITH HIS TOHUOGHT THAT PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES SHOULD BE FUNDED WITH GETFUND RESOURCES. I AM OF THE VIEW THAT THE MAIN AIM OF THE PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES ARE TO MAKE MONEY AND ...
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I RESPECT DR FRIMPONG SO MUCH BUT I SERIOUSLY DISAGREE WITH HIS TOHUOGHT THAT PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES SHOULD BE FUNDED WITH GETFUND RESOURCES. I AM OF THE VIEW THAT THE MAIN AIM OF THE PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES ARE TO MAKE MONEY AND TRAINING OF GRADUATES IS JUST A BY PRODUCT OF THEIR DESIRE TO MAKE MONEY. GOVERNMENT CAN WAVE TAXES WHEN THEY IMPORT EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL,EQUIPMENT AND OTHERS BUT NOT GETFUND RESOURCES. PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IS MORE AFFORDABLE TO THE GHANAIAN THAN A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY. IT THEREFORE MAKES A LOT OF SENSE FOR GETFUND RESOURCES TO BE USED TO EXPAND AND MAKE PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES MORE AFFORDABLE TO GHANAIANS THAN TO USE IT TO EXPAND PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES TO PUT MORE MONEY IN THE POCKET OF THEIR OWNERS. USING GETFUND MONEY TO EXPAND PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES WILL PUT MORE GHANAIANS IN SCHOOL THAN USING IT TO EXPAND PRIVATE ONES PERIOD.
YAWSON 10 years ago

WHY NOT UR TIME AND THIS TIME.

WHY NOT UR TIME AND THIS TIME.
KWAME 10 years ago

Private universities are really contributing to the development of human capital. There is no doubt about it. It must also be put on record that these private universities are private investments by individuals to make money ...
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Private universities are really contributing to the development of human capital. There is no doubt about it. It must also be put on record that these private universities are private investments by individuals to make money and to improve on shareholder value, that is why their charges are very exorbitant. Their charges are not reasonable as noted in the public universities.
If these universities want to benefit from the Getfund then they must be ready to reduce their charges to the level almost close to the public universities. The Getfund is derived from the tax payer and cannot be used to support the investment of an individual who is making profit for his/her private use.
This admission is really creating problem for parents and guardians especially in the public universities. In a situation where demand seems to be larger than supply, there is bound to corruption. The authorities in thec public universities are taking advantage to demand bribes before placements are given to students, sometimes these students are not qualified per the criteria. By allowing these students placements, we are indirectly denying those students who qualify per the criteria for admission.
But in all these the politicians are to be blamed for creating this difficulty for the ordinary man on the street. The politician is not paid by the taxpayer to create problem but rather to solve problem. This business of policy of 3 years against 4 years educational period has created all the challenges being faced by guardians and parents. But these parents learn at all by the way the politicians are treating them?
km agyin 10 years ago

Yes, i do agree that private universities should have some government support. At the same time the government should have the right to set a ceiling to the tuition fees they charge. The fees are high because they are not get ...
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Yes, i do agree that private universities should have some government support. At the same time the government should have the right to set a ceiling to the tuition fees they charge. The fees are high because they are not getting government funding. Fund them and let it be accessible to poorer students.
Akwasi( London) 10 years ago

Private universities are private businesses and are for profit organisations.They charge students for the services they provide and students who attend these institutions are aware that they are buying education services fro ...
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Private universities are private businesses and are for profit organisations.They charge students for the services they provide and students who attend these institutions are aware that they are buying education services from these private businesses.
Why should state funds go these for profit institutions.If there must be state funds it must go to the students and not the institutions.However since there is no free university education in Ghana the state must not fund these for profit businesses.
No state funds to support for these parasite companies.

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