The National Universities Commission (NUC) has abolished the award of Pass Degree in Nigerian Universities with effect from the 2013/ 2014 academic session.
Prof Abdullahi Zuru, the Vice Chancellor of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, disclosed this on Wednesday at the 2014/2015 matriculation of 4,133 students of the institution.
“This has far reaching implications on the grading system of students in universities.
“This means that the minimum pass mark for courses in the universities will now be 45 per cent, that is, D-grade, instead of the previous 40 per cent which was E-grade.
“It also means that the minimum class of degree to be earned by students will now be Third Class,” he said.
According to him, no university student will henceforth graduate with a Pass Degree. culled pm news.
*The third class degree is already in extinction in some countries,good that Nigeria has joined the bandwagon.
Is there anyone reading this who has a pass degree from any Nigerian University?Must be horrible trying to get a job with a pass when third class is frowned upon.
Like i said in the THIRD CLASS DEGREE post in October 2014,I am a proud graduate of third class degree from the University of Benin due to being victimised but I didnt let it define who i am or who i have become.
If you graduated with a pass or third class,just try to top up your degree by studying further,Dont sit down and lament.
Minimum pass mark should be 50% as it is in countries serious about education.
ReplyDeletespot on..
DeleteUr papa which kind of 50percent am sure yu dint go to school.or possibly yu dint have to work and go to school at this same .smfh
Delete40 na let my people go!!!
Delete45 na Oriyomi.
50 na u sabbi book small
@Galore
Stella no be only victimized! Lmao........"past olodo like u!
DeleteI read the last post on "Third Class" grade and even though SDK mentioned how she went on further to better herself with better grades afterwards, the bandwagon comments reeked of how successful she had become with a 3rd Class without harping how hard it is to get by with such a grade in a competitive society. Emphasis should be on how much she did to better herself and not drumming on how grades don't matter.
DeleteStudents should buckle up and savage their downhill grades and not take consolation on how connections and favour can make the difference. If for nothing, make the good grades to feel good amongst your peers. Isn't it a little depressing when you have to explain to family, friends and employers how you were single handedly victimised for not whetting the xesual appetites of male lecturers? For guys, the excuse is usually " I refused to block".
For people already caught in the web of Pass or Thirdy, don't just sit back and rationalise it away. Do a PGD, get on a Masters Prog. Get certifications to sharpen the edge of your first degree. We live in a certificate society. Give unto Ceasar what's his. Let your grade get you to a point where you can prove yourself. Let's encourage students to work harder while they still have the chance.
Help me check if I have written too much. Thanks!
Goldscent naija's university system is not the same with other countries. For example in the US, exams are 30 percent while in naija na 70 percent.
DeleteWell said K A. You know write too much.
DeleteD society wey we dey no send u o. Grade matters here in dis part of d world dat was y even wen I was working and schooling at d same time I just refused to settle fr less.though it was very tough fr me and I was always crying But thank God I made it!
Delete@ Collin, In the university I graduated from in Australia, exams were 50-70% of total assessment. Mostly 70%.
DeleteAnd pass mark was still 50%.
And you had to get at least 50% of the exam marks to pass a course.
@ Lovelace, no vex. I didn't know you would read it. Lol.
DeleteStella being victimized is not an excuse to get 3rd class. There are authorities to report to.
