{"id":122619,"date":"2025-09-29T11:45:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T10:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=122619"},"modified":"2025-09-29T11:45:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T10:45:06","slug":"no-fees-no-exams-uniben-to-enforce-policy-on-5000-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/no-fees-no-exams-uniben-to-enforce-policy-on-5000-students\/","title":{"rendered":"No Fees, No Exams: UNIBEN to Enforce Policy on 5,000 Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Oscar Okhifo<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">No fewer than 5,000 students of the University of Benin risk being barred from writing the second-semester examinations scheduled to commence today for failing to pay their school charges.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a memo signed by the Registrar of the institution, Mr. Ademola Bobola, the university announced the strict enforcement of its \u201cno payment of school charges, no examination\u201d policy, insisting that repeated reminders to defaulters had been ignored.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe university management is in receipt of the list of students who have failed to pay their school charges despite repeated reminders.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0These students have also failed to subscribe to the students\u2019 loans being provided by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND),\u201d Bobola said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The registrar explained that all efforts to encourage the affected students to either pay their fees or access the NELFUND facility had yielded no positive response.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWith the second-semester examination set to begin on Monday, Sept. 29, these students shall be barred from writing the examination if they fail to pay their school charges or subscribe to the students\u2019 loan by NELFUND,\u201d he stated.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bobola disclosed that the Senate had directed provosts, deans, directors, and heads of departments to publish the list of all defaulters by 8 a.m. on Monday.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The measure, according to him, is to enable affected students to confirm their status and make last-minute payments before the examinations commence.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added that an enforcement task force headed by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) had been set up to monitor and ensure strict compliance with the directive.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cManagement expects full cooperation and compliance by all stakeholders to maintain the university\u2019s high standards,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a similar move, the Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt, had in April 2025 enforced a \u201cno school fees, no exam\u201d policy. 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