LASU Set Out Updated tuition fees, recalls students

The Lagos State Univer­sity (LASU) has updated the New tuition fees to be paid by students, which range between N76, 750 and N158, 250 in compliance with the state government’s direc­tives.
A statement by the spokesman of the university, Mr. Kayode Sut­ton, on Friday in Lagos, said the University’s Governing Council had approved the new tuition fees.
Lagos State Government had, on June 11, announced a reduc­tion of between 34 and 60 per cent in tuition fees in the institution. Gov. Babatunde Fashola de­cided to reduce the fees as a result of several protests by the students and civil society groups and di­rected the University Governing Council to give the breakdown.
The government had, earlier in 2011, increased the fees from N25, 000 to N198, 000 for hu­manities and education, while medical students paid N350, 000.
According to the statement by the university on Friday, students, following the reduced fees, are expected to resume on Monday for the 2013/2014 academic ses­sion. It said in the new fees ap­proved by the University Govern­ing Council would see a final year student in the Arts department paying N76, 750 (49.3 per cent reduction). “The new school fees regime shall not apply to students at 400 and 500 levels, who shall contin­ue to pay the old rate of N25, 000 ,” the statement said.
According to the statement, both fresh students and final year students in the College of Medi­cine are expected to pay N115, 750.
It said a 200 level Engineering and Medical (Direct Entry) stu­dent would pay N158, 250 repre­senting a 36.4 per cent reduction. Also, it said that a 100 Level Engineering student would pay N115,750 , while returning stu­dents from 200 Level to 500 Level would pay N143,250, N143,250, N131,750 and N106,750 respec­tively. The statement stated that 100 and 200 Level students (Direct Entry) in the Adebola Adegunwa School of Communication will now pay N103, 250, while a 200 Level returning student will pay N88, 250.
It said students in the Faculty of Management Sciences, will now pay between N86,750 and N113,250.
According to the statement, the Faculty of Science also has a reduction in fees of between 51.6 per cent and 42.3 per cent for Fisheries, Botany and Zool­ogy. “This ultimately cumu­lates into N115,750,  N118,250,  N103,250,  N113,250 , N106,750 and N96,750 for students in 100 to 500 Level, including 200 level (Direct Entry) students,’’ it said.