DeleteBLOG ANALYSER: eeeeyah for those caught up in this mess.it is well with them. Just study hard
ReplyDeleteDon't mind all those clueless men. There was a prof in my school then, he graduated with a third class in maths and latr became a professor in the same field. Sometimes it might not be unseriousness, it might be due to lack of money and some other issues at home. They should know this. Thank God i"m a second class product. First class sef no see job collect so what's the ego about classes sef. Smh. May God help us all including the ones with 3rd class and pass. Stella grandma third class *smiles*
DeleteI never used to understand d Nigerian grading system and how people can get pass until I came to Nigeria for law school...the first few months were awful. I was so lost n confused ( even though they made us go thru bar part1, it really didn't really prepare us for bar part2 and the arrival of d Nigerian students)...no one really told u what was expected of us...there were different handouts everywhere, with everyone swearing that one or d other handout was d best. I bought everything, including recommended textbooks n class materials n also took notes in class!...paper everywhere, it was all too much, We ( me n my roomie, a fellow jjc like me) didn't even know where to start... d Nigerian students on d other hand seemed to just dive in from d first day..studying as if d world would end...from d first week you'll hear things like "you still dey there when I don read d whole textbook 2 times, in fact I just started reading it the 3rd time"....n me n my roomie will be looking at ourselves like Jesu!!! What have we set ourselves up for. Needless to say that was only one quarter of the problem. There was d issue of NEPA taking d light especially in the mornings when man pikin need to boil water to bath ( hot water was all i was used to for a while but i had to abandon that idea n get used to cold water sharp sharp n buy rechargeable fan for d heat)..the next was getting over life without internet ( at least internet is better in Nigeria now, but then it was hell)...then there was d issue of food, for the first 3 months, we were purging like crazy... Not that we were not used to Nigerian food, in fact we ate them always but I bet it was d combination of pepper and ajinomoto overdose that wanted to kill us..Lol...then the drama amongst foreign students n Naija students, the numerous boyfriend n girlfriend snatching n all other distractions....all in all I made it out after d first attempt (thank God!), I learnt a lot of things including speaking pidgin n Naija English, which is important for survival ( imagine speaking British English at d market...N100 tomato suddenly becomes N500..look)... And in all my years of studying ( with a 2:1 at degree and merit at masters) I have never been more grateful for the Pass I was able to escape with from d Nigerian Law sch...even my mother was rolling on the floor thanking God, I was d only one that made it out of all her friend's children ( for one, it was d 3rd attempt) and up till today, I do as well ( if not better) than people dat left d law sch with 1st and 2:1....and no one really asks law school grades...lol
Delete@SDO lolzzz reminds me of an experience!! Well some law offices like A and O wants 1st and minimum of 2:1 from law school.
DeleteIn all thrive to upgrade no matter what grades you settle with. Just as Sdk mentioned on the post earlier.
LOL
ReplyDeleteDo people really get pass degree?
Like for real?
That's the one they call "Let my people go" abi?
The persons with such degrees must have been sleeping throughout his or her stay in the university.
Very ridiculous I must say.
Waste of parents / guardians money.
sometimes those with 3rdclass/pass are being vicitimised by their lecturers. As stella said.
DeleteU of all people should know that passing through the University only takes God's Grace and favour. Alot of brilliant minds are being given result which are bland. They work extremely hard with almost nothing to show for it.
Next time please speak like a someone that have an ounce of empathy. I'm sorry.
Don't insult people like that, most Nigerian universities victimised their students, u will see a student studying like her life depends on it and still comes out with a pass, then u see another playing around comes out with a 2:1.
DeletePeople are different, yeah some r dumb but you can't totally blame some.
Babe relax u won't understand. No matter how intelligent u like be, if a lecturer buys your case in Nigerian universities than u are completely finished. Do u think those that graduated with first class worked harder than those with lower grades?
DeleteBad mouth I see there, tell me about you passing through the 4 walls of school and I will tell you the category of lie you just lied. I came out of school with very good grades but that doesn't mean I should mock those who didn't, best way to be sure you know what you are doing is by practical testing not writing!
DeleteNo be only waste o, annoying one o. Make my pikin no try such with my money in Jesus name....Amen! hehehehe
DeleteI know
DeletePlease dont say that
DeleteYou dont know what people go through
I had a course mate
He was so eloquent and used to answer questions in class
Night reading et al
He stil came out with a thirdclass
Are you saying he didn't study well enough?
I never used to send my lecturers then,even skip classes somethings and I still came out a good grade.
