Parents and guardians will have to pay much more for their wards’ accommodation in Lagos State public secondary schools following an increase of over 100 percent in the fees by the government.
The state government has raised the boarding school fees from N35,000 to N100,000 per term in all the secondary schools under its control.
“I have the directive of the Honourable Commissioner to inform all Public Boarding House schools in Lagos State that the State Government has approved the review of the Boarding fee payable in all Public Boarding House schools in Lagos State.
The newly approved fee is N100,000 Only,” read a letter to all boarding school principals.
The letter was signed by the Director, Basic Education Services, Lagos State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, Olufemi Asaolu.
“I am further directed to inform you that no additional fee of any form should be collected by the schools,” Asaolu added.
“Kindly note that the resumption date remains 15th September 2024.”
It was gathered that some parents had already paid the old fee of N35,000 before this latest directive was issued.