The administration of the College of Ibadan (UI) has commenced an upward overview of the charges to be paid by recent college students by 480 per cent.
It was gathered that hike in tuition charges, and different charges had been revealed on the College’s web site.
UI’s dean of scholar affairs, Keye Abiona, was quoted as initially confirming the hike in charges, however later declined additional touch upon the matter when contacted by this newspaper.
The college’s public relations officer, Adejoke Akinpelu, nonetheless, mentioned that the UI portal would, in due time, give a full image of what the 2024 charges ought to be.
“The charges are personalised for the scholars primarily based on their programs of examine and might be uploaded on their platforms from tomorrow or later. Kindly wait till the charges are uploaded and you’ve got the information,” the PRO said in a textual content message.
Nonetheless, involved college students who spoke on the event, shared screenshots of the brand new charges as displayed on their respective portals.
One among them confirmed 372,000 with an extra N40,000 to be incurred in utility and know-how charges, amounting to N412,000.
One other confirmed N203,500 in whole college charges payable by a recent scholar, together with each utility and know-how charges.
Some college students in different departments clarified that they weren’t capable of entry their studentship portal.
A scholar admitted into the College in 2023 confirmed that new intakes on the College of Ibadan beforehand paid between N64,600 and N69,600.
This transformation quantities to a hike of 492.5 per cent, with well-sought programs like Medication paying a lot larger than different departments.
In 2023, a number of federal universities raised their charges by over 100%, citing a rising price of dwelling that impacted operational expenditure.
Among the many federal universities that upped their charge had been the College of Lagos (UNILAG) which amounted to a hike of about 800 per cent, the College of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), Obafemi Awolowo College (OAU), and the College of Nigeria (UNN) Nsukka.
The hikes resulted in a nationwide protest throughout campuses, with college students forcing college managements into negotiating a downward overview of the charges.
The administration of UI, at round that point, additionally moved to boost the whole charges payable by its recent intakes to N175,000 on common in a proposal that remained unapproved as a result of nationwide dissolution of public college governing councils by the federal authorities.