Education
Students of Tai Solarin University protest fee hike
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 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.
TASUED, with its move, becomes the latest public university to raise it’s 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 University of Nigeria (UNN) Nsukka.