Dont be too hasty in judging people
E-hugs
Sometimes*
DeleteGenny lala, have a Lil empathy sometimes, people go through real life situations in the university. I suffered it too but my GOD came through as always. Eke chukwuemeka, GOD has not even started punishing you hehehehehehehe!
DeleteBuhahahahahahahaha!
DeleteSeems like I struck a nerve here?
Una sorry nu oh.
I didn't mean to remind you of your shame.
Please y'all should stop ranting bout ds victimisation shiiiii...victimisation ko,na only u they d school?,of a department with almost a 4k student,u and some others were d only1 deemed victimisable abi?...N if clearly u were being victimised,shouldnt that be with just a lecturer or were u victimised by all d lecturers in totality hence aiding ur 3rd class...its a call for those in school to step up in their various choice of studies and not blabbing bout being victimised when u clearly dnt read ur books...if indeed u are/were victimised then something mustav gone wrong and u ought to check yourself to find out y
DeleteShow us ur cert @genny. Put it as ur Avi. Am sure you cant
DeleteGenny I think your comment makes no sense. I have always been intelligent. Double promotion in primary school . I entered secondary school at 7. And finished when I was almost 14. I had all a1 in my waec. When I entered university I was really young and I must say very pretty with a shape to die for. It was just a matter of time before lecturers where looking for what was between my legs. I refused and I was failed so many times that when I graduated I have a third class. What does that say?. Because my parents were rich I asked them to send me abroad which they refused before because of how young I was.. I graduated from a university in the UK with a first class and not only that I was the best graduating student. I was given a scholarship for my masters which I graduated with a distinction and once again best graduating student. I was offered jobs but I decided to return to naija to run my parents companies... So please what does that say about the Nigerian educational system.
DeleteEverybody is now using victimization.....nonsense. Some people can read for Africa but cant assimilate
DeleteGood move
ReplyDeleteOk..
ReplyDeleteI don't like this at all.
ReplyDeleteWhy nau?
Everyone should be graded according to their performances abeg.
People with third class will complain, imagine someone with pass...lmao!
Third class holders will not have anything to feel good about again, I remember then when we graduated and some third class babes were thanking God it's not pass. Lmao!
That pass is a trauma in disguise.
DeleteIt's actually better they are made to repeat a session,who knows they will sit up and graduate with a better grade.
Chei Stella you re very open almost too open, good thing u didn't end up looking for one job or the other .Now u are even more successful than some people who got 1st class, love your bluntness, I hope sm peeps don't start Praising their 3rdclass result just cos Stella has same hahaa. Just like the abortion story sm girls that look up to you would say after all Stella did it and had kids why not me,not everyone is that favoured. Thank God for you.
ReplyDeleteJohnny just come.
DeleteAbeg na you people ma sef.
DeleteJayem shut up,ugly duck
DeleteSee who dey call person johnny just come,just cos u like to get noticed by being rude and silly to people online, u are now area mother, when did u even come to this blog sef, just causing nuisance up and dwn.
DeleteOkoro the big head, you don't want to start a fight with me.
DeleteYou don't!
Lmao...Johnny just come Okoro, you want to get popular too? lol
Even if you beg for it, I won't make you popular...now kill yourself.
Yep this exactly who u are! Keep displaying ur market self here. No time to reply ur block head! Argue wit u ?ring road agbero,i'll just loose.
DeleteLmao @ring road agbero...whatever that meabs*side eyes*
Deleteindeed the grades don't make u. I have a 1st class but my boss is a third class and he earns $36,000 monthly. just get up n giddy up forget d grade the stupid people gave u. my 1st ever comment after 4 years dat I have read this blog daily.
ReplyDeleteYou can't have a first class with this type of written English
Delete@ Psugar,welcome to commenting. It would be nice if you did mention that your Boss didn't stop with the thirdy but improved himself further. Do you know your Boss would be a lot more happier if he made first class like you and did what he did with his thirdy? Let's encourage students to aim higher.
Delete$36,000 monthly, your boss must be richer than Folawiyo.
