Ghana's government has sent police to the university campus in Accra in response to protests since last Thursday by militant students demanding more money to offset a hike in tuition fees, news reports said.
One news source told IRIN that although the students had disrupted lectures at the University of Ghana's Accra campus, there had been no violence so far. The government has sent in riot police armed with water cannons to ensure that students wishing to attend lectures do so without fear. However, the source said, their number was "woefully inadequate".
The protesters say the three billion cedis (US $1.1 million) the
government has set aside for bursaries is inadequate. They want the amount increased to 13 billion cedis (US $4.94 million) because tuition fees have risen from the equivalent of US $120 to US $800 per year.
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