NOUN verily is a wonderful development in education sector in Nigeria. This was true and in fact help many people who for long time lost hope in going back to school. To me the aims and objectives of the school was defeated.
Recently it happens that I have to enroll for a program at one of the study centers, during my registration I found out the following fact which amused me;
NOUN was never a means to fix those roaming the street back to school it rather center of let your money do the reading just wait at other end and collect the result.
It was never a means to bring education to the grass roots, the program is so expensive and no one at the grass roots can afford to pay for it.
Accepting the fact that NYSC is assured, but till now no University accept the results for further study at any level be it for Master Degree or PhD.
The fraudulent practices of various types is going on there on daily basis ranging from negotiating the writing of projects, contracting assignment and test couple with extortion money from new applicants during registration exercise by the officers.
The cost of running a session enough to complete tow sessions in other notable University with recognized results.
Most NOUN student were mere student and nothing more. I am sorry if these sound insulting.
Please be free to share your experience, these are my findings so far about the program.

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9ja education sector sha. And some people, because of what they have been getting or what they will gain, they will never speak out. If you try to say the fact, some, might even be NOUN student, go still oppose / hate you. Kai

I share this to let those in the program know should in case ignorance of the situation and to help those interested to enroll ffor it to prepare for consequences. Nothing wrong with the program if the government can actually deal with those parpetrating evils therein and reduce the cost to the bearest minimum.
Other University should be allowed to come in and standardised the program, one of the reputable University I ever visited to use MS result from NOUN to enroll for PhD told me that, till NUC do the needful the results will not be recognized.
This was true, because later, NOUN was compel to remove Law in the courses meant to be study there.

The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Tunde Idiagbon House, Wuse II, Fct, Abuja. Sir, PETITION FOR INVESTIGATION INTO THE ENDEMIC OFFICIAL CORRUPTION, EXTORTION AND MISAPPROPRIATION AT THE NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, LAGOS. The Congress of NOUN Students have uncovered corruption on a grand scale, amounting to over N20,000,000,000.00 (Twenty Billion Naira) and other fraudulent practices by the management of National Open University of Nigeria on a yearly basis. We requests that you investigate and confirm these crimes which in effect are complaints of fraudulent practices and commission of financial crimes of which your Commission is statutorily empowered to investigate and prosecute under the provisions of the EFCC Act, 2006. As students of the University who struggle hard and suffered to pay these fees to the management, we ought to know exactly why students continue to pay these fees without getting the materials and services paid for. The following are the facts to be considered for investigation: 1. REGISTRATION FEE: The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has over Three Hundred And Fifty Thousand (350,000) Students. Also, according to the official payment schedule of the institution, the University charges Twenty Eight Thousand Naira (N28,000) as session registration fee and Thirteen Thousand Naira (N13,000) as semester registration fee. In sum, each student of the University pay Fourty One Thousand Naira (N41,000) as registration fee every year. If we multiply N41,000 registration fee by 350,000 students every year, the University generates from registration of students alone, the sum of N14,350,000,000.00 (Fourteen Billion, Three Hundred and Fifty Million Naira) 2. COURSE MATERIAL FEE: Apart from the registration fee paid by students, each students pay seperate fee for course materials. The University gets paid for course materials, but it never provides these materials. Prices for each material depend on the credit units of the course. At the moment, a two credit unit course material is N2,000, however slim the material may be, whilst a three credit unit course is charged at N2,500 and 4 credit Unit is N3000. In each semester, students are expected to register between 7 – 10 courses, but let us assume students register 8 courses and in an average, each course registered by students cost N2500. If each students register 8 courses for N2500, that amount to N20,000 per student. So, if 350,000 students of the University pay the sum of N20,000.00 each as course material fee, that amount to the total sum of N7, 000, 000, 000.00. (Seven Billion Million Naira) in just one semester. The students also pay the same amount as course materials fee in their second semester. This takes the total amount of fees, paid by students for course material in a year to N14, 000, 000, 000,00 (Fourteen Billion Naira) (Please note: These are compulsory fees, paid by every student) One of the major reasons given by the management for this separate fee for course registration is that, with the fees, students would be given a course material that would be used for the study. Each