Vunderkind
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This is indeed not a good time for Lagos State University (LASU), the only university owned by the Lagos State government. For three years running, the university has been facing various crises ranging from students’ discontent to industrial disharmony and decaying infrastructure. The university seems to be in serious decline by all yardsticks. Behind these challenges are chronic underfunding of the university, obnoxious hikes in payable fees by students, and lack of democratic approach to management of the university, a disease that is common among Nigerian higher institutions. However, more critically, the LASU crisis is a fallout of the neo-liberal capitalist ideology of the ruling elite in the state, and indeed nationally.
Currently, LASU is better classified as Lagos State (Private) University, as the school seems to have more traits of a typical private Nigerian university than those of a public university. The fees have been hiked by more than 1000 percent with an average student paying as high as N250,000, as against the previous fees of N25,000. Consequently, a university that used to boost of over 25, 000 undergraduate students and several diploma students is now having less than 13,000 students, with less than 1,300 applicants seeking admission, as against more than 5000 four years ago. It is now a nightmare for an average working class parent to send his/her ward to the only state university.
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Source: Sahara Reporters
Currently, LASU is better classified as Lagos State (Private) University, as the school seems to have more traits of a typical private Nigerian university than those of a public university. The fees have been hiked by more than 1000 percent with an average student paying as high as N250,000, as against the previous fees of N25,000. Consequently, a university that used to boost of over 25, 000 undergraduate students and several diploma students is now having less than 13,000 students, with less than 1,300 applicants seeking admission, as against more than 5000 four years ago. It is now a nightmare for an average working class parent to send his/her ward to the only state university.
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Source: Sahara Reporters