LASU reopens 23 June, slashes fees
By Kusoro Jeremiah
Reprieve may have come the way of Lagos State University students as they have been asked to resume by 23 June.
Available information from the school board has it that both Fresh and Returning undergraduate students of Lagos State University are to resume for normal academic activities on Monday.
The information expected all students to commence payment of school fees as approved by the governing council and also register from Friday, June 20, 2014 and this would be allowed for two (2) weeks, ending by the midnight of July 6, 2014
The new tuition fees as revealed can be paid in full or in two installments of 70 percent (Harmattan Semester) and the balance of 30 percent at the beginning of Rain Semester.
The Governing Council of the University has approved a new school fees of 49.3% reduction which amount to N76, 250.00 for final year student in the Art Department, and N158, 250.00 for a 200 level Engineering and Medical (Direct entry) student.
Based on the same percentage sharing, 100 level student in the Adebola Adegunwa School of Communication are to pay N103, 250.00, and a 200 level student (Direct Entry) will be required to pay same fee, while a 200 level returning student will pay N88, 250.00.
For the new intake and final year of students of College of Medicine, they are expected to pay N115, 750.00, while 200 level and Direct Entry students are to pays N158, 250.00, representing a 36.4% reduction.
The new fee also stipulated that 100 level Engineering students are to pays N115,750.00, while the returning students from 200 to 500 levels are to pay N143, 250.00, N143, 250.00, N131, 750.00 and N106, 750.00 respectively.
For the Faculty of Management Sciences, 100 level through to final year are to pay N103, 250, N113, 250, N98, 250, N98, 250, N86, 750 and N86, 750.00 respectively. The Faculty of Science students are to pay N115, 750, N118, 250, N103, 250, N113, 250, N106, 750 and N96, 750.
The management according to the information stated: “In view of this development, the Management has now directed that all students of the University (Full-Time, Part-Time and Postgraduate) to resume for the session on Monday, June 23, 2014 to commence the payment of school fees/ registration for the 2013/2014 academic session,”
The management enjoined the students to be law- abiding and to go about their academic activities without fear of any molestation. It also reiterated that the rescheduled fee is not applicable to students at 400 level and above.
The school authority had on June 2nd directed all students to proceed on a compulsory recess and vacate the university premises through an official bulletin marked LASU/CIPPR/146.
Therein, the university management directed that all students; full-time, part-time and postgraduate of the university to proceed on recess with immediate effect, amidst protests by the students.
