abysirius: This perhaps must have crossed a lot of minds at the thought of the ridiculous tuition fees that most of these private universities (most especially churches owned schools) charge their student. Come to think of it, these schools are built with church funds yet it is only the rich, I mean 'very rich' that are only capable of sending their children to these schools.
If I may use JABU- Joseph Ayo Babalola University owned by CAC- as an example, I was in year 1 @ LAUTECH when they where still raising money for the school. After every sunday service the pastor would come and remind every member of their commitment towards building the school. So then it was a normal routine that they raised a special offering for the building of the university then. This happens in virtually all CAC churches throughout the federation during this time. Those that are CAC members can bear me witness. They'll task everybody and I tell you, pple supported this mission with the mind that @ least if the school is built it will still help my children. We all know that ratio of the rich to the poor in most CAC churches are like 30:70. The reason is not far-fetched. CAC is predominantly a yoruba church for the not too educated class except for some few top notch in the society that specifically like their service, the church is filled with petty traders.

Back to my point exactly: Now that the school is in operation, how many of these poor petty CAC traders can send their children to the school for enrolment? What exactly is the aim of the church mgt.: Is it to bridge the gap btw the poor and the rich or to widen it? Do they ever think of rewarding these poor pple that contributed towards the creation os these schools or are they of the opinion that their reward is in heaven when even the 'G.O.s' are rreaping theirs here on earth? What kinda message are we sending out to our immediate environment. Before the emergence of these so called private schools in Nigeria tertiary schools were pretty okay. LAUTECH was paying 2,500 naira. In 2006 it became 6k. Before I left it was 40k thanks to Baptist Missionary, CAC, the 7th adventist mission, catholic churh, abi no be dem get Ajayi crowther? Winners, in fact na u try pass. Pls we need to wake up and stop been fooled in the name of Christ. I don't know your take on this but I believe there could better ways to this. Ur views are welcom..

Okija_juju: [size=13pt]Brethren and Sistren, Please open your biblbes with me to the book of MATTHEW 12: 13 [b] And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, "It is written," he said to them, "'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it a 'den of robbers.'"


What we are witnessing today is that the house of God has graduated from being a house of prayers to becoming an avenue to defraud people. When they want to build these churches, they collect offerings from the congregation both rich & poor for many years and so it can be said that the they contributed to build that church.. Iya Ileke Idi that sells Pure Water at Obalende contributed to that school, Baba Bluetooth the fisherman at Makoko contributed to that school. And for them to see that school completed, and then watch the kids of only the Rich, Wealthy and well to do attend the schools their money built, I think is very very bad! Its sort of the same way that a Pastor would fly in a Gulfstream Jet with the monies he collect from his poor congregation who sometimes trek to church, give their offering and trek back home..

Anybody who dosent see this as wrong, all I can say is may you never be poor.. May you never be in the position to contribute to something and never be able to enjoy it.. Here is a price check of Private University tuitions.. (Church Unis);

1. BOWEN University owned and operated by a Baptist Convention, charges ₦650,000 as tuition fees per session.

2. COVENANT University established by Bishop Oyedepo of Winners Chapel ₦640,000 as tuition fees per session.

3. BENSON IDAHOSA University charges ₦500,000 as tuition fees per session.

4. BABCOCK University established by The Seventh Day Adventist, charges ₦450,000 as tuition fees per session.

5. REDEEMERS University owned by The Redeemed Christian Church of God , charges ₦450,000 as tuition fees per session.

6. AJAYI CROWTHER University established by The Supra diocesan board of the church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), charges ₦350,000per session.

7. MADONNA University a Catholic University charges ₦350,000 as tuition fees per session.

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I wonder how many civil servants can afford these fees?! In a country where minimum wage of 18,000 naira is still hard for the government to pay?! And the government is still the highest employerof labour in this same country. I wonder how many Farmers can afford these fees?! I wonder how many Artisans can afford these fees?! Go into our villages, even those where you need a canoe to access, you will see Redeemed church there, you will see Wunners Chapel and all these other churches, those villagers also contributed in their own small way to these schools and the sad part is that while they keep praying for God to better their lot so they can afford to send their kids to these schools which their monies have built, the pastor is enjoying the proceeds from their investments..

