I would like to congratulate you, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun on your appointment as the 8th substantiative Vice Chancellor of the prestigious Lagos State University. Your appointment deserves a laudable commendation because it is the first of its kind when the best applicant will emerge as VC and running the first 5yrs single tenure.
I first salute the manner in which you have been paddling the affairs of the university through your deliberate and conscious efforts in transforming and rebranding the institution.
Prof. you have been entrusted this responsibility at a very crucial time when the university is in deep coma and is gasping for survival.
Cutting all craps and going straight to the point, avoiding every form of side attractions and putting on hold every form of sentiments I might have had and may still have as some burning issues bothering my mind that need to be redress as regard the harmattan semester.
Just to let you know Sir, am a Freshman writing from the Faculty of