Government reduces Kwara Polytechnic tuition fees | EduCeleb
EduCeleb
5th January 2018
The Kwara State government has reduced the tuition fees payable for the 2017/2018 academic session at Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin.
According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Communications, Muyideen Akorede, the government directed the management of the state’s polytechnic, Ilorin to reduce the fees.
The statement noted that Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed directed that the newly-approved tuition fees should be lower than the 2016/2017 fees.
Mr Akorede explained that the governor’s approval was in line with the recommendations of the committee set up to conduct an investigation into the tuition fees of the polytechnic.
According to him, the committee, which comprises members of the House of Assembly and officials of relevant ministries, submitted its report on Wednesday.
With the approval, ND 1 indigenous students of the Polytechnic will now pay N50,000 as against the N62,700 initially charged by the school management.
ND 11 students, who are indigenes, will pay N38,000 against the N52,000 previously approved by the school management.
Also, indigenous HND 1 students will pay N55,500 as against the N69,200 initially approved by the management, while HND II students will pay N43,000 against the initially approved N58,500.
Governor Ahmed similarly approved a reduction in the tuition fees to be paid by part time students of the institution, both indigenes and non-indigenes.
Part of the recommendations of the committee, according to the statement, is that the management of Kwara Polytechnic should take a critical look at its staff needs, to re-channel its savings to cater for critical areas of academic staff requirement.
Gov. Ahmed thanked the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Ali Ahmad, members of the House of Assembly for their shared interest in affordable and accessible tertiary education in the state.