Now I understand that University education is expensive.. Infact, I am a stong proponent for Universities to be autonomous and allowed to charge as much as is necessary for them to run, however, I also believe in Merit scholarship, partial scholarships and stuffs like that.. The churches dont even offer any sort of scholarship scheme for the less privileged members.. And the amazing part is that the members themselves see nothing wrong in this o!! But the day the government increases a state university tuition fee from 50 thousand to 75 thousand, see them rioting and carrying placards..

P.S: The two cheapest private schools on that list are Anglican and Catholic universities..
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damzbaba: Most contributions are voluntary. Regardless of how many times, donations are called for in Churches, people can not give what they do not have. While I agree with the fact that these schools are very expensive, how much really is the value of a quality education? We cannot begin to compare the fees of Government schools with Religious private universities because of the difference in funding and budgetary allocations. The fees are heavily subisdized by the government. For these private universities to be equally affordable (subsidized) the congregation will need to donate more. You cannot even begin to compare facilities, accomodation and privileges some of these private universities provide with that of some state owned schools. Even Religious universities abroad are expensive. The best that happens for congregation members is a percentage fee waiver. If we agree that both rich and poor contribute towards the building of these schools, are we agreeing that the poor contribute more in terms of donation? If the universities built by the funds of both poor and rich were opened to all their kids, which funds would be used to run those universities? Wouldn't the poor have to contribute more and pay fees at the same time? What would the criteria for entry/admission be? The best the universities can do is to make a number of merit based scholarships available to all members' families regardless of economic standing as a means of creating fair opportunity, while accepting students who can pay fees to help them continue a sustainable model. Running a university is no small feat. Religion aside, in business and shareholding, not all shareholders have the same privileges. Some seat on the board, some pull strings and have their kids/family members employed by the companies, and others just wait to receive their dividends. Religions Universities are not charity institutions.

gees_02:


That is a very big lie, there are scholarship schemes available to d less privileged, and also, a university for the poor is not possible, the money to run it won't fall from heaven, and for ur info the proceeds are used for evangelism, and also spent on thru poor. Uu don't expect a church to blow it's horn every time a donation is made to an orphanage. And for those who would scream about rich pastors, mind uu, they have their own businesses, and because uu serve God doesn't mean uu should be wretched. If I were hoping to be a billionaire I would go to a pastor who is one !!!

Anvaller:

This a problem with Nigerians any day.
1) I will assume that you are now dutch and void of this problem. Because if you are Nigerian,then you have a problem.

[b]I made a post that compared the cost of a quality education from the global sense with the cost of quality education from Bowen and Babcock etc sense, then used Bowen versus Wageninegn University as a reference and then drew a conclusion. Simple straight forward and factual analysis.

2)My initial post questioned the criteria for admission into religious universities, the value of contribution and benefit of/for parties involved, it then also made a point about the quality of education and its value.
That quality of education was in reference to state universities.

[/b]To my dismay, U in ur narrow mind failed to see the sense in my argument and rather preferred to believe that I only intended to brag.

3)You made no sense and all you did was brag (google your university my foot)

Then u came and shot urself in the foot by claiming that u study in Cambridge

4) You have me confused here. If studying in my school is shooting myself in the foot, I'll take the bullets all day.

and still ur understanding of quality education is limited to NO STRIKES CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT (so the environment in Babcock is as conducive as that in Cambridge)

5) I really can't waste my time explaining to you that a school experience exceeds what is taught in the classroom

I dont wanna believe that your claim is untrue but i just want to believe that u are very unrealistic with urself. Again if u are studying in Cambridge and u think the only way u can know the quality of education in Bowen is to forward an inquiry to the NUC

6) Again you fail to understand the significance of the NUC

meeeehn u try! If that was ur thesis for instance, is that what you would do?

