Since the news of the newly reviewed tuition for students of Ondo State owned Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) greeted the air, management and Students Union Leaders of the institution are in disagreement over the development. ADESOLA IKULAJOLU writes. After the 2017/2018 increment in tuition fee that was welcomed with a nationwide protest by students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), the management has again announced a new review through the edu portal. Our correspondent gathered that students who logged in into the portal for the 2018/2019 session especially the final year and new 200Level, noticed that the payment invoice did not change despite being in a new level, which sparked reactions. recalls that in 2018, AAUA tuition fee was increased across all faculties by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, who is also the visitor to the institution. The fees were as follows: New Students of Faculty of Arts and Education pays 100,000; 200Level and 300Level pays 80,000 while New Students from Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, Agriculture, Sciences and Law pays 150,000; 200Level and 300Level pays 100,000. All final year students pays 70,000. It is observed that the arrangement has now been changed, which is causing disagreement between the management and Students’ Union. The union, under the leadership of Comrade Adesomoju Samuel (Sampraise) has said that students should not rush to pay such fee until it is resolved. In a statement he jointly signed with the General Secretary of the Union, Adebayo Jesutola (Tolajay) and Senate President, Adebowale Temitope (Don Richy), it notified “the entire students to exercise patience as regards the payment of tuition fees for the new session.” A copy of it made available to reads further that, “This is in connection with the recent review of fees payable by students across all faculties and academic levels as made public by the university management on our different accounts within the edu-portal.” The union strictly ordered that no students should pay tuition fee “for now” as it would give instructions on next line of action. “We make to say it bold that no student should pay tuition fee for now not until all issues have been resolved. “We urge the students to await further instructions which will be relayed subsequently by the union as events unfold,” In its own reaction, the management of Ajasin Varsity through a rejoinder by the Registrar, Dr. M. S. Ayeerun, debunked that the tuition fee was not increased. He described such as a rumour. Dr Ayeerun said the attention of the university management was drawn to the rumour being circulated on social media that the fee was hiked but contrary to that, students were only asked to continuing paying last session’s fee. “The University is hereby using this medium to inform our highly esteemed students, parents guardians and the entire public that the University did not increase or propose to increase its school fees. “In other words, the school fees regime of last Academic session (2017/2018) still subsists in 2018/2019 Academic Session. As such, students are to pay the fees they paid last Academic session for the 2018/2019 Academic Session,” the Registrar said. He further stressed that the news of increment should be disregarded. In another related development, while the Students’ Union asked students not to pay tuition, the management has ordered that all online registration, including payment of tuition fee, must be done before resumption. In a circular, Ayeerun disclosed on behalf of the Vice Chancellor that “the resumption date for the 2018/2019 session will be announced later.” The Registrar also stressed that all new and returning students were to commence and complete their registration online. “Meanwhile, fresh and returning students are required to start and complete their online registration before resumption. All students are therefore advised to commence their online registration and payment of school fee,” he said. gathered from reactions trailing the new tuition payment arrangement that students still perceived it to be a hike. Some of the students who spoke with our Correspondent said the new review is like a silent way of increasing the fee and it shouldn’t be accepted. “The tuition fee review is really an avenue to aggravate our agony as students. Up till this moment, I haven’t summoned the courage to tell my widowed mother about the review without her contemplating my drop out. I feel the school management could have treated us better but they chose the opposite, which seems like telling us to neglect education,” a sophomore, Aluko Dorcas said.