DeleteIs this blog up to 4years old?
Liar, liar pants on fire.
Lolzzzz...Sdkers oooo
DeleteIt's the way forward. All hands on deck.
ReplyDeleteGood they have scraped it.
ReplyDeleteNow,students will know what they are working with before graduation.
indeed d grades don't make u. my boss has a third class and earns $36,000 monthly. Now dats wot am talking about. meanwhile after 4 years of reading this blog daily, this is my first comment. Yipee.
ReplyDeleteYou've removed your lie of having a first class? Lmao
DeleteWelcome darling and no u re not johnny just come ,u re far better than all the notice me by force syndrome here.
DeleteHow can u be proud of a third class? Pls don't say it again, u should be ashamed of it.
ReplyDeleteGo and beat her na,idiot like u,ur parents shd be ashamed for giving birth to a soft fool like u
DeleteSo you want her to lie or what? My dear, it is what it is..
DeleteThank you my dear. Some people tend to forget that grace differs.
ReplyDelete@Anony.11.10, u are a big fool 4 saying dat, wat does my parent has to do with dis? Well, I believe u never went to a university. @ Elsa, am not saying she should lie bt we shouldn't celebrate a third class result.
DeleteMy Faculty's pass mark for any course at all is 50. Sometimes it gets to 60 depending on the population/expectation from NUC.
ReplyDeleteThere is no such thing as 3rd class here. Anyways nice step taken by the NUC.
God Help Us..
This is a good move but...
ReplyDeleteI really don't know how many people who graduated with a third class and pass degrees that would be broken by this but I wanna tell you something. Education does not have the solemn right to define your person. Your degree does not define how high you can soar. If you think it does, please search on the number of first class graduates who applied to be drivers in Dangote's company. These are first class degree holders! Those you feel by now they should be working at all top places of the world!
I know for sure that you are taken as a second class citizens when you go for job interviews, most times you are even discouraged to apply for jobs after staring at your result. Truth is this, you must not work under someone. You must not be the employee. You have the power to be your very own boss with a little capital investment, as little as even #10,000. All you have to do is sit down, draw your life plan then pursue it pants down and success will chase you. First class degree holders will come to you to seek for job. They'll come to you seek for advice. You, a pass degree holder!
Don't let your certificate define you. Remember Dangote. Remember Steve Jobs, remember almost all the richest men in the world, almost all didn't have a college degree, all they had to do was satisfy one basic human need and their names were imprinted in the sands of time, find that need which you can satisfy, pursue it and go have your name inscribed on the sands of time.
Well said!
DeleteYou have said it all but this does not in anyway mean that if you have the means to go to school, u shouldn't do everything in ur power to excel and make yourself and ur family proud.
DeleteYou have said it all but this does not in anyway mean that if you have the means to go to school, u shouldn't do everything in ur power to excel and make yourself and ur family proud.
DeleteLike!!!! Encouraging
Delete@ David Baller, you are right with your imput on this. But have you given mind to the insignificant statistics of people who are like Steve Jobs with lesser grades or no degrees who made it as opposed to those with better grades? Even if you want to be an entrepreneur, it doesn't hurt to first make good grades before veering off to business. Wale Adenuga (Super Story) till date has an enviable academic records in his dept, UNILAG and though, he is not working, his name is on Honour Roll Board. His first class didn't stop him from becoming successful either.
DeleteThe import of this post is to encourage students to be better and not take solace in the Steve Jobs of this world.
Spot on Kehinde Ake.. like my mum would say if you want to be a cleaner a least be an educated cleaner...it gives you an edge!!!
DeleteErrhm, Cleaner is cleaner. Whether educated or not.
Delete@Diamonds there is something they call house keeping department @Transcorp hilton hotel what do they do there..cleaning.
DeleteAnd they are well paid. There's something they call dignity in labour too. It doesn't matter if one is a cleaner. If you are educated you can expand your services to other areas such as dry -cleaning services etc. This can be thought out by an enlightened cleaner!! Hope you get my gist??
