Oyo State government, owner of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso, has hiked the tuition fees for the 2024/2025 academic session of the institution.
The new fees, which cut across all faculties and departments, affect indigene and non-indigene who have been offered admission to study in the state-owned institution.
The adjustments, which vary across faculties and for indigenes versus non-indigenes, do not include other mandatory charges such as registration fees and the acceptance letter fee for new students.
According to the official document released by the institution, the tuition fees are categorized by faculty and residency status:
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences; Faculty of Renewable and Natural Resources, and Faculty of Engineering Technology: Indigenes will pay ₦372,400, while non-indigenes are billed ₦459,900.
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences; Faculty of Management Sciences, and Faculty of Environmental Sciences: Tuition fees for indigenes are set at ₦316,700, and non-indigenes will pay ₦404,200.
Faculty of Computing and Informatics Sciences: The tuition fees are ₦330,700 for indigenes and ₦418,200 for non-indigenes.
Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences and Food and Consumer Sciences: Indigenes are billed ₦344,700, while non-indigenes pay ₦432,200.
College of Health Sciences: The fees are notably higher, with students in Medicine and Surgery required to pay ₦694,700 (for indigenes) and ₦782,200 (for non-indigenes).
Nursing and Medical Laboratory Science programs range from ₦642,200 to ₦729,700, depending on residency, while other departments within the College of Health Sciences have tuition fees set at ₦519,800 and ₦607,200 for indigenes and non-indigenes, respectively.
The announcement has generated mixed reactions, with some stakeholders concerned about the financial burden on students and their families, particularly amidst rising living costs.
Students and parents are encouraged to check the official LAUTECH website for more details and updates.
Meanwhile mixed reactions have trailed the new tuition fees on social media such as Facebook and X (fomerly Twitter).
Timileyin Olayioye, who berated Oyo state government headed by Gov. Seyi Makinde says the government doesn’t want the children of the poor and less privileged to go to school anymore.
According to him, “Monopolising education and making it an exclusive reserved rights of the top influential in the society will never materialise.”
To Anibali Ifeanyi John, the government doesn’t have justification for arbitrarily hiking school fees because the institutions were built with taxes from the masses, “an average civil servant can’t afford to pay the fees”.
According to Mr John, by the time other fees such as accommodation are added, it would be unbearable for the an average Nigerian.
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