The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, has raised the alarm over the looming 40 to 50 per cent of students whom he predicts may drop out of school within the next two years if the Federal Government fails to stop the continuous fee hike in the universities.
Osodeke made this known while speaking on the current situation in the Nigerian education sector on Channels TV on Sunday night.
According to him, the heavy fees being imposed on students across the nation would result in a massive dropout of students, due to their inability to cope with the payments.
He said, “If nothing is done about these heavy fees being introduced by schools all over the country, in the next two or three years, more than 40 to 50 per cent of these children who are in school today will drop out.”
The varsities’ union president also warned of a looming national problem if his prediction of a massive dropout of students nationwide comes to reality.
According to him, dropping out of school will result in idleness, which could make them easy targets for perpetrators of evil.
