Ifelola Olaleye

Church Universities are costly because it cost that much to run a proper University. They have to pay electricity bills of students and staff quarters. Mind you there are more people living in Covenant University or Backock University than some local governments in West Africa and everyone of them consume electricity personally and in the academic area.

They are expensive because Lecturers and other academic workers must be paid salaries. Now understand as each lecturer in a university system grow in rank their salaries must also grow which means that the wage bill of each University must swell from time to time. Covenant now has over 95 professors some of which were employed as Lecturer 1. If you don't upgrade them as quick enough they would seek for employment elsewhere.

They are expensive because Lecturers must go for international and local academic conferences sponsored by the University each year with hotel reservations taken care of. Each local conference support fund per lecturer per year exceeds N100,000 not to talk more of international.

They are expensive because Gardners, campus cleaners, carpenters, electricians, plumbers etc must be paid as their services are constantly needed in a University environment.

They are expensive because the University must pay $1000 for each journal of the University to maintain an Open access policy. Failure to do this would make a University rank low on webometrics and other ranking bodies.

They are expensive because they have to stock their libraries on a yearly basis. Covenant for instance adds 10,000 books to library per year in line with UNESCO standard.

They are expensive because as a University grows the Infrastructural need grows. And the University must continually upgrade, maintain and build structures.

They are expensive because they need to fund research work. Any meaningful research work would cost over $100,000 e.g Prof Misra Sanjay Intelligent system project of $600,000 sponsored by CU

They are expensive because they have to stock the laboratories with new equipment, regeants etc. Covenant University molecular lab cost over 200 million naira to establish.

They are expensive because they need to maintain and repair existing facilities e.g Covenant University staff quarters gulped 380 million naira in one particular year.

They are expensive because they need to spend on Consultancy services. Covenant spends 300 million naira/year on data analytics(money provided by the Church)

They are expensive because they must run an Hospital with doctors and Nurses that must be paid. Covenant Uni clinic has 12 doctors and about 30 Nurses with several other professionals including Med Lab Scientist, Pharmacist etc. etc.

With this few reasons I believe I have been able to convince and not confuse you why church universities are expensive.

We need to stop Criticizing and start celebrating the church for the great work they are doing in the Education Sector. For most churches owning a university is not a business but a service and mission platform. 


Lalasticlala

The enemies of the church should learn

Cc Statsocial

They don't even give grants to students

duroc:
They don't even give grants to students

As a matter of fact they do.

Church educational institutions can never be cheap considering all you started above.....church university is justified to charge a lot of money........however they only must give scholarships and discount to members of the church especially if church members contributed financially to the building of the schools so some church members will not say we contributed to build school now we can't afford to put our child there (selection of church members to benefit from discount and scholarship should be fair)......... oyedepo is someone I commend as touching hallmark and covenant university I pray God should continue to lead him.......