There's nothing wrong being a cleaner as well. It's better than sitting pretty and idle doing nothing!!
Hmmmm!!!! Ts well o... I used to doubt d fact dt pple graduated wif pass n third class wen i ws in sec skul... Bt now, i know ts real.
ReplyDeleteAs for d 45% pass mark, nt new. 50% is pass mark in med skul.
Ed Dreamz, u r very popular o...Saw ur mean comment to M.I on Trending wif Toke Makinwa. U no nice o... Hahahahaha.
Chei, some people will go into shock at this news o!
ReplyDeleteHmmmmmmmm
ReplyDeleteEehn?
ReplyDeleteOdikwa nma.
The person with such degree most have waist his or her time in Uni....people with first class still lookin for Job lol
ReplyDeleteSame way u mustav wasted your parents money hence ur poor command of english...spoken english can be quite difficult 2master for some of you but writting is just a no no...habaaa can waste be that difficult to spell? c'mon now
DeleteHonestlY i didnt "realise" dere was a Pass full Now!
ReplyDeleteOMG!
When Third Class is already like leprosy to some peeps....
Na wah o!
Thank God Engineering Drawing didnt succeed in messing me up.....Kai
Whoever invented Maths and Engineering Drawing eh,if i see una for Heaven eh,aswear not even Angel Warrior go Save u two.....
To think i woke up dis morning thinking of doing some Professional courses.....
Buh I jus remembered Maths and d Dream ended right dere.....Lol
Irene,My Madam at the Top,i dey greet o.
U be my follow engineer, I hail oh, maybe that's y I like u. Anyway unlike u, I so love mathematics and drawing, any thing reading I hate so much but calculation am so in.....
DeleteJbaby,u said u love Maths and drawing???
DeleteGood Day Madam!
na so i dey greet peeps that know Maths o.
i gat soo much respect for una!
hahahahahhahaha
Buh I loove loove reading....
dont know why i didnt just follow my heart's desire.....hehehehehhe
Hahahaha no be small madam, don't worry would teach you, then you teach me how to be patient and read without headache.
DeleteI never loved maths before no thanks to our school teacher. But when I did statistics in my 200l/300l I got interested in it. Esp when I aced in both levels I was marveled. And hence me loving a little mathematics..lolzz
Deletelmao. God gimme a job
ReplyDeleteStella, same with me.. i was victimized cuz of my big boobs my HOD couldnt get hold of himself... yet i was among the let my people go crew... now i am the Head of HR of a big firm and employing the high flyers... but cuz i know myself and how smart i am i dont employ pple cuz of their class of degree... cuz the smartest and the most strategic members of my team are even third class and pass.. #pass and balling#
ReplyDeleteLol..it seems your HOD didn't suck his mama's breast when he was a baby.
DeleteWow!
DeletePls employ me Ma.na beg i dey beg.
i am busty like u too.
God bless u.
@ Anonymous 10.13am. So happy you turned out right. You fall into the micro statistics who defied the odds to rise to the top. Its an exception. If you are honest, you will admit that before now, you were traumatised by your grades. To save people from this psychological trauma, preach for hardwork during school so that others won't go your initial route. I don't think you would want your kids to be thirdIES
Delete@anonymous 10.13...oh please cut that crap,if u were indeed happy with your accomplishments thus far u wouldn't have commented under anonymous...Now every1 with 3rd class is claiming to have been victimised even those that never read their entire life odiegwu
DeleteOh TGW, don't I just love you? Very hilarious woman...lol
DeleteCongrats.. the boobs don lift u finally. In this world if you got the smarts, the looks (face, frontend or backend) you can reach the top if you strategise well.
DeleteHmmm @collins
DeleteHmmmm no more E again...tank God am out of dat system
ReplyDeleteNUC ose only if it will improve the quality of education in our country Nigeria. God bless Nigeria my lovely Country.
