This new development is now cause for concern and anxiety for students, parents and school staff who have wards in the institution.
The management atAmbrose Alli University(AAU), Ekpoma has reportedly increased school fees for new students for the 2015/2016 academic year by over 100 per cent with fresh students of the College of Medicine required to pay N161,500.
DailySun reports that this new development is now cause for concern and anxiety for students, parents and school staff who have wards in the institution.
The new students, especially Medical students, are expected to pay an Acceptance Fee of N75,000, while other course would attract N60,000.
Following protests by the AAU Students’ Union and concerned parents, the university management agreed that new students should pay the new fees in two instalments.
All fresh students of AAU and their parents/guardians are hereby informed that the university management has graciously approved that the school fees for the 2015/2016 academic session can be paid in two installments,” read the statement by Chris Adamaigbo, Deputy Registrar, Information/Public Relations Officers.
It warned: “All fresh students are to note that the deadline for the payment of the first instalment of the school fees is 20th January, 2016. The university management expects all fresh students, their parents/guardians to take advantage of this opportunity by promptly paying the first instalment of their school fees for the 2015/2016 academic session on or before the deadline of 20th January, 2016.”
A breakdown of the new fee structure revealed that students admitted to Faculties of Arts, Social Sciences and Fine and Applied Arts are to pay N97,750 (old students N34,500); students of Economics, Public Administration, Business Administration and Banking& Finance are being charged N111,500 (old students N40,000).
Students admitted into Natural Science, Agriculture and Education Physiology are to pay N113,500; new students for Engineering, Natural Sciences,
Architecture and Building are charged N124,000, and for College of Medicine which has the highest fee, fresh students would pay N161,000 (old students N47,000) as well as N75,000 as Acceptance Fee
Others are: Medical Laboratory Sciences, Anatomy, Nursing, Law and Accounting to pay 129,000 (old students: N47, 000); new students of the Institute of Education are now to pay N111,500 (old students N40, 000).
A parent,Mr. Roland Osaro, whose ward was offered admission to read Law appealed toGovernor Oshiomholeto reverse the increment noting that with his meagre salary, he could not afford to pay the N129,000 and N50,000 Acceptance Fee.
The management atAmbrose Alli University(AAU), Ekpoma has reportedly increased school fees for new students for the 2015/2016 academic year by over 100 per cent with fresh students of the College of Medicine required to pay N161,500.
DailySun reports that this new development is now cause for concern and anxiety for students, parents and school staff who have wards in the institution.
The new students, especially Medical students, are expected to pay an Acceptance Fee of N75,000, while other course would attract N60,000.
Following protests by the AAU Students’ Union and concerned parents, the university management agreed that new students should pay the new fees in two instalments.
All fresh students of AAU and their parents/guardians are hereby informed that the university management has graciously approved that the school fees for the 2015/2016 academic session can be paid in two installments,” read the statement by Chris Adamaigbo, Deputy Registrar, Information/Public Relations Officers.
It warned: “All fresh students are to note that the deadline for the payment of the first instalment of the school fees is 20th January, 2016. The university management expects all fresh students, their parents/guardians to take advantage of this opportunity by promptly paying the first instalment of their school fees for the 2015/2016 academic session on or before the deadline of 20th January, 2016.”
A breakdown of the new fee structure revealed that students admitted to Faculties of Arts, Social Sciences and Fine and Applied Arts are to pay N97,750 (old students N34,500); students of Economics, Public Administration, Business Administration and Banking& Finance are being charged N111,500 (old students N40,000).
Students admitted into Natural Science, Agriculture and Education Physiology are to pay N113,500; new students for Engineering, Natural Sciences,
Architecture and Building are charged N124,000, and for College of Medicine which has the highest fee, fresh students would pay N161,000 (old students N47,000) as well as N75,000 as Acceptance Fee
Others are: Medical Laboratory Sciences, Anatomy, Nursing, Law and Accounting to pay 129,000 (old students: N47, 000); new students of the Institute of Education are now to pay N111,500 (old students N40, 000).
A parent,Mr. Roland Osaro, whose ward was offered admission to read Law appealed toGovernor Oshiomholeto reverse the increment noting that with his meagre salary, he could not afford to pay the N129,000 and N50,000 Acceptance Fee.
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