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Information from the British Council on Thursday noted that Nigerians will now pay the sum of N107,500 for academic International English Language Testing System examinations from September 2023, The PUNCH reports.
Originally, the United Kingdom requires the citizens of any country willing to relocate to the UK for work or study opportunities to take the IELTS.

The cost of the test, which currently stands between N80,000 and N90,000 in Nigeria, is almost three times the country's minimum wage of N30,000.

But the council noted that the hike was necessary to sustain the high quality of standards for the "testing experience."

"Dear valued Test Taker, We would like to inform you that effective from 1 September 2023, there will be a price increase for IELTS tests offered by the British Council.

"The new prices will be NGN 107,500 for IELTS Academic and IELTS General Training, NGN 116.000 for UK Visas and Immigration and NGN 104,000 for Life Skills."

It added, "The new prices are necessary to sustain the high-quality of standards for your testing experience."

"Thank you for choosing the British Council," a terse message on the council's statement read.

The PUNCH reports that the UK remains one of the choicest destinations for Nigerians seeking better learning opportunities and way of life in foreign countries, with many opting for the education visa route and also taking dependants along to the UK.

In the 2020-21 academic year, 21,305 Nigerian students were enrolled in UK universities. This represents an almost 64 per cent increase from the 2019-20 figure.

As of September 2021, only two other countries, China and India, were sending more students to the UK than Nigeria.

Enrolments from Nigeria spiked from 12,820 in 2016-17 to 21,305 in 2020-21 to 44,195 in 2021-22.

Among all nationalities, Nigerians represented the largest relative increase in sponsored study visa grants, which reached a record high of 65,929, a nearly 700 per cent increase from 2019 and a 222.8 per cent increase compared to the same period in 2021.

Data from the Home Office of the UK in May also revealed that 66,796 dependant visas were issued to families of Nigerian students who obtained study visas from March 2022 to March 2023.

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Every where tension...

UK is a thrash country

Tinubu and his useless ers has spoilt everything in this country

mystery22:
Tinubu and his useless ers has spoilt everything in this country

Tinubu is just starting.

It was before our eyes that Buhari took dollar from 150 to above 700. A dollar will be 3k by the time our great grandpa is done with us.

Make God spare our lives.

IELTS is not a necessity .

I hope bragging rights also covers this one for the ronu people, all of them in my area don't pay fees anymore, not even school fees, bragging rights now pays all their fees, I'm not sure of the international fees....


Let me call Tunde first

flokii:
Our Senate should rise to the occasion to condemn this before things get out of hand.

Nigerians hardly get decent jobs to do in the UK but the Whites keep coming here to make adverts for naive Nigerian youths and parents to part with huge sums of money running into millions just to get a degree in UK institutions.. what next after getting the UK certificate??
Africans have been mug.us for far too long.

Oga, don't disturb your self, bragging rights has taken care of you, it is obidients that should be bothered, though I'm still yet to reach Tunde to confirm the international coverage.....

Lol

Our Senate should rise to the occasion to condemn this before things get out of hand.

Nigerians hardly get decent jobs to do in the UK but the Whites keep coming here to make adverts for naive Nigerian youths and parents to part with huge sums of money running into millions just to get a degree in UK institutions.. what next after getting the UK certificate??
Africans have been mug.us for far too long.

Tinubu why? Pls just jejely come down from that sit now befor tins fall apart finish

eBola is a disaster far worse than Covid-19. 👋

They are not begging you to come to their Country. If you can't pay, sit your ass down in Naija.
Una wan go reap where una no sow

una go just kuku kill us for the one wey dey ground so....

Tor we should do what South Africa did

For a country that adopts English as her official language!
UK is mad!

Despite having colonised us and still remote controlling Nigeria via corrupt politicians?

Its well calculated.

Demand increases price.

I have proposed to the Nigerian immigration Service to also increase port prices to 300,000 Naira. With the rush, people will still be bound to pay. The Nigerian immigration Service need to capitalize on demand and do the needful.

Such move will give the institution necessary revenue to rapidly upscale their services.

Japa just got more complicated...

Every other payment and fees have also tripled due to the Exchange rate situation... Proof of funds (POF) which was about 2.5 Million for an individual is currently over 5 Million.

You have to be seriously moneyed, desperate, and exceptionally determined to Japa now...

Just watch... Mr. President and his VP will count this as a massive accomplishment.

A country with no natural resources o.i beta stay put in naija.

You study from primary to university and they say you need to write English for 100k just to school abroad

We don suffer sha

Na wa ooo

Because of una Corn president every country don dey hike anything wey relate them to Nigeria... This is just the beginning

umm. everybody is adjusting price. the economy will reach everybody. it might be to the current exchange rate.

tinubu should open the border with Niger immediately. it look like we are already filling the heat.

Confirm reap off from a country like Nigeria 🇳🇬 that speak English.

Why then did you colonised us when you know you will still be extorting us on English test?

Amazing stuff.
Truth be told with this Tinubu govt, that price will not deter anyone from escaping this country.

Jesus
Jakpa is now more expensive than ever.

But I still don’t understand why Nigerians, who speak English as the official language are required to write IELTS while those from Caribbean countries where English is also their official language aren’t writing many external exams.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

Omo, wahala dey o

UK is a broke nation that is laser focused on exploiting the immigrants to be able to afford increase in salaries back home. Even the Prime Minister disgracefully said this openly.

UK is suffering from strength in the value of pounds sterling which makes their export to be expensive; most countries are not willing to import from them. Thus, they don't have strong manufacturing base, hence they are just service oriented. Visa processing is one of the services they use as a cash cow.

Na we do ourselves, last last. Black Monkey Syndrome.