ReplyDeleteNice one from NUC, Stella you are so right about victimization in uniben especially in some departments the lecturers are sadist.
ReplyDeleteI always thought 3rd class was the same as pass.
ReplyDeleteSo true Stella! Your grade does not define who you are/will be.
ReplyDeleteHope this won't make some people to relax.
ReplyDeleteThank God I graduated with a 2nd class lower...if not for those stupid horny lecturers in my department,I would have gotten a better grade,I ended up waving 2 courses and they affected my CGPA.
ReplyDeleteI believe that one's degree classification can't define one's future.In Nigeria,everything is based on CONECTION but God's favour covers all.It is well....
Babe waving courses doesn't affect your grade, that is why it's called cumulative(of the courses u did), as long as u fulfilled the minimum required units and courses
DeleteUr certificate most times doesn't determine ur worth.It is what u hv upstairs
ReplyDeleteAnd downstairs.
Delete@ Linda, your certificate will get you an interview or audience so you can prove your 'upstairs'.
DeleteBwahahahahahahahahaha Collins you no well.
DeleteLmao!!! Collins u are craaaaay
DeleteHahahahahahaha Collins ooo
DeleteI know people who graduated with pass and they are not less intelligent. I have a 2:1 which I worked my ass for but still no job. So it doesn't really matter
ReplyDeleteOh yes it does...
DeleteI finished with a 2:1 too didn't get a job either. I sat for the BAT 7stages exam passed the first two stage was very hope ful to get to the 3rd stage. No thanks to GMAT I didn't get through that stage.
Later after I was pregnant with my first baby so I opted for self skills since I loved baking. I got capital from my NYSC money saved and DH too.
Went to mix and bake to get a certificate course in cakes and sugar craft. started my own cake business and was doing well before I traveled to join DH(didn't want to stay too long apart from DH to avoid stories that touch *dont judge me..RME*)
And now that skill is helping me here where I am now. I also improved my braids making.
I shared this story to encourage you and inspire you. I don't think I want to work for any one anymore. I am my own boss.
I also upgraded my computer skills here via Microsoft specialist offer and I passed! So I am now a certified Microsoft Specialist too(i owe it to God not by my power) See when life gives you lemon...learn to not only make lemonade out of it but also lemon cakes!!.
Hoping to hear your success story soon! Best wishes dear Anon...Yes you can!!
Dat's gud
ReplyDeleteHmm this is serious, so what now happens to some ppl I know n their cgpa is less than 1.0? Na to pack go house be that na. But having a pass, even 3rd class is as good as not going to school. Although I know many things can be d causer sha
ReplyDeleteI feel dizzy
ReplyDeleteThis malaria drug is weighing me down
That victimisation thing will never end! Eke chukwuemeka former examination officer(before the idiot was shamefully kicked out hahahahahahahahahaha) economics department university of abuja, more misfortune shall befall you if you don't stop victimising innocent innocent girls and straphing them on your office table and asking for blow job up and down. This scum of the earth almost stripped me naked in church cos I thought approaching him in the house of GOD will make him less randy! But after my 7days midnight prayers Hahahahaha, he dey feel am now! Uniabuja, DONE and DUSTED!! Gwags jambitos, beware of that DOG!!!
ReplyDelete'Grade does not measure intelligence and maturity does not define maturity'. However, school is important.
ReplyDeleteSTELLA YOU SURE SAY U NO BE OLODO, DEY HERE DEY CLAIM SAY DEM VICTIMISE YOU. LOCAL ISOKO WOMAN.
ReplyDeleteKai! U need Jesus,Asap!
DeleteMy question z, wat happens tostudents who @ dia final yr stil hv CGPA in pass category? Wil dey be given withdrawal letter or wat? If so, that means so much sorting.
ReplyDeleteI have a pass degree and have been working ever since i finished my youth service..I actually had a complex and thought i wouldn't get any job.But i heard God tell me,'Never to say Never' and now i've changed jobs like 3times..It's been amazing,but then,i'm good at what i do...It's taught me that we should never let the world put us in a box (u must marry by certain age,u must born by certain age,u must be this or that, otherwise,u won't feel fulfilled)
ReplyDeleteSuddenly, everyone here with a third class was victimised.