It is not my business if u are in Cambridge or not,that is not what matters.

7) Don't be jealous. You mentioned your school, I mentioned mine. No hard feelings

What matters is to come up with an argument that is logical, convincing and true you have failed to do that in all ramifications.

I was stating my opinion and not having an argument,I concede failure in that regard.


Regards.

kemoolala: Brethren and Sistren, Please open your biblbes with me to the book of MATTHEW 12: 13 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, "It is written," he said to them, "'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it a 'den of robbers.'"


What we are witnessing today is that the house of God has graduated from being a house of prayers to becoming an avenue to defraud people. When they want to build these churches, they collect offerings from the congregation both rich & poor for many years and so it can be said that the they contributed to build that church.. Iya Ileke Idi that sells Pure Water at Obalende contributed to that school, Baba Bluetooth the fisherman at Makoko contributed to that school. And for them to see that school completed, and then watch the kids of only the Rich, Wealthy and well to do attend the schools their money built, I think is very very bad! Its sort of the same way that a Pastor would fly in a Gulfstream Jet with the monies he collect from his poor congregation who sometimes trek to church, give their offering and trek back home..

Anybody who dosent see this as wrong, all I can say is may you never be poor.. May you never be in the position to contribute to something and never be able to enjoy it.. Here is a price check of Private University tuitions.. (Church Unis);

1. BOWEN University owned and operated by a Baptist Convention, charges ₦650,000 as tuition fees per session.

2. COVENANT University established by Bishop Oyedepo of Winners Chapel ₦640,000 as tuition fees per session.

3. BENSON IDAHOSA University charges ₦500,000 as tuition fees per session.

4. BABCOCK University established by The Seventh Day Adventist, charges ₦450,000 as tuition fees per session.

5. REDEEMERS University owned by The Redeemed Christian Church of God , charges ₦450,000 as tuition fees per session.

6. AJAYI CROWTHER University established by The Supra diocesan board of the church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), charges ₦350,000per session.

7. MADONNA University a Catholic University charges ₦350,000 as tuition fees per session.



I wonder how many civil servants can afford these fees?! In a country where minimum wage of 18,000 naira is still hard for the government to pay?! And the government is still the highest employerof labour in this same country. I wonder how many Farmers can afford these fees?! I wonder how many Artisans can afford these fees?! Go into our villages, even those where you need a canoe to access, you will see Redeemed church there, you will see Wunners Chapel and all these other churches, those villagers also contributed in their own small way to these schools and the sad part is that while they keep praying for God to better their lot so they can afford to send their kids to these schools which their monies have built, the pastor is enjoying the proceeds from their investments..

Now I understand that University education is expensive.. Infact, I am a stong proponent for Universities to be autonomous and allowed to charge as much as is necessary for them to run, however, I also believe in Merit scholarship, partial scholarships and stuffs like that.. The churches dont even offer any sort of scholarship scheme for the less privileged members.. And the amazing part is that the members themselves see nothing wrong in this o!! But the day the government increases a state university tuition fee from 50 thousand to 75 thousand, see them rioting and carrying placards..

P.S: The two cheapest private schools on that list are Anglican and Catholic universities..

Bravo!! pray to God to bless you also so that u too can send ur children to those university. Let me ask u one question, wen was the last time u paid ur tithe& offering ? cos ur claiming now dat ur part of those contributed to build these schools, shio!!! akuse buruku! na stone dem go take pay those lecturers now abi no be so or dem tell u say na charity dem dey run...gerrout!!!

kemoolala: Brethren and Sistren, Please open your biblbes with me to the book of MATTHEW 12: 13 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, "It is written," he said to them, "'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it a 'den of robbers.'"


