{"id":291611,"date":"2020-12-11T10:00:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T09:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=291611"},"modified":"2020-12-11T10:02:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T09:02:39","slug":"lasu-hikes-tuition-by-168-for-new-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=291611","title":{"rendered":"LASU Hikes Tuition By 168% For New Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Lagos State University has increased tuition of new students by 168 per cent, The PUNCH reports.<br \/>\n<span class=\"container container-pod container-pod-short\"><span class=\"adunit-parent hide block-module block-module-ad block-module-ad-300x250\"><span class=\"block-module-image-wrapper\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that new students of the university would pay N67,048.50 as against N25,000 previously paid.<br \/>\n<span class=\"ds-1col file file-image file-image-jpeg view-mode-embedded centered clearfix block-story-object block-story-object-resource block-story-object-resource-image\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"block-story-object-asset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-embedded\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/storage\/2020\/12\/LASU-Hikes-Tuition-By-168-For-New-Students.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When contacted on the telephone, the spokesperson for LASU, Adekoya Ademola, confirmed the increment of tuition for new students.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, clarified that returning students were not affected by the increment.<\/p>\n<p>A circular announcing the new tuition fee showed that the new students would pay N67,048.50 per session.<\/p>\n<p>It was titled, \u201c2020\/2021 online admission screening exercises (100-level \u2013 both regular without comprehensive entrepreneurship training and regular with comprehensive entrepreneurship training \u2013 and direct entry candidates\u201d.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:13.008px;\">\u201cApplications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the Lagos State University 2020\/2021 Admission Screening Exercise \u2013 Regular Student without Comprehensive Entrepreneurship Training \u2013 for Candidates seeking admission via UTME (100 level) and Direct Entry (200level).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis online screening exercise is a mandatory requirement for entry into Lagos State University. The Tuition Fees for the Regular Student without Comprehensive Entrepreneurship N67,048.50 only per session.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ademola explained that university management was considerate in the increase of the school fees.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cThe increment has nothing to do with the satellites. They will continue to pay their N25,000 till they graduate. But the incoming students are the ones that will pay the N67,048.50.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Governing Council has approved it of the university, and the Lagos State Government has also keyed into it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to get some funds to run the university. The increment has been marginal. It is not exorbitant. Some parents and even the state government have commended the university for not skyrocketing the fees to an amount they cannot afford.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lagos State University has increased tuition of new students by 168 per cent, The PUNCH reports. It was gathered that new students of the university would pay N67,048.50 as against N25,000 previously paid. When contacted on the telephone, the spokesperson for LASU, Adekoya Ademola, confirmed the increment of tuition for new students. 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