LASU Reopens 23 June, Slashes School Fees

After the saga of the protest by the students of Lagos State University in respect of their hike school fees and the resolution of the State Government to finally slash the fees, the school will resume by 23 of June to start the new semester.

Students’ registration and payment of approved school fees will commence by Friday, June 20, 2014 when the school portal will be made available for all necessary registration.

Registration for students would be allowed for two (2) weeks commencing from Friday, June 20, 2014 and to end by the midnight of July 6, 2014

According to report, the new tuition fees can be paid in full or in two instalments of 70 percent (Harmattan Semester) and the balance of 30 percent at the beginning of Rain Semester.

University has approved a new school fees of 49.3% reduction which amount to N76, 250.00 for final year student in the Art Department, and N158, 250.00 for a 200 level Engineering and Medical (Direct entry) student.

Based on the same percentage sharing, 100 level student in the Adebola Adegunwa School of Communication are to pay N103, 250.00, and a 200 level student (Direct Entry) will be required to pay same fee, while a 200 level returning student pays N88, 250.00.

For the students of College of Medicine, new intake and final year students are expected to pay N115, 750.00, while 200 level and Direct Entry students are to pays N158, 250.00, representing a 36.4% reduction.

The new fee also stipulated that 100 level Engineering students are to pays N115,750.00, while the returning students from 200 to 500 levels are to pay N143, 250.00, N143, 250.00, N131, 750.00 and N106, 750.00 respectively.

For the Faculty of Management Sciences, 100 level through to final year are to pay N103, 250, N113, 250, N98, 250, N98, 250, N86, 750 and N86, 750.00 respectively. The Faculty of Science students are to pay N115, 750, N118, 250, N103, 250, N113, 250, N106, 750 and N96, 750.

“In view of this development, the Management has now directed that all students of the University (Full-Time, Part-Time and Postgraduate) are to resume for the session on Monday, June 23, 2014 to commence the payment of school fees/ registration for the 2013/2014 academic session,” the management wrote in its release.