The Vice-Chancellor of Owolabi University, Oke-Ila Orangun, Osun State, Prof. Samuel Adedotun, has decried the attitude of some parents who pay huge sums to fund their children’s secondary education but expect free university education for them thereafter.
Adedotun, who spoke with journalists at the Osogbo campus of the university on Friday, said good university education could neither be free nor cheap.
The VC, who said the university, had already secured the National Universities Commission’s accreditation for 15 academic programmes across three faculties, called for a change in Nigerians’ attitude towards funding education to ensure that younger scholars receive quality tertiary education.
He said such a change was necessary for the country to achieve the desired stability, particularly in the education sector.
Adedotun, who also said the country did not have enough universities to train the younger generation, noted that many aspiring students who sat the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board
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