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LASU Admissions: Fashola Approves Further Extension Of Registration

Jan 24, 2012 - Still in response to the yearnings of students and parents, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Monday, for the second time extended for one month the registration date for all categories of students of the Lagos State University (LASU).

Governor Fashola, it will be recalled, on Friday, January 6, 2012, approved the extension of the deadline for registration of both fresh and returning students of the University, to Friday, January 13, 2012 from the initial date December29, 2011.

The students were also given the concession of paying their fees in two installments of 70 – 30 per cent.

Responding to an appeal by a student of the University while fielding questions at a stakeholders forum to mark 1, 700 Days in office of his administration, the Governor, who said the Vice Chancellor of the institution had earlier made the request, gave the approval because, as he said, the students "are our children, we want them in school, we want them to have the best of education."

The former approval was sequel to a formal request made by the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Professor John Obafunwa, praying for an extension of the registration deadline which was previously fixed for Friday, December 29, 2011, and an approval for the payment of school fees by both fresh and returning students in two installments of two thirds before registration and one third not later than one month afterwards.

In his letter dated Thursday, January 5, 2012, the Vice Chancellor told the Governor that the extension of the registration deadline would correct the shortfall in the required number of students registered till date then which is just 10,367 or 59 per cent of the 17,679 students expected to fulfill the registration requirement.

As at January 5, this year 9,217 or 70 per cent out of the 13,111 returning students have paid their school fees and completed their registration process, while only 1,150 or 25 per cent of the 4,568 fresh students have registered for their various programmes.

This, according to Obafunwa, was why the installments payment was necessary. The Vice Chancellor also explained that allowing the students to pay the fees installmentally, would also ensure a level of discipline by both parents and students.

Giving the concession, Governor Fashola reiterated his administration's commitment to restore the standard of learning in the institution and urged the staff and students to cooperate with government in making the institution a real citadel of knowledge through quality education, discipline and qualitative research work.