tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746648066074550397.post6898325179242334226..comments2023-09-08T02:18:58.110-07:00Comments on SPACES FOR CHANGE [S4C] : E-Conference: FG-ASUU Faceoff: The Issues WithinSpaces for Changehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01223244425151623718noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746648066074550397.post-57408783477340660812013-10-05T05:37:30.610-07:002013-10-05T05:37:30.610-07:00Thanks Olayele Awosika. We will ensure that the is...Thanks Olayele Awosika. We will ensure that the issues raised in your comments are addressed during the e-conference. <br /><br />Spaces for ChangeSpaces for Changehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01223244425151623718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746648066074550397.post-19158337499236481302013-10-04T18:16:16.748-07:002013-10-04T18:16:16.748-07:0034. Ondo State University of Sci & Tech Okitip...34. Ondo State University of Sci & Tech Okitipupa, established in 2008, has a total of 29 lecturers.<br />35. MAKE-SHIFT LECTURING SYSTEM: Out of a total of 37,504 lecturers, only 28,128 (75%) are engaged on full-time basis.<br />36. 9,376 (25%) Nigerian Lecturers are recycled as Visiting, Adjunct, Sabbatical and Contract lecturers.<br />37. In Gombe State University, only 4 out of 47 Profs are full-time and all 25 Readers are visiting<br />38. In Plateau State University, Bokkos, 74% of the lecturers are visiting.<br />39. In Kaduna State University, only 24 out of 174 PhD holders are full-time staff.<br />39. 700 EX-MILLITANTS in Nigeria are receiving more funds anualy than 20 Nigerian universities under ‘Amnesty Scam’<br />40. 80% of published journals by Nigerian University lectures have no visibility in the international knowledge community.<br />41. No Nigerian academic is in the league of Nobel Laureates or a nominee of Nobel Prize.<br />42. There are only 2 registered patents owned by Nigerian Academics in the last 3 years.<br />43. Numerically more support staff in the services of Nigerian universities than the teaching staff they are meant to support<br />44. More expenditure is incurred in administration & routine functions than in core academic matters in Nigerian Universities<br />45. There are 77,511 full-time non-teaching staff in Nigeria’s public universities 2 Times number of academic staff<br />46. University of Benin, there are more senior staff in the Registrar cadre (Dep. Registrars, PARs, SARs) than Professors<br />47. Almost all the universities are over-staffed with non- teaching staff<br />48. There are 1,252,913 students in Nigerian Public Universities. 43% Female 57%Male<br />49. There is no relationship between enrollment and the tangible manpower needs of Nigeria.<br />50. Nigerian Uni Horrible hostel facilities, overcrowded, overstretched lavatory and laundry facilities, poor sanitation,etc<br />51. Except Nigerian Defence Acadamy Kaduna, no university in Nigeria is able to accommodate more than 35% of its students.<br />52. Some universities (e.g. MOUAU),female students take their bath in d open because d bathrooms are in very poor condition.<br />53. Laundries and common rooms in many universities have been converted into rooms where students live, in open prison style.<br />54. In most improvised cage called hostels in Nigerian Universities, there is no limit to the number of occupants.<br />55. Most State universities charge commercial rates for unfit and unsuitable hostel accommodation<br />56. In off-campus hostels, students are susceptible to extraneous influences and violence prostitution, rape, gang violence<br />57.Nigerian Univeristy Students sitting on bare floor or peeping through windows to attend lectures<br />58. Over 1000 students being packed in lecture halls meant for less than 150 students<br />59. Over 400 Nigerian University students being packed in laboratory meant for 75 students<br />60. Students use the bushy areas of their campus for toilet because lavatory facilities are too hazardous to use<br />60. University administrators Spend millions to erect super-gates when their Libraries are still at foundation level<br />61. Expend millions to purchase exotic vehicles for university officers even though they lack basic classroom furnishings<br />62. Spend hundreds of millions in wall-fencing and in-fencing when students accommodation is inadequate and in tatters<br />63. Govt interested in spending money on creation of new uni instead of consolidating and expanding access to existing ones<br />64. Govt keen to award new contracts rather than completing the abandoned projects or standardizing existing facilities<br />65. Govt Expend hundreds of millions paying visiting and part-time lecturers rather than recruiting full-time staff<br />66. Govt spending hundreds of millions in mundane administration cost instead of providing boreholes and power supplements.<br /><br />Culled from Kayode Ogundamisi's BlogOlayele Awosika's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785662458636519106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746648066074550397.post-46143340993973863982013-10-04T18:14:41.258-07:002013-10-04T18:14:41.258-07:001. Less than 10% of the universities have Video Co...1. Less than 10% of the universities have Video Conferencing facility.<br />2. Less than 20% of the universities use Interactive Boards<br />3.More than 50% don’t use Public Address System in their lecture OVERCROWDED rooms/theatres.<br />4. Internet Services are non-existent,or epileptic and slow IN 99% of Nigerian Universities<br />5. Nigerian Universities Library resources are outdated and manually operated. Book shelves are homes to rats/cockroaches<br />6.No university library in Nigeria is fully automated. Less than 35% are partially automated.<br />7. 