Registration Period For LASU Students Extended

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has approved the extension of the deadline for registration of both fresh and returning students of the State’s University, Lagos State University (LASU) 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. The 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 instalments 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 to date which is just 10,367 or 59 percent of the 17,679 students expected to fulfill the registration requirement.

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

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

Giving the concession, Governor Fashola reiterated his administration’s commitments 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.