STATEMENT FROM THE VICE CHANCELLOR'S DESK

There have been reports in the press on payment of student fees, which unfortunately do not project the true position with regards to University policy and also the University's relationship with government when it comes to tuition fees. Regrettably, such statements are purportedly coming from some members of the University Senate, lecturers and students.
Given this background, I wish to make clear the official position of the University with regards to fees payable at the University.

• The University did not increase tuition fees for this semester. Tuition fees for conventional students are still pegged at $300.-00 and $350-00 for Humanities and Sciences respectively, while the tuition fees for the full fee paying students are still pegged at $360 and $420 respectively.
• The University has insisted that all students register so that it has correct records of who their students are. During the last meeting of Senate held on the 12th of August 2010, Deans of Faculties and Chairpersons of Departments were fully briefed of the University's position, which they agreed to support, namely that unregistered students who would have paid something as deposit or not, each case considered on its own merit, would be allowed to attend lectures as long as they presented their payment plans. Lecturers were asked to satisfy themselves that students attending their lectures are bonafide MSU registered students or provisionally allowed to attend classes by Academic Registry. Click here to read full text