Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna state has reduced the school fees of Kaduna State University (KASU) by 30%.
The governor also slashed other state owned tertiary institutions’ fees to ease cost of education in the state.
Addressing a press briefing on Monday, Governor Sani said the school fees review, which is in response to the public outcry over the current fees being charged by tertiary institutions in the state, saw 30% cut in the fees of Kaduna State College of Nursing and Shehu Idris College of Health Sciences & Technology, Makarfi and 50% slash in the fees of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic and College of Education Gidan Waya, aimed at further providing succour to the poor, the underserved and the vulnerable people in the state.
“During the electioneering campaign we made a commitment to the citizens of Kaduna state to run a people- centred, all-inclusive administration that shall leave no one behind. We have taken steps to provide succour to the poor, underserved and vulnerable in Kaduna state. My first Executive Order was on Financial Inclusion. This was pursuant to the state government’s efforts to address the exclusion of about 2.1 million poor, underserved and vulnerable citizens in Kaduna state and to ensure they benefit from the state and Federal Government’s Social Intervention Programmes.
“In response to the public outcry over the current fees being charged by tertiary institutions in Kaduna state and its effect on school enrolment and retention. I directed heads of tertiary institutions in conjunction with the Ministry of Education to obtain relevant information on the extant fees regime in state owned tertiary institutions. They made the following observations and recommendations:
That the extant fees regime in the state-owned tertiary institutions is burdensome and has led to a significant decline in student enrolments.
“That the extant fees has made many students to either abandon the pursuit of tertiary education or moved to alternative institutions. That to reverse the trend mentioned, it is imperative that a competitive fees model should be adopted in our tertiary institutions. That the competitive fees model responds to current realities and promotes access to quality education. As a caring, responsive and responsible government, we have accepted the recommendations and accordingly reviewed the fees downwards as follows:
“Kaduna State University, current fee: N150,000, reduction: 30%, new fee: N105,000. Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, current fee: N100,000, reduction: 50%, new fee: N50,000. College of Education, Gidan Waya, current fee: N75,000, reduction: 50%, new fee: N37,500. Shehu Idris College of Health Sciences & Technology, Makarfi: HND courses, current fee: N100,000, reduction: 30%, new fee: N70,000. ND courses, current fee: N75,000, reduction: 30%, new fee: N52,000. Kaduna State College of Nursing: current fee: N100,000, reduction: 30%, new fee: N70,000.
“This downward review of fees aligns with our commitment to offer palliatives to cushion the effect of general rising cost of living in the polity, in the wake of recent petroleum subsidy removal. Our administration shall continue to take all measures to ensure access to free and qualitative education for every child in Kaduna state from primary to secondary school; expand access to higher education; enhance teachers’ welfare & teaching standards; improve school infrastructure; build ICT competence in our students from basic education level; and intensify investments in Technical & Vocational Education,” the governor said.
Full list of the reduction
KADUNA STATE UNIVERSITY
- Current Fee: N150,000
- Reduction (%): 30%
- New Fee: N105,000
NUHU BAMALLI POLYTECHNIC
- Current Fee: N100,000
- Reduction (%): 50%
- New Fee: N50,000
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, GIDAN WAYA
- Current Fee: N75,000
- Reduction (%): 50%
- New Fee: N37,500
SHEHU IDRIS COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY, MAKARFI
HND Courses
- Current Fee: N100,000
- Reduction (%): 30%
-New Fee: N70,000
ND Courses
- Current Fee: N75,000
- Reduction (%): 30%
- New Fee: N52,000
KADUNA STATE COLLEGE OF NURSING
- Current Fee: N100,000
- Reduction (%): 30%
- New Fee: N70,000
