Certificate reprint: NANS rejects NECO’s N50,000 fee
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has rejected the National Examination Council’s (NECO) N50,000 new fee for reprinting of certificates.
The NANS clerk of the Senate, Abdulyekinn Odunayo, in a statement on Wednesday, described the decision as outrageous and a commercialisation of education.
He explained that the fee was an unacceptable burden on students because it was coming at a time when the current hardship was taking toll on the Nigerian students.
Odunayo added that the new policy by NECO had betrayed its commitment to education.
The statement reads: “The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) unequivocally condemns the outrageous decision by the National Examination Council (NECO) to impose a N50,000 fee for certificate reprints.”
“This draconian policy is a slap in the face of Nigerian students, already beset by financial hardships and uncertainty.
“The N50,000 fee is an unacceptable burden on students, many of whom struggle to make ends meet.
“This fee will exacerbate financial exclusion, denying countless students access to their rightful certificates, perpetuate inequality, disproportionately affecting disadvantaged students and undermine the integrity of NECO, casting doubt on its commitment to education for all.”
The students body, while advocating affordable, accessible, and quality education, demanded an immediate reversal and reduction of the fee to an affordable amount.
The students body said that NECO’s fee structure and policies lacked transparency and had raised concerns about mismanagement of funds and inefficient service delivery.
“The National Association of Nigerian Students will not stand idly while education is commercialised and students are exploited.
“We demand an immediate reversal of the N50,000 fee, a reduction of the fee to a more affordable amount (not exceeding status quo), extension of the reprint request deadline to five years and a stakeholder engagement to ensure student-centric decision-making,” the statement added.
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