By Farombi Oluwaseun
Following several accusations by the post graduate students
of the Obafemi Awolowo University to the management of Exploitation (click here) ,the university authority has however
denied increment in the school fees of the students.
In a release obtained by OAU Peeps News Agency through the
office of the University Public Relations Officer, Mr Abiodun Olanrewaju, he
stated that the management has not increased the post graduate school fees
stressing categorically that nothing of
such had happened. He further stated that the management has
decided that payment for every student stops the day the thesis of the student
is submitted to the Postgraduate college and had also granted a moratorium to
all categories of post graduate students till the end of the year 2017,
advising every student to be up to date in their registration before moratorium
ends.
However, the post graduate students through a Facebook wall
at OAUPG Students Voice has responded
that ''the #SayNotoOAUPGExploitation struggle has not accused anyone of
increasing PG tuition fees. Rather, the struggle has been centred on stopping
the payment of fees by PG students for services that are not and cannot be
rendered by the university anymore. Also, the struggle is being used to ask
that the quality of OAU PG studies be significantly improved, especially given
the exorbitant charges''.
They further stated
that departments delay in processing results thereby forcing
students to pay thousands for every
extra semester spent because of delays caused by staffs which they term as systemic fraud
stressing that if the Post graduate
College must make students pay for extra semesters then it is the
responsibility of the college to ascertain that these delays are from the
students and not from other factors such as supervisors, departments, faculty
representatives,etc.
The angered students through a congress held at PG Hall
Common room had resolved to embark on a
protest starting from today, Monday 27th Nov - Fri 1st Dec, 2017
lamenting that they will not stop
demanding things that needs to be
corrected.
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