UNICAL says economic realities reason for raising tuition fees more than 100%

Tuition fees in the University of Calabar has been increased by over 100 per cent, the management announced on Monday.

 

The announcement which was made in a statement, quoted Effiong Eyo, the university’s spokesman saying the upward review of the fees was taken at an emergency meeting of the university’s Senate on Friday.

 

 

The release disclosed that the implementation of the upward review takes effect from the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 academic sessions.

In the increment, freshers, returning students and the final year students for non science courses are expected to pay N111,000, N91,500 and N114,000 respectively.

 

 

In addition, they are also to pay N36,500, N21,500 and N21,500 respectively as third party dues.

 

 

Fees for science courses were increased to N155,000, N125,000 and N148,000 respectively for freshers, returning students and final year students. They are also to pay N38,500, N21,500 and N21,500 respectively as third party dues.

 

Before the increment, tuition fees for an average student, depending on the department, was N64, 050 for freshers, N52,050 for final year and N49,500 for returning students, according to the NAN report.

 

 

The management noted that the increment was necessitated by the current economic realities and the need to maintain the academic standard which the university was known for.