The Bingham University, Karu in Nasarawa State, has slashed the fees on some of its programmes by 46 per cent, in the efforts to encourage indigent students, according to its Vice Chancellor, Prof. William Qurix.
Qurix, at a pre-convocation press briefing on Thursday, said that the measure by the university owned by the ECWA Church, was among many others aimed at easing access to the university.
He said that courses affected by the reduction included first degrees in Mathematics and Statistics, Industrial Physics, Industrial Chemistry and English.
According to him, the fees for the courses, which used to be N751,250 per session, have been reviewed to N400,000 to encourage more students to pursue the programmes.
Other discounts covered first degrees in Biochemistry and Microbiology, whose fees of N751,250 have been pegged to N600,000 each.
The Vice Chancellor, however, said that the special scholarship scheme would commence from the 2018/2019 academic session.
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