Ogun Parents Groan Over Hike Tuition, Others As Academic Activities Resume

 

Public and private primary and secondary schools in Ogun state have resumed for the first term of the 2025/2026 Academic sessions with many parents struggling with the overwhelming demands.

Visits by NEWSREPORTER to some of the schools in Abeokuta, the state capital, observed that some Parents and their wards were engaged in the rush to complete their registrations while other besieged some of the publishers located within the school premises.

Some of the students in the public schools are seeing with furniture and some farming tools.

The reopening season has brought fresh waves of anxiety and frustration for many parents and guardians who are battling with the reality of rising tuition fees, costly textbooks, uniforms, and other essentials that must be provided.

This comes amid rising cost of living across the country, with most of the citizens struggling to feed.

NEWSREPORTER, in a chat with some of the parents, notes their worries over the hike in the school fees and the cost of the textbooks, among others school materials.

In some private schools, only the students with evidences of payment are allowed into the premises.

Meanwhile, the transportation activities within the Abeokuta metropolis has picked up with increase in vehicular movements on the major roads.

Taxi drivers and commercial motorcycle riders take the advantage of the resumption to engage in the brisk business.