The administration of the faith-based Wesley University, located in Ondo town, Ondo State, has announced a 50% cut in tuition.
The institute claimed that the advancement was a result of its efforts to advance humanity.
This information was provided to our correspondent on Monday in a statement from the university’s vice chancellor, Prof. Samuel Obeka.
He claims that the institution’s departments of Natural and Applied Sciences, Education, Agriculture, Finance and Investment, and Economics are eligible for a 50% tuition fee discount.
The VC explained that although the impacted programs are extremely important to the development of the country, students do not enroll in them in large numbers because of their “expensive tuition rates and supposed abstract or ambiguous nature.”
He explained, “The gesture was put in place to persuade parents and guardians to permit their kids and wards to take use of the advantages and endowments built into the school. This is also done to fulfill the commitment made when our institution first opened to provide all Nigerians with the chance to advance their academic and professional careers and so aid in the growth of their country.
In an effort to foster a strong and successful national ethos and the effective implementation of national development goals, the Methodist Church of Nigeria established Wesley University, Ondo.
The university, according to the Don, provided 44 academic programs certified and accredited by the National Universities Commission, distributed among nine colleges.
He stated that some of the programs were in the colleges of law, arts, education, natural and applied sciences, environmental design and management, agriculture, food science and technology, health sciences, and social and management sciences.
“Wesley University also operates a school for postgraduate studies, a school for continuing education, and an institute for agricultural research and training, all of which are prepared to produce the knowledgeable and skilled labor force required to advance Nigeria’s quest for significant developmental advancements and to secure her place among the comity of advanced countries.
In addition to law and nursing science, these universities offer programs in community health, early childhood education, special education, library and information science, and law.
However, Obeka pointed out that before raising tuition at government-owned universities, the administration should address the elimination of fuel subsidies and the practicality of the suggested palliative measures.
