LASU RELEASES NEW FEES, REOPENS JUNE 23

Sequel to the Lagos State Government’s agreement to the reduction of the Lagos State University school fees by 34% to 60% across different faculties, the University Management has come up with the precise amount to be paid by students in all departments and faculties. In a swift compliance to this agreement, the Governing Council of the University has approved a new school fees which now ranges between N76, 250.00 for a final year student in the Art Department (49.3% reduction), and N158, 250.00 for a 200 level Engineering and Medical (Direct entry) student. In the new school fee as approved by the Council, a 100 level student in the Adebola Adegunwa School of Communication will now 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 College of Medicine, a fresh student is expected to pay N115, 750.00, ditto a final year medical student, while a 200 level (Direct Entry) student in the same College pays N158, 250.00, representing a 36.4% reduction. The approval also stipulated that a 100 level Engineering student pays N115,750.00 , while the returning students in 200-500 level will pay N143, 250.00, N143, 250.00, N131, 750.00 and N106, 750.00 respectively. New entrants (100 level) in the Faculty of Management Sciences and a final year (500 level) student will now pay N103, 250.00, N113, 250.00, N98, 250.00, N98, 250.00, N86, 750.00 and N86, 750.00 respectively. Faculty of Science also got a reduction of between 51.6% -42.3% for Fisheries, Botany and Zoology. This ultimately cumulates into N115, 750.00, N118, 250.00, N103, 250.00, N113, 250.00, N106, 750.00 and N96, 750.00 for students in 100-500 level, inclusive of 200 level (Direct Entry) students. Comprehensive details of the New School Fee is available on the Lagos State University website: http://www.lasu.edu.ng/ 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. Students are also enjoined to be law- abiding and go about their academic activities without fear of any molestation. It would be recalled that the Management directed all Students of the University to proceed on recess with immediate effect from Monday, June 02, 2014.