What was the exchange rate then?

At one point, in the 80's it used to be 10 naira a term, sometimes it was free. Quote me on this, primary school was FREE. But to some parents, that was meaningless, because some of there were not upto par with their private school counterparts.

It is unfortunate that our present day leaders who enjoy free education/scholarship were the one's that bastardise the education system ,what you hear from them is privatising unity school's to enable them buy it like they do to NEPA thereby impoverishing the less privilege making life difficult ,children of the farmers ,petty traders can not attend the mammoth private schools.

was it the same economy? happens like that everywherw in the world

I want to go back to old days pls

Egein:

Re-read, to yourself, what you just wrote, and, sincerely, rate yourself.
It's very clear why you think education is cheap.

you mean my mistake? thanks noted such will be avoided next time

Lekan111:
you mean my mistake? thanks noted such will be avoided next time

Even this retort is full of 'mistakes'. Learn to begin a sentence with a Sentence (upper) Case. Learn to use punctuations too.
Your comment is correctly edited thus:
"You mean my mistake? Thanks, it's noted; such will be avoided next time".

Too bad
We cant get this anytime again as the naira was much more stronger then compared to now thanks to poor economic strategy and management of our current "looders"

lolz, times has changed na.

besides back then N5 was not too small

ollah1:
I tell people that military is better for Africa than democracy but they argue unnecessarily. African especially Nigeria doesn't deserve democracy

sharap which military d ones dat damage us institutionaly

andymofia:
So I bumped into some old school fees reciept as far back as 1985 and 1986.

1985 School Fees for second term was N7 (Seven Naira) while third term was N10 (Ten naira)

Exam Fee was N5 (five naira) in 1986

On the average today, Primary School Fee is not less than N20,000. Correct me if am wrong.

Zootropolis.

Egein:

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Thanks, it's noted; lesson learnt.

God Bless Late Ambrose Alli of blessed memory. Though the military government then headed by GMB suffocated and truncated his life, though both Edo and Delta State of today never celebrated him. The truth is that he was a good ambassador and had education for the masses as part of his heart beat.

This payment receipt reminds me of my early years of life. In the then Bendel state, I enjoyed free education (100%) including books, stationeries, desk and chairs, feeding (though not every day), free uniforms etc all through my primary school time. GOD BLESS AMBROSE ALLI.

He was the brain behind the then Bendel State University (now AAU and also DELSU).

folashade96:
We need more topics like this. I have been having a really bad day and it's good to take my mind off things talking about the stuff that interests me

Selfish you......me,me,me! what about others

Egein:

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Lekan111:
Thanks, it's noted; lesson learnt.

Good job guys. I love the conversation.

As @ that time that N10 was very big money o. To get it na wahala. If you lost that kind of money, you will cry wella.

1985 school fees and today, is like 6&7...don't 4get that to get #5 then was like climbing mount Kilimanjaro!

today, pry schl pupil take up to #200 or #500 or more to school for just taxi and to buy interesting chop chop..!

First class private primary school I attended in mid 80s collected N18 as school fee.

Early 90s, secondary school school fee (public school) was N65.

kolaish:
OP, I DON'T REALLY KNOW THE PARTICULAR STATE WHERE YOU GOT THIS FROM BECAUSE EDUCATION WERE FREE IN THE WESTERN STATE THEN AS INTRODUCED BY UPN; I KNOW AND STILL REMEMBER THAT AMBROSE ALI WAS THE GOVERNOR OF BENDEL STATE THEN. THE ONLY MONEY WE PAID THEN WAS FOR OUR WAEC WHICH IS N38.

I FINISHED SECONDARY SCHOOL IN THE EARLY 80s IN IBADAN AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE ONLY PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOL THAT I KNOW IN THE WHOLE OF IBADAN IS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL IBADAN. ALMOST ALL SCHOOL THEN WERE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH GOOD QUALITY EDUCATION. OUR MATHS AND ENGLISH TEACHER THEN WERE FROM GHANA WHILE OUR FRENCH TEACHER IS FROM TOGO, MOST OF OUR NIGERIAN TEACHERS WERE WELL QUALIFIED TO TEACH THEIR VARIOUS SUBJECTS.

Present day Edo/Delta States. Tuition fees were introduced by your current president during his fist coming. I was in primary school then.

olmoRoc:


Present day Edo/Delta States. Tuition fees were introduced by your current president during his fist coming. I was in primary school then.

You may be right about edo state. I finished secondary in 83 and know that free education still lasted till around 87 in oyo state.

kolaish:
You may be right about edo state. I finished secondary in 83 and know that free education still lasted till around 87 in oyo state.

I was in primary 6 during the coup, and free education was abolished immediately in Bendel State (present day Edo and Delta States). Useni was the military administrator.