Students of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) have taken to the streets of its campus in Ijebu Ode, Ogun state to protest a hike in fees.
The students assembled at the university holding up placards to express their grievances and protest against the recently announced fee hike for the 2023-2024 session.
Earlier on the university portal, the TASUED management had announced that it raised the tuition for new students enrolled in education courses from N76,500 to N230,000 and from N76,500 to N180,000 for returning students.
The school fees for fresh students studying other courses were increased from N80,500 and N90,500 to N240,000, and from N80,500 and N90,500 to N190,000 for returning students.
The increase has raised concerns among students, leading to a campus protest.
The students cordoned off the university’s main gate, the academic building, and the directorate of student affairs building.
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TASUED, with its move, becomes the latest public university to raise its fees.
Citing a sustainability crisis, federal universities have hiked their fees, some by up to 600 percent.
This has prompted protests across university campuses nationwide.
Among other universities that upped their fees are the University of Lagos (UNILAG), the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), and the University of Nigeria (UNN) Nsukka.
Emmanuel Osodeke, president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), earlier said the hikes will lead to more dropouts from schools.
“Universities are arbitrarily increasing fees. Is that correct in an environment where the minimum wage is ₦30,000 per month; where you still have to pay rent and pay heavily for transportation?” he said.
“And you’re enforcing this thing. If nothing is done about the heavy fees being introduced all over the country today, more than 40 to 50 percent of students who are in school will drop out in the next two to three years.”
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