Lagos Mannequin Faculties: Mother and father threaten boycott over 200% hike in charges

Mother and father of scholars attending Lagos Mannequin Faculties have demanded the reversal of a current 200% enhance in boarding charges.

Surv. Dapo Dawodu, Chairman of the Mother and father’ Discussion board of Lagos Mannequin Faculties, reportedly raised the alarm on Saturday through the Discussion board’s assembly in Lagos.

In a letter addressed to oldsters, a duplicate of which was obtained by PidomNigeria On-line, the mother and father’ discussion board threatened to maintain their kids at residence till the charge hike is reversed.

The letter, reportedly titled “Re: Increment in Charges”, allegedly indicated that the mother and father had skilled anguish and frustration for the reason that announcement of the 200% enhance in boarding charges for the youngsters.

It accused the Lagos State Ministry of Schooling of insensitivity and corruption.

“To place it clearly, the charge of N100,000 per time period, when paid in a faculty of 1,000 college students, interprets to N100 million for the varsity principal to feed the youngsters for simply three months!

“In a faculty of 500 college students, a principal now needs to spend N50 million for an train that used to value beneath N17.5 million, paid by mother and father.

“If our Honourable Commissioner is just not scandalised by this, we mother and father discover it exceedingly offensive,” the letter is quoted.

The discussion board, subsequently, urged Lagos mother and father to maintain their kids at residence starting from Sunday, fifteenth September 2024.

On Friday, thirteenth September, the Lagos State Authorities elevated boarding charges in all secondary colleges from N35,000 to N100,000 per time period.

A letter to all boarding faculty principals, signed by the Director of Primary Schooling Companies on the Lagos State Ministry of Primary and Secondary Schooling, Olufemi Asaolu, is quoted by the information medium to have learn: “I’ve the directive of the Honourable Commissioner to tell all public boarding colleges in Lagos State that the State Authorities has authorised the evaluate of the boarding charge payable in all public boarding colleges. The newly authorised charge is N100,000 solely.”