Why is tuition fee in the Private Universities higher--as compared to Public Universities?

Thesis: Private institutions charge is on the rise because they cover a wide range of curricular and extra-curricular activities. As such, not only do they help to impact a humor (comply with something/mood) of sensitivity into persons but also to form character and to transform persons to become better persons in society.

Introduction: Education in Ghana started time immemorial and way back in the days of colonialism and imperialism by the white people.
Christian missionaries introduced Western-style education to Ghana in the 18th century. The University of Ghana, at Legon (near Accra), was Ghana’s first university, established in 1948. (Microsoft ® Encarta 2009)
Private universities came into being with the sole aim of primarily supplementing the very few public universities built by the government. They had the aim of accommodating the backlog enrolling in the public universities, which then had and is still having the lowest capacity and number to absorb these numerous peoples and to inculcate into persons broader range of academic disciplines.
Currently, private universities which was once outmatched and outnumbered by public universities as in the early years of 1958(University of Ghana and University of Cape Coast) have now outnumbered the public universities, and making it way farther the education history.
Nonetheless, with the growing number of private institutions in the country, there have been a number of raised concerns concerning their ways and their financial sphinx. These concerns themselves are backed by rhetoric that: Private institutions are only for the rich because of the high cost of their services; Private institutions are there only to exploit and to make questionable profit?
From all angles, private universities are highly-able, recognized and uplifted by all. This is based on the number and kinds, adequacy and currency of resources (Professor-lecturers, Professo, lecturers, Doctor-lecturers, Consultants, Managers, computers) they have. Most universities have adequate resources that best fit the capacity of students. The strength of private institutions is also deduced from the currency (how old or new) of resources at their disposal. All these factors amount to the high cost in attending a private institution.
However, due to some basic logical fallacies and arguments and counter-arguments, one may be hastened to say that private universities are far better than public universities which indeed is not very much true.
Undoubtedly, there are some factors that make private universities not inexpensive than public universities in relation to cost and why the rise in their charges. These factors include:
· Nature of tuition/education/Environmental soundness(quality services delivered)/
There is this typical and anonymous old adage which says that: if you want the best you go to the best. Private universities have qualitative modes of training (Analogy).The level of education in every private university is sound and qualitatively good. This is evident in the number of enrolled students which is proportional to the capacity of the institution.
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· Number of Students enrolled
Comparably, the number of students enrolled annually in private universities to that of the public universities is pretty alarming. In public universities, the average class size is between 200-400 whereas that of the private universities is between 100-120 on the average. This causes congestion and mental nervousness in a class at the same time making it very difficult for the tutor/lecturer to ask for limitless number of questions.
· Level of Brain-drain
Most universities (private and public universities) are affiliated to universities abroad.
· Comfort-ability(class-size,
· Demand
For years now the level of demand for private universities has risen over time. And it should be noted that the higher the demand for a certain kind of good or service the higher the price tends to go. There is more demand for private universities because of the quality and good knowledgeable students they produce.
· Opportunities
Education is all about gaining knowledge and applying the knowledge in the society, community. In view of that, private universities normally have a wide range of selected subjects per person. In the first year, students are introduced to so many kinds of fields ranging from Business to Psychology, History to political Science, Medicine to linguistics, Religious studies to arts and the many.
Indeed, these in the broader sense help to prepare and to equip the student with the pre-requisites and an appreciable level of knowledge about the world around him.
· Abroad Institutions’ affiliate.
For a university to be an affiliate to an oversea university comes in many forms of advantages. Some of these advantages include: international recognition, inflow of aids/support in the form of finances, logistics, and moral support.
Private universities are not operated by governments though many receive public subsidies, especially in the form of tax breaks and public student loans and grants. Depending on the region, private universities may be subject to government regulation.
(Source: Wikipedia)