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NANS Rejects Upward Review Of Registration Fees For WAEC, NECO Exams
The National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS) has rejected the upward review of registration fees for examinations conducted by both the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO).
The association is of the view that the increase will overstretch students and their parents, who are already confronted by the harsh economic situation in the country.
NANS position was contained in a statement on Sunday by its president, Akinteye Babatunde.
The statement reads: “The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) vehemently denounces the approval of the upward review of registration fees for examinations conducted by both the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) by the Honourable Minister of Education, as well as the proposal of such an increase in the first instance by the Registrars of both examination bodies.
“This is cruelty in its purest form. At this critical juncture, when our nation is undergoing economic reforms that have significantly overstretched the average Nigerian
“It is only inhumane to increase fees for national examinations at a time when the government should be putting measures in place to cushion the effects of the economic reforms.
“It is deeply painful that the registration fees for both WAEC and NECO have now been increased to #50,000 each, bringing the total to #100,000 even before schools add their own charges.
“Are we now saying that children of the poor should no longer have access to education? This level of hardship is unbearable.
“Unfortunately, the consequences and public backlash will ultimately be directed at Mr. President, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, who is clearly not part of this decision-making process.
“If the Federal Ministry of Education and the leadership of both the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) cannot, in good conscience, make these examinations affordable and accessible to the average Nigerian student who intends to sit for them, then the very least they owe this nation is the restraint not to overstretch students and their parents, who are already bent under the weight of economic reforms.
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