Now, I think this is the False Story! ---------------------------------------------------- The Director of Information, Lagos State University, Dr. Sola Fosudo, in this interview with ALLWELL OKPI, says the recent student protest in the university was a reaction to the management’s attempt to clean up the system What led to the protest by students on the day they were to begin the exams? The students, who had not registered for the semester exams, came up with a request that they wanted the portal to be opened for them, so that they could register. Whereas, the university had opened the portal about three or four times and had issued bulletin information the last time it was opened June/July last year, that any student who had not registered should use that opportunity because when the portal would be closed, it would not be opened again. So, many of them registered that time. We were supposed to start the second semester exams July last year; but unfortunately, ASUU struck early July. When the ASUU strike started, the portal was left open. And some time towards the end of July, the university closed the portal. ASUU called off its strike in December and the university set timetable for exams, which was supposed to start last week Thursday. Suddenly, some students came up again asking that the portal should be opened for them. There are 12,858 students in LASU today, according to ICT information given to us; 11, 566 registered leaving 1,292. So, what were they doing? Where have they been in the three or four times the portal had been opened? We all went to school. We registered when we were meant to do so. Registration does two things. First, when you come into a school, letter of admission does not really mean anything. It is when you register that you confirm your presence in the university and become a bonafide student of the university. Secondly, when you register, each department will know the number of students it has to cater for. If I have to teach a course, for example, Introduction to Theatre, and the Joint Admission Matriculation Board admitted 50 people into that class and only 25 have registered; I, as a lecturer, will be thinking I have only 25 students. If a student does not register but attends lectures, is he a bonafide student of the university? No. The people that are defending them didn’t behave like that in school. Let us call a spade a spade. Some of the students said the hike in school fees was the reason they could not register on time? There are 12,585 students in the school, 11,566 have registered and you are saying it is the hike in school fees that made them not to register. It is not correct. If we do a research, 70 per cent of those 1,292 students will be those who are supposed to pay N25,000. For your information, not every student here is paying the new fees. The school fees that was increased was for new students. We have only two sets of such new students. The old students, those who were in year two in 2011/2012, pay N25, 000. So, is it hike in fees that is responsible... Read more at punchng/politics/crossfire/students-against-new-order-lasu/
Posted on: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 05:42:52 +0000
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