CBU Increases Registration Fees by over 100%

The Copperbelt University (CBU) has upped registration fees by over 100 percent for the new academic year. Students have been hit by an increment that moves from 30% to 62% signalling a 100% increment on payment of tuition fees.

Students have complained of the move taken by the management board, adding that most of them are unable to pay such fees, particularly when the country is facing such economic challenges. They student body are now appealing to he government to intervene, stating that the amounts of money being asked for is just too much and will result in most students failing to register for the next academic year.

“It’s very unfortunate because most of us students if not 90% of the students, can’t manage to register looking at the difficult time our nation is going through,” complained one of the affected students.

“As a concerned student I feel this issue should be looked into immediately because it is disadvantaging most of the students if not all, looking at how the events in the university have occurred. I am kindly appealing to our Honourable Minister of Higher Education Brian Mushimba to intervene on this issue on behalf of students,” another student added.

Meanwhile, Minister of Higher Education, Brian Mushimba, said he has engaged the Copperbelt University management over the increase in student fees.

“I have engaged CBU on the issue of thresholds, I am told the 30% was a temporal intervention last year that created serious shortfall in the funding cycle for the university of K 20 million and it is not sustainable hence going back to what is on the books being 50% to around 80 at the final and 20 at results,” Mushimba said.