The President of the University of Liberia (UL), Dr. Julius Zarwolo Nelson says the free tuition coverage introduced by President George M Weah years in the past has been an amazing success for Liberian college students.
He defined that the coverage is efficient to the extent that they now not go searching for after college students and their sponsors; be it people, organizations and firms for the fee of their tuition as was the case previously.
“Besides college students paying their very own registration charges, they appear as much as the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning for the tutoring., and the coverage may be very distinctive and dealing properly. It additionally reduces the stress or headache we have been going via previously just like the disruptions of courses by some college students who weren’t assembly deadlines or couldn’t afford.
“This has also reduced the burden on parents and guardians who have to make end-meets in the past before paying their children or defendants’ school fees including students that were also depending on lawmakers or other prominent individuals to help them,” Nelson acknowledged.
It could be recalled that in 2018, President George Weah declared that training in public universities and faculties throughout the nation could be free for undergraduates throughout his tenure.
University college students on the time had been protesting in rising in tuition charges from a mean of about US$40 to US$65 per semester claiming it was affordably in a rustic the place the typical revenue was simply US$570 per 12 months.
Under the brand new coverage, college students are solely paying US$15 or equal in Liberian {dollars} in registration charges per semester.
There are eight public universities and one faculty now within the nation together with the University of Liberia; Tubman University; Nimba County University; Lofa County University; Grand Bassa University College; Grand Gedeh County University and the proposed Bomi County University in addition to Harbel University College and the Sinoe County Community College.
Addressing the Ministry of Information, Culture Affairs and Tourism (MICAT), the UL president additional knowledgeable the general public that the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the National Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) shall formally launch a level granting program in fisheries within the Agriculture Department of the University of Liberia on Wednesday, January 25 in Monrovia.
He nonetheless pointed that what’s to be the coverage is for it to be legislated or handed into regulation hoping that, it will likely be completed this 12 months as a result of the invoice for such is now in committee going via scrutiny earlier than debating it.
“Nowadays, we look up to Finance and development Planning Ministry for the payment allotments to public universities and colleges instead of running after students and their sponsors,” Zarwolo Nelson mentioned.
He acknowledged amongst different issues that the fishery is without doubt one of the main revenue-generation sectors of each nation on the planet and Liberia is not any exception, due to this fact beginning with such self-discipline or diploma program can’t be overemphasized.
Nelson indicated additional that the University of Liberia shall ultimately launch its philosophy of doctoral diploma granting program in well being sciences, agriculture amongst others however was not particular with date.
He went additional that the college has despatched extra students on authorities’s association (scholarship) a few of whom have accomplished and others maybe needs to be finishing to reinforce the power of the educating college of the college.
At the identical time, Nelson has paid tribute to the federal government for the renovation work carried out on the constructions (buildings) of the University of Liberia’s campuses on Capitol Hill, Fendell and Sinje respectively which had not been the case in 40 years.
Additionally, the University of Liberia is anticipated to launch its Saturday, November 3, 2022, entrance and placement examination outcomes any second of which over 4,500 candidates reportedly made a profitable go.
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