AUTHORITIES of Lagos
State University, LASU, Ojo, yesterday, directed students to
return to campus June 23, ahead of resumption of academic activities following implementation by the Governing Council of the reduction of the
university’s tuition fees by 34 to 60 per cent across the various faculties as directed by the state
government.
The Governing Council of the University has
approved new school fees which now ranges between
N76,250.00 for final year students in the Arts Department
(49.3% reduction), and N158,250.00 for 200 level
Engineering and Medical (Direct entry) students.
100 level students in the Adebola Adegunwa School of
Communication will now pay N103,250.00, and 200 level students (Direct Entry) will be
required to pay same fee, while a 200 level returning student pays N88,250.00. For the College of Medicine, a fresh student is expected to pay N115,750.00, ditto, a final year medical student, while a 200 level (Direct Entry) student in the same College pays N158,250.00, representing a 36.4% reduction.
“The approval also stipulated that
a 100 level Engineering student
pays N115,750.00 , while the returning students in 200-500
level will pay N143,250.00, N143,250.00, N131,750.00 and
N106,750.00 respectively. New
entrants (100 level) in the Faculty of Management Sciences and a final year (500 level) student will
now pay N103,250.00,
N113,250.00, N98,250.00,
N98,250.00, N86,750.00 and
N86,750.00 respectively.
