Parents, students lament over OAU Post-UME fee
Sodiq Oyeleke
Prospective students and parents of the Obafemi awolowo
University, Ile-Ife, have expressed their dissatisfaction over the cost of the
Post Unified Tetiary Matriculation Examination organised by the school.
Our correspondent learnt that the students paid N5,750 for
the post-UTME, both for the registration and for the result checker.
Ac cording to a parent, who identified himself as Mr. Amodu,
the post UTME fee was against the instruction of the Federal Government.
He said, “I dont even know who is more powerful between the
Federal Government and the Nigerian Universities. I see no reason why we should
be paying this much for an exam which does not assure of success.
“Infact, if you calculate the post-UTMe fee it is even more
than the admission fee itself. This is because the school has made things
difficult for we the parents. I wonder why we have decided to ring our children to a Federal school and we
will still have to pay much.”
Another parent, who pleaded anonymity for the fear of her
child denial of admission, said this will discourage many parents to sponsor
their children to school, adding that the school is going against the
philosophy the person it was named after.
She added, “Education should not be something that should be
this expensive. They must realise that this will not help the country to grow,
because many will be discouraged to go to school.
“I am sure this was not in line with the late Obafemi
awolowo whom the school was named after. Awolowo championed free and affordable
education and today his name is misinterpreted. Education is not something the
government should believe will bring sudden profit.”
A prospective student of the school, who identified herself
as Itunu, decried that they did not expect to pay up to this.
She wondered why they will have to pay to chect the result
after paying for the registration.
She said, “After paying N2,350 for the registration, we have
to pay another N3,350 for checking our result again. How do they want us to further
our education.
“To me, it is a wicked act we are just placed under undue
pressure because we want to study. Infact, i am getting discouraged to study
because this is getting beyond my capacity. The must consider that everyone is
not born with a silver spoon.”
Also, Olamide, who also wrote the post UTME examination
lamented that the fee will put alot of students at distress.
“I am sure many of us will not be able to afford the fee.
This is unfavorable to us, because it seems that they are using this medium to
make money obviously, because i know the cost price or the exercise can never
be up to the amount we paid,” he said.
Written by NEWSTRAWL ONLINE UPDATE
Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner
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