course has a specially designed course material by the University. However, after paying all these fees to register courses, very few course materials are printed by the management,over 80% of the students never gets these materials. After receiving payment for course materials from students across Study Centres nationwide, the University may issue one, two, or zero course materials. Thereupon, the University advises students, without compunction, to get these materials in whatever way they deem fit. At this point, students are solely on their own to hunt for additional money in order to re-purchase these materials elsewhere. The University is unconcerned about what becomes of students who are unable to get materials afterwards. Such is the immensity of the insensitivity being inflicted on a people whose only offence is their decision to seek knowledge. Please note: The management may claim that providing the soft copy is equivalent to providing the materials paid for, but that is not correct. The soft copies are not meant for students alone. Any individual, whether student or none student of the University can visit the institutions website and access the softcopies. Soft copies are free for every body, student or none student. 3.EXAMINATION REGISTRATION FEE: Apart from the course registration, every student also pay One Thousand Naira (N1000) per course as examination fee. For each course registered by students, he or she must pay N1000 as examination fee. So, If a student register an average of 8 courses in a semester, he or she must pay N8000 as examination fee. This implies that in each semester, the University receives additional N8000 as examination fee from each student. If that amount is multiplied by 350,000 students, this amount to the sum of N2, 800,000,000.00 (Two Billion Eight Hundred Million Naira) in just one semester. The same amount is paid the second semester. So, If we multiply N2,800,000,000.00 by 2 semesters, that amounts to N5,600,000, 000.00 (Five Billion, Six Hundred Million Naira) in one year. Please take note of these facts: Students pay N41,000 as registration fee,N40,000 as course material fee and N16,000 as examination fee. This means that, In just one year, each student of the University pays approximately N100,000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) officially. Upon paying the above exobitant fees, students do not get the materials paid for, they go extral miles in sourcing for additional fund to get the materials from other sources. Please also note that, the N100,000 official fees doesn’t include the extra fee students pay to external facilitators for lectures, as the University fails to provide facilitation as promised to students before their admission. Students have to pay additional fee agreed with external facilitators. 4. PROJECT RESEARCH FEE: It is not clear why the University charges a COMPULSORY registration fee for research project for final-year students. Last semester (2014/15 academic session), this fee was charged at N10,000. Now, the University has, for unknown reasons, and without any official notice to its students, decided to increase this fee to the sum of N15,000. For its post graduate students, the University increased the research project fee from N15,000 to N40,0000. WE ARE UNABLE TO FIGURE OUT THE RATIONALE FOR WHICH STUDENTS SHOULD PAY THE UNIVERSITY FOR A RESEARCH THAT WORLD BE CARRIED OUT BY THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES. The conclusion of our rumination over this matter is that, the act is completely indefensible and a deliberate ploy to get money off students. Although, the University claimed that the fee is for supervising the research project, but we wonder why students have to pay the university to supervise its project. Isn’t that the duty of the University? What made the issue even more disturbing is the fact that, the University never pays the supervisors. We have it in good authority that, the University owe the supervisors over 2years arrears. And as a result of this, supervisors often ask students to pay additional fee for supervision, else, there project risked to be delayed or not supervised at all depending on the compassionate nature of the supervisors. If that happens, students may be forced to pay another registration fee the following year. 5. INDUSTRIAL TRAINING FEE: Depending on the course, students are sent out every semester for Industrial Training. The University also charges a COMPULSORY registration fee of N10,000 for this which is usually deducted directly from the student portal. Additionally, students pay another N1,000 which must be paid separately into the University’s Stanbic IBTC Bank account for the same Industrial Training! Therefore, for embarking on an Industrial Training alone, students of the University pays Eleven Thousand Naira (N11,000.00) to the management. We are worried because, rather than pay students for under-going industrial training like it Is done in other Universities, National Open University of Nigeria receive N11,000 from students for that purpose. 