The National Parents and Teachers Association of the Federal Government Colleges in a communique released during the weekend protested the increase, terming it “commercialisation of education.”
“The increase of school fees from about N20,000 to about N75,000 in unity colleges is most untimely and insensitive. An average Nigerian worker whose minimum wage is N18,000 and who has one or two children in the unity colleges will be unable to keep his or her child or children in the unity colleges,” the communique said.
“The recent increase is a negation of the policy or principle that established unity colleges which is to make basic and secondary education affordable and accessible to an average Nigerian student.”
The association then appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to intervene and compel the Education Ministry to revert to the old fee.
“Education of Nigerian children is a right and not a privilege,” they said.
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