The management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has announced an increase in the university’s tuition fees for undergraduates by over 100 per cent.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the announcement regarding the tuition fee increase was conveyed through a statement released to the press in Calabar on Monday.
According to the institution’s spokesperson, Mr. Effiong Eyo, the decision to raise the fees was reached during an emergency meeting of the university’s Senate on Friday.
The statement revealed that the revised fees will be applicable in the 2022–2023 and 2023–2024 academic sessions.
With this adjustment, freshmen, returning students, and final-year students in non-science courses are expected to pay N111,000, N91,500, and N114,000, respectively.
Moreover, they are required to contribute N36,500, N21,500, and N21,500, respectively, as third-party dues.
Likewise, fees for science courses have been raised to N155,000, N125,000, and N148,000 for freshmen, returning students, and final-year students.
Additionally, they are obligated to pay N38,500, N21,500, and N21,500, respectively, as third-party dues.
Before the adjustment, tuition fees for an average student, contingent on the department, were N64,050 for freshmen, N52,050 for final year students, and N49,500 for returning students.
The management clarified that the increase was prompted by prevailing economic conditions and the imperative to uphold the university’s recognized academic standards.