6. RESULT VERIFICATION FEE: In addition, it is not clear why the University should also charge a fee for what it termed 'Result Verification'. This fee is payable every year and it is charged at N5,000. Despite this fee being paid, students who have attempted to verify the authenticity of the controversial results awarded to them have largely collided on a rock. At no point did the University ever responded adequately to any student inquiry about result verification. So, if results are not verifiable, how then can the National Open University of Nigeria justify the receipt of this money from students? Please note: N5000 is charged every year as Result Verification fee from 350,000 students. This amount to the sum of N1,750,000,000.00 ( One Billion, Seven Hundred and Fifty Million Naira) 7. TEACHING PRACTICE FEE: The University also charges the sum of Ten Thousand Naira (N10,000) from each student in the department of Education, under-going teaching practices. This is an exercise in which students from other institution get paid to undergo, yet, Open University students have to pay its own management to undergo the same exercise. In summary, The National Open University of Nigeria receives the following: i. Registration Fee- N14,350,000,000.00 (Fourteen Billion, Three Hundred and Fifty Million Naira) ii. Course Material Fee- N14, 000, 000, 000,00 (Fourteen Billion Naira) iii. Examination Fee- N5,600,000, 000.00 (Five Billion, Six Hundred Million Naira) Iv. Research project Fee- a. Undergraduate fee- N15,000 ( Fifteen Thousand Naira) per student b. Post Graduate fee – N40,000 (Fourty thousand Naira) per student v. Industrial Training Fee –N11,000 (Eleven Thousand Naira) per student vi. Result Verification Fee- N1,750,000,000.00 ( One Billion, Seven Hundred and Fifty Million Naira) vii. Teaching Practice Fee- N10,000.00 ( Ten Thousand Naira) per student. THE APPEAL In the circumstances, we therefore urge you to use your good offices to cause investigation into the allegation in the followings terms: 1. Confirm the actual and total payments made by each student of the National Open University of Nigeria officially. 2. Confirm whether it is appropriate and legal, for the management of National Open University of Nigeria to receive on a yearly basis, the sum of N14, 000, 000, 000,00 (Fourteen Billion Naira) as course material fee without providing those course materials to the students. Also confirm what the University does with the above sum since it is not provinding the materials paid for by the students. 3. Confirm whether it is appropriate and legal, for the University to receive on a yearly basis, the sum of N5,600,000, 000.00 (Five Billion, Six Hundred Million Naira) as examination fee, after the students had paid for registration. 4. Confirm whether it is appropriate and legal, for the University to charge final year students,the sum of N15,000 (Undrgraduate) and N40,000 (post Graduate) as project research fee, when it is the student themselves that would carry out these researchs. 5. Confirm whether it is appropriate and legal, for the University to charge students going for Industrial Training, the sum of N11,000.00, when students from other Universities get paid for undertaking the same excercise. 6. Confirm whether it is appropriate and legal, for the University to receive on a yearly basis, the sum of N1,750,000,000.00 (One Billion, Seven Hundred and Fifty Million Naira) as result verification fee without providing the services for which the fees are charged. 7. Confirm whether it is appropriate and legal, for the University to charge the sum of N10,000.00 as fee for Teaching Practice fee, when students from other Universities are paid to undergo the same excercise. 8. Ascertain whether the result verification fee, examination fee, course registration fee, Industrial Training fee, Teaching Practice Fee and Project research fee by the University are duplicate charges which amount to extortion. 9. Ascertain whether the University has been fraudulently extorting helpless students, by whom and punish the culprits accordingly; 10. Establish why students of National Open University of Nigeria are not being paid for participating in Teaching practices and Industrial Trainings by the Industrial Training Fund. 11. Establish in concrete terms, why students must continue to pay the University for the following: i.Research project fee ii. Result Verification fee iii. Examination registration fee iv. Course registration fee v. Industrial Training fee and vi. Teaching Practice. 12. Call for the audit of National Open University of Nigeria’s accounts, to confirm and ascertain projects claimed to be executed by management and its expensis. 13. Prosecute anybody found wanting in your investigation and ensure that the money dubiously collected from students are properly accounted for and safely returned if need be. CULPABLE PERSONS IN THE INSTITUTION 1. The Vice Chancellor (Profesor Vincent Ado Tenebe) 2. Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic ( Prof Patrick Eke Eya) 3. Deputy Vice-Chancellor Administration ( Prof Victor O. Adedipe) 4. The Registrar (Mrs Josephine O.Akinyemi) 5. Bursar (Mr.John M. Onyeme) 6. The entire members of the institution’s senate While we urge you to immediately cause the investigation accordingly, we respectfully wish to inform you that failure to act as requested will leave us with no option than to take recourse to our courts as well as embark on any appropriate civil action to ensure that our demands are met. Please note that, we are in era of change and this petition is part of our patriotic quest to transform our University from a den of corrupt practices to one in which justice, transparency and accountability will be our guiding principles. Please, accept our assurances of our highest regards.

This is getting interesting how I wish to have this on the front page