The UGSRC Welfare Scheme comprises two flagship programs i.e. the Financial, Logistical and Food Assistance Program and the Education Assurance Plan

1. Financial, Logistical and Food Assistance Program: 

This component of the UGSRC Welfare Scheme focuses on providing comprehensive support to needy students who face challenges in meeting their educational expenses and ensuring their well-being on campus. Under this program, needy students are supported with:

a. supplemental funds to complete their fee payments under an initiative known as the UGSRC Nokofioo Initiative, which aims to alleviate the financial burden on needy students who have been able to raise substantial amounts of their fees but need help to fully complete payment;

b. free laptops, under the Vice-Chancellor’s One Student-One Laptop Initiative, which seeks to enhance students’ learning experience by facilitating their access to digital resources;

c. food and provisioning items, under the Dean of Student Affairs’ Food Bank Project, which seeks to address food insecurity among students

2. Education Assurance Plan:

The Education Assurance Plan is a comprehensive life insurance policy for all undergraduate students at the University of Ghana. It offers financial security and support to students and their families in case of unfortunate events such as the death or total permanent disability of a student’s fee-paying parent or guardian, or the death of the student. The aim is to alleviate the financial burden faced by students and their families during times of tragedy, assure the student’s education, and contribute to their overall welfare.

Under the Education Assurance Plan, the following benefits, subject to periodic upward reviews, are provided:

a. Academic Assurance Benefit:

Death of Student’s Fee-Paying Parent / Guardian:
– Up to GH¢7,500.00 of the student’s academic fees paid to the University.
Total Permanent Disability of Student’s Fee-Paying Parent / Guardian:
– Up to GH¢7,500.00 of the student’s academic fees paid to the University.

b. Accommodation Assurance Benefit:
Death of Student’s Fee-Paying Parent / Guardian:
– GH¢3,500.00 paid to student (both resident and non-resident) as lump sum to cater for the student’s hall/hostel accommodation fees.
Total Permanent Disability of Student’s Fee-Paying Parent / Guardian:
– GH¢3,500.00 paid to student (both resident and non-resident) as lump sum to cater for the student’s hall/hostel accommodation fees.

c. Farewell Benefit:
Death of Student:
– GH¢2,000.00 as a contribution to the student’s family through the University, towards the student’s funeral expenses.

Target Beneficiaries

The UGSRC Welfare Scheme aims to benefit the following target beneficiaries:

• Needy undergraduate students at the University of Ghana who require help acquiring laptops to meet their educational needs on campus.
• Needy students who have raised substantial amounts of their fees but require additional support to complete payment and undertake their registration.
• Needy undergraduate students facing food insecurity and in need of support to alleviate food poverty.
• All undergraduate students at the University of Ghana, who are automatically enrolled in the Education Assurance Plan to provide them and their families with financial security in the face of unforeseen circumstances.