Presently, the fee is between N80,000 and N90,000, but
Nigerians will from September 2023 pay the new amount, according to the British
Council, organisers of the assessment test for migrants going to work or study
in the UK and Canada.
“Dear valued test taker,” the Council said in a terse
statement, “We would like to inform you that effective 01 September 2023, there
will be a price increase for IELTS tests offered by the British Council.
“The new prices will be N107,500 for IELTS Academic and
IELTS General Training, N116,000 for UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI), and
N104,000 for Life Skills. The new prices are necessary to sustain the high quality
of standards for your testing experience. Thank you for choosing the British
Council.”
The development might be a big deal for the vast majority of
Nigerians who see the UK as their preferred work or study destination.
The United Kingdom requires citizens of any country willing
to relocate to the UK for work or study opportunities to take the IELTS.
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
dependents 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 dependent visas were issued to families of Nigerian students who
obtained study visas from March 2022 to March 2023.
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