ReplyDeleteHahahahahahahahahahahaha!
DeleteYou never see anything.
Olodos were victimised.
Runs girls were victimised.
They were 'hall' victimised.
Lmao!
DeleteHahahaha
DeleteGoldscent D Herself!
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Where are u Sexy???
@ Adaorah,i am tired of u running Off like dis ooo...
Where are u nau?
Hope u good sweets.....
@ Iphie,ma bebe,how far?
U don Finally chop?
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DeleteWhy is this an issue?.. this is a very big forum so there will always be individuals that fit every discussion :)
DeleteYour short grammatical outburst of a succinct nature has caused me to LOllllllllllllll
DeleteGoldscent not everyone oh, I didn't have a 3rd class, graduated with a VERY good grade in engineering, am proud of moi.
DeleteTGW this your kisses you are blowing, are they 3rd class or Pass??
DeleteBetter its scrapped but truely it doesnt define who you are.
ReplyDeleteI carry third class comot, my papa for don kiiiiiii me be that oh. Ahh. Especially when you grow up in a University community, some grades are not just acceptable. Sey wetin happen. But still some of there our grades and certificates still don't matter. If you have such grades, just try and do masters or ogre and the previous grade enters voicemail I believe. All these people that get jobs through connections, how many of them De ask them for their grades.
ReplyDeleteThe certificate is not the end it's actually a foundation to now build a career or business on, with other qualities not exactly taught in school but rather the the university of life!!!
Deletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
ReplyDelete.
Without connection that result is rubbish
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***
When in nursing school 50 is let my people go.na wa oh
ReplyDeleteReally, graduating with a pass, third class is bad but not all students are to be blamed. Most students are forced to study courses which they are not interested in.Our education system does not give room 4 choices. And most times, when eventually students begin to get used to the particular course, their GP my have been seriously injured.I'm not trying to justify the third class graduates but believe me when i say our country does not help too
ReplyDelete3rd class is not a waste, atleast not in all cases. I graduated with a 3rd class due to my own nonchalance.i was among the pioneers of post Ume, and I scored the highest for my department, goes to show that I'm not dumb but I just got carried away by Uni freedom.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, when I graduated with my 3rd class, I was so ashamed, even till date my parents don't know what I graduated with. God favored me, I have a good paying job, a flourishing business, and what's more... Most of the 1st class n 2nd class ITKs in my dept that judged me for my nonchalance r jobless with some looking up to me to hook them up with any available job.. Na #GodWin!
I like you, in fact I love you.
DeleteI love people who take responsibility!
I love people who know the problem, admit the cause of the problem and tackle the problem.
Thank you for being truthful.
Nice story..
DeleteHaba, Genny baby... What kind of human being r u?? Godforbid!!
ReplyDeleteI love you too Jare @Jayem!
ReplyDeleteIf the Eke Chukwuemeka of Economics Department is the man you are reffering to Elsa, then you are mistaken. FACT. during the ASUU national strike that crippled universities in 2013, It was this man that risked his life and limbs to call for Lectures. He stood for us and was the FIRST lecturer to Lecture. His singular act prompted some others to go to class. NTA interviewed him. These facts are there. The former VC, Prof Adelabu noted his courage and integrity. The HOD promptly appointed him Dept's Exam Officer. During his tenure MALPRACTICES dropped. The new VC Prof Michael Adikwu reschuffled HODs, an ASUU friendly HOD was appointed whose first act was to remove the anti-ASUU lecturer. It has nothing to do with your claims, but purely an internal political maneuvering. That man is widely published internationally and a mentor to many students and ex students. I seriously doubt your claims since you have a third class.
