Prospective candidates who wish to make their way into the country’s premium communication school, Ghana Institute of Journalism for the 2019/2020 academic year would have to cough out extra GHC 50.00; which means bachelor’s degree applicants would pay GHC 250.00 as oppose to the usual GHC 200.00.

This makes it the most expensive among public universities in the country.

Application cost for International applicants has also shot up from USD 100 to USD 120.

However, the cost for prospective Diploma students has been maintained at its GHC 200.00 cost.

GIJ’s upward review of its admission cost is similar to that of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology whose admission cost shot up from GHC 180.00 to GHC 200.00 for the 2019/2020 academic year.

Prospective applicants who wish to enrol in the communication specialized institution but would be sitting for the 2019 May/June WASSCE can apply for admission.

The school has set Friday, 28th June 2019 as its deadline for the acceptance of application forms.

About the Ghana Institute of Journalism

The school was established by the Kwame Nkrumah government to provide training in journalism towards the development of a patriotic cadre of journalists to play an active role in the emancipation of the African continent.

In 2006, the institute was elevated to a degree-awarding tertiary institution to award degrees to students who studied Communication Studies at the university. GIJ has been operating for the past 60 years and received a charter to become a fully-fledged university in 2009.

However, the Ministry of Education has announced its plans to merge the school with the National Film and Television Institute and the Ghana Institute of Languages into one university, to be known as the University of Media Arts and Communication.

Currently, a bill to merge the three schools has been laid before parliament.

According to the Education Ministry, the move became necessary when the government observed that none of the Institutions qualified to be an independent University.