NANS rejects reported WAEC, NECO fee hike

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has rejected the Federal Ministry of Education’s reported support of an upward reappraisal of registration fees for the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO), describing the determination arsenic insensitive to the prevailing economical realities facing Nigerians.

In a property merchandise issued connected Saturday and signed by its President, Akinteye Babatunde Afeez, the students’ assemblage condemned some the ministry’s support and the connection by the introspection bodies to summation the fees.

“The reported summation raises the registration interest for each introspection to N50,000, bringing the combined outgo for candidates intending to beryllium some WAEC and NECO examinations to N100,000, excluding further charges imposed by schools,” NANS said.

The relation argued that the summation would spot further fiscal strain connected students and their families erstwhile galore Nigerians are already grappling with the effects of ongoing economical reforms.

“If the Federal Ministry of Education and t...