ReplyDeletei came out with a pass 10 years ago in Agriculture from a reputatable university in Nigeria as a result of my unseriousness. I cried out my eyes as if i was going to die. I was thinking i would travel to the united state in my year 2 and my i wasnt serious with my exams and stuff,unfortunately the united states addmission didnt click.Although i work in a very good place and earn good pay. i travel in and out of the united states as like anything but i still go tru the trauma.i have done my post graduate diploma in agriculture but no way to proceed to masters. All my effort hv been abortive.Most of my colleagues dont kw my grade ,yet i feel really bad from within and i still cry. i saw the way some pple have abused pple with pass and third class and i think i deserve it and even more.Please scold me more............crying..
ReplyDeleteWell I will not say mine was because of a bad lecture r or person,I studied for four years at the University of port-harcourt, Nigeria,I suffered alot and made a third class honours,it was so sad,I worked so hard, I was top ten in my class of 70,where only twenty graduated,and a chunk of the rest living with a certificate of attendance,it has been very difficult to believe I ended that way,I don't wish my enemy to graduate with dat kind of degree,believe me,a third class degree is very shameful and it's a course to you,please do not compare a pass degree to a third class honours, a pass degree is useless, I have however managed to conclude my msc in Europe where I managed with a distinction and final GPA of 3.56/4,the university system in Nigeria is terrible,university Of port-haharcourt,is not a good university,at that time it was the norm to graduate with eida a third or a 2.2 while a few escape with a 2.2, the majority of graduates are third classes,well I keep looking up,I however can't underate myself,in my university in Europe I saw a friend of mine from same home university who graduated with a third class as well and has a 4/4 at graduate school, I was a good student, I was victimized ones but again the grading scale of that university is so terrible, that has however prompted the world educational service evaluators to stop evaluating degrees from there as the university does not know how to even prepare a transcript, when my European university saw my transcript, it was however seen and addressed as a list of unconfirmed subjects, as the amount of times u take a course is listed on your transcript,bringing down what you have worked for for years,it's unlikely any university abroad would accept a transcript like that,hence the bann from world educational service evaluators,well from this point of view I would encourage the government to bann third class degrees as well,and the minimum to issue be a 2.2 of at least 3/5, there is however no need for a post graduate diploma,the university should however look for alternative ways to access students,eida through assignments that are marked and duly recorded,test,quizzes and final exams with the best grades picked to encourage students performance, a 2.2 can be achieved by everyone, it's the university that makes it hard,no need giving a grade that can't be marketable,please in the name of God let the government bann third classes and the lecturers develop a means to encourage students,a 2.1 in Babcock university is as easy as ABC,as only your core courses are used to calculate your GPA,even in uniben your final yr courses are 40 percent,meaning a 2.1 wud have been mine if I went there to study same course afterall I made a 4/5 in my finals and still made a third class,well no need to regret afterall employers don't understand this one bit,not all universities are made of the same walls!!a third class from uniport gave a distinction msc in Europe!!
ReplyDeleteAgain most of the lecturers are nonchalant,your life is none of their business,my advice is for you to choose the right university,my kid brother avoided university of port-harcourt but today he's a first class holder from uniben,I had no one to put me through, I had no money, no helpers,but at least I helped my kid bro tru everything, choosed the right department, program based on past experience,and today he has a first, it's easy everyone deserves a first if the lecturers themselves could take the pain and teach properly rather than take joy and running students life's, from my own point of view the teachers needs to learn the best ways to acces their students rather than that old fashioned notes dey carry about.
ReplyDeleteAgain most of the lecturers are nonchalant,your life is none of their business,my advice is for you to choose the right university,my kid brother avoided university of port-harcourt but today he's a first class holder from uniben,I had no one to put me through, I had no money, no helpers,but at least I helped my kid bro tru everything, choosed the right department, program based on past experience,and today he has a first, it's easy everyone deserves a first if the lecturers themselves could take the pain and teach properly rather than take joy and running students life's, from my own point of view the teachers needs to learn the best ways to acces their students rather than that old fashioned notes dey carry about.
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