701 Development projects in Nigerian universities 163 (23.3%) are abandoned 538 (76.7%) are PERPETUALLY on-going projects<br />8. Some of the abandoned projects in Nigerian univeristies are over 15 years old, some are over 40 years old.<br />9. 76% of Nigerian universities use well as source of water, 45% use pit latrine, 67% of students use bush as toilet<br />10. UNN and UDUS have the highest number of abandoned projects (22 and 16 respectively).<br />11. All NDDC projects across universities in Niger Delta States are abandoned. About 84.6% of them are students’ hostels<br />12. 77% of Nigerian universities can be classified as “Glorified Primary Schools” Laboratories are non existing<br />13. There are 8 on-going projects at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi. None of them is funded by the State Government<br />14. 80% of Nigerian Universities are grossly under-staffed<br />15. 78% of Nigerian Universities rely heavily on part-time and visiting lecturers<br />16. 88% of Nigerian Universities have under-qualified Academics<br />17. 90% of Nigerian Universities are bottom-heavy (with junior lecturers forming large chunk of the workforce)<br />18. Only 2% of Nigerian Universities attract expatriate lecturers, over 80% of Ghanian Universities attract same<br />19. 89% of Nigerian Universities have ‘closed’ (homogeneous staff – in terms of ethno-cultural background)<br />20. Based on the available data, there are 37,504 Academics in Nigerian Public Universities<br />21. 83% of the lecturers in Nigerian universities are male while 17% are female.<br />22. 23,030 (61.0%) of the lecturers are employed in Federal universities while 14,474 (39.0%) teach in State Universities.<br />23. The teaching staff-students ratio is EMBARRASSINGLY very high in many universities<br />24. LECTURER STUDENT RATIO: National Open University of Nigeria 1:363 University of Abuja 1:122 Lagos State University 1:11<br />25. (Compare the above with Harvard 1:4; MIT 1:9; Yale 1:4, Cambridge 1:3; NUS 1:12; KFUPM 1:9; Technion 1:15).<br />26. Nigerian Universities Instead of having 100% Academics having PhDs, only about 43% do so. The remaining 57% have no PhDs<br />27. Nigerian University medical students trained in the most dangerous environment, some only see medical tools in books<br />28. Only 7 Nigerian Universities have up to 60% of their teaching staff with PhD qualifications<br />29. Photo of a typical lecture hall of MOST NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES<br />30. While majority of the universities in the country are grossly understaffed, a few cases present a pathetic picture<br />31. There are universities in Nigeria which the total number of Professors is not more than Five (5)<br />32. Kano University of Scienc andTechnology Wudil, established in 2001 (11 years old) only 1 Professor and 25 PhD holders.<br />33. Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero, established in 2006 has only 2 Professors and 5 PhDs<br /><br />Culled from Kayode Ogundamisi's BlogOlayele Awosika's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785662458636519106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746648066074550397.post-59540027051511971142013-10-04T18:08:21.769-07:002013-10-04T18:08:21.769-07:00The other day I saw the president of the National ...The other day I saw the president of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) not sure whether he is the outgoing, incoming, sit tight, sponsored or whatever..... but he said sompn about his political detractors (yeah .... the new catch phrase and defence for incompetence) witch hunting him and that he is the authentic leader. This minion came on national TV to posit that the ASUU strike is meaningless, that the lecturers are basically fighting for their pockets.<br /><br />Some years ago when I started my Graduate Study at the University of Lagos, I had issues coping with lectures, missed some exams and what not’s primarily because of work since I was working out of Lekki Phase One then so attending lectures was a bit of a task ….. I had to seek audience with the Post Graduate Co-ordinator.<br /><br />My encounter with her not only revealed the rot in the educational sector but also made me take a quick decision to abandon that program. I could have weathered the storm by ensuring my name is inserted in the seminar papers, hustling to write tests, manage through the exams and just managing all the way and at the end of the day have an LLM at the back of my name but no, I wanted to do LLM the way it is done ….. Proper research and all! <br /><br />I remember telling her then that if this is what it takes to do an LLM program, if this is the kind of counseling and guidance meted out, then she can forget about it! Why? Because her response was some frustrated outburst all because I stated that she was NEVER in the office at the times (three times) I came even though those were the times she wrote boldly on her door that she will attend to students! I had paid all my school fees at that time so the money was not the issue. She did not even understand or was not ready to understand my challenges even though she was the Coordinator. <br /><br />For those who think ASUU is making noise….. Kayode Ogundamisi’s post brings to fore the rot, the decay, the madness and the need to fight this war to finish! Some weeks ago while I was at Pretoria, I met Lekan (hope I am right), he was a Nigerian Graduate, but he was also a security guard at my friend’s apartment in Pretoria. I still remember him, sitting at the gate in the cold as a watchman shivering with his jacket on! <br /><br />Please enjoy these pictures! Pictures do not lie.... this is a validation that the fight by ASUU is not only justified but a fight that is long overdue! <br /><br />http://kayodeogundamisi.blogspot.com/2013/10/photo-speak-glorified-chicken-poultries.html?spref=fbOlayele Awosika's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785662458636519106noreply@blogger.com