What we are witnessing today is that the house of God has graduated from being a house of prayers to becoming an avenue to defraud people. When they want to build these churches, they collect offerings from the congregation both rich & poor for many years and so it can be said that the they contributed to build that church.. Iya Ileke Idi that sells Pure Water at Obalende contributed to that school, Baba Bluetooth the fisherman at Makoko contributed to that school. And for them to see that school completed, and then watch the kids of only the Rich, Wealthy and well to do attend the schools their money built, I think is very very bad! Its sort of the same way that a Pastor would fly in a Gulfstream Jet with the monies he collect from his poor congregation who sometimes trek to church, give their offering and trek back home..

Anybody who dosent see this as wrong, all I can say is may you never be poor.. May you never be in the position to contribute to something and never be able to enjoy it.. Here is a price check of Private University tuitions.. (Church Unis);

1. BOWEN University owned and operated by a Baptist Convention, charges ₦650,000 as tuition fees per session.

2. COVENANT University established by Bishop Oyedepo of Winners Chapel ₦640,000 as tuition fees per session.

3. BENSON IDAHOSA University charges ₦500,000 as tuition fees per session.

4. BABCOCK University established by The Seventh Day Adventist, charges ₦450,000 as tuition fees per session.

5. REDEEMERS University owned by The Redeemed Christian Church of God , charges ₦450,000 as tuition fees per session.

6. AJAYI CROWTHER University established by The Supra diocesan board of the church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), charges ₦350,000per session.

7. MADONNA University a Catholic University charges ₦350,000 as tuition fees per session.



I wonder how many civil servants can afford these fees?! In a country where minimum wage of 18,000 naira is still hard for the government to pay?! And the government is still the highest employerof labour in this same country. I wonder how many Farmers can afford these fees?! I wonder how many Artisans can afford these fees?! Go into our villages, even those where you need a canoe to access, you will see Redeemed church there, you will see Wunners Chapel and all these other churches, those villagers also contributed in their own small way to these schools and the sad part is that while they keep praying for God to better their lot so they can afford to send their kids to these schools which their monies have built, the pastor is enjoying the proceeds from their investments..

Now I understand that University education is expensive.. Infact, I am a stong proponent for Universities to be autonomous and allowed to charge as much as is necessary for them to run, however, I also believe in Merit scholarship, partial scholarships and stuffs like that.. The churches dont even offer any sort of scholarship scheme for the less privileged members.. And the amazing part is that the members themselves see nothing wrong in this o!! But the day the government increases a state university tuition fee from 50 thousand to 75 thousand, see them rioting and carrying placards..

P.S: The two cheapest private schools on that list are Anglican and Catholic universities..

Bravo!! pray to God to bless you also so that u too can send ur children to those university. Let me ask u one question, wen was the last time u paid ur tithe& offering ? cos ur claiming now dat ur part of those contributed to build these schools, shio!!! akuse buruku! na stone dem go take pay those lecturers now abi no be so or dem tell u say na charity dem dey run...gerrout!!!

taigee: Why don't people do their homework well before speaking?
Yes the cost of the universities are high because the cost of running any quality institution in Nigeria is high.
But I know that they do give scholarships.
The Land Mark University Opened in 2011 with various degrees of scholarships, 30%, 60% & 100% depending on the qualification of the applying students.
I know several students in the system right now on scholarship.
Do you know that Bishop Oyedepo operates a foundation that grants Bursaries to Hundred thousands of church members children every year?
He couldn't have been fooling all these millions of members all these years.
Many people on the street know that winners chapel is one of the few churches where you can receive financial aid easily as a member.
There is something that has kept people following.
Do your research well before you spill your ignorance for the world to see.
God knows if I am not blessed spiritual, physically and all round being a part of the church body i would have left long ago.
Do you know? Even Muslims want their children to attend these mission schools because of quality and discipline.
It is not just about money, its about rolling out quality products.
Many are too myopic to see this.

item1:

If its all about the quality, how come i can't find any of these your quality schools in the list of good schools in the world.