After nearly four academic sessions of operating on an 11-week lecture calendar, the University of Ibadan is returning to a 13-week schedule. Although many students have welcomed the decision as a sign that the university is gradually restoring normalcy after years of disruptions, one important question remains: does adding two more weeks genuinely improve the quality of education, or is it simply another compromise on the long road back to academic normalcy?
In recent times, much has occurred that warrants extreme vigilance, even regarding the smallest matters that should not inherently be harmful. From terrorism to banditry and incessant kidnapping, insecurity continues to plague the country. Consequently, fear is very much alive and palpable in the atmosphere.
At every tertiary institution, newly admitted students, often referred to as freshers, are introduced to campus life through orientation programmes.
No matter how hard you try, you really cannot avoid contemplating the shoddiness of the current crop of aspirants vying for executive post at the student union level. The shoddiness of the manifestoes? The dissonance of their statements? The age-old responses? The bare-faced patronage? The lacklustre performance? Above all, the […]
Although thoroughly cliched, the statement ‘history repeats itself because people fail to learn from it’ is still relevant. It will rightly remain relevant until people take out their notebooks to take down instructive lessons when they engage with historical events or happenings that will sooner pass into history.
left in Ógba Ayo. We don’t know if we will ever return to our homes or what the future holds for us.” No matter how the government
be on deck to curb the un-called for phenomenon. Lecturers who mess up with the lives of the students should be called to book. Student leaders across campus and the leadership of National Association of Nigerian Students must also lend their solidarity with
While it is true that poor infrastructure, traffic congestion, bad roads, and unreliable public transportation can hinder punctuality, they should not be excuses for our
punishment. There should be rules addressing the unsolicited behavior and the rules should be enforced. The Students’ Union, Press Organizations on campus, Faculties and Student organizations on
The reason school authorities label these student activists as troublemakers is not far-fetched. It is because they see any form of protest as a threat to the anomalies that are expedient to them. I believe
