The examination started on Monday and students who were unable to pay their school fees were asked to leave the examination halls.
No fewer than 8,000 Final year students of the Rivers State University, are currently protesting against the school management’s policy of “no school fees, no examination.”
The examination started on Monday and students who were unable to pay their school fees were asked to leave the examination halls.
The students were seen on Tuesday, carrying placards and protesting along the highway, while calling on the state government to prevail on the school authorities to reverse the draconian policy.
One of the protesting students who spoke with SaharaReporters said, “My father is pensioner and the Rivers State Government failed to pay his gratuity and pension arrears. I wonder why a State University under the watch of a Governor (Nyesom Wike) who doles out money to outsiders, would send indigent students of the state out of examination halls merely because they can't afford school fees.
“The governor is holding our money in trust for us and should support the students. My father has promised to sell his only plot of land in the village to pay the fees during my clearance.”