June 14, 2023 Some of them stated this in interviews with SaharaReporters, adding that the situation had badly affected them and their academic plans.
Students of the University of Ibadan, Distance of Learning Centre, Oyo State, have lamented the increment in their tuition fees by the school management and delay in the processing of their academic results for over two years.
A student of the Sociology Department said the school increased their tuition fees from N104,000 to over N150,000. The student added how the school had refused to release his first semester results two months after his examination. A student from the History Department told SaharaReporters that they were dissatisfied with the conduct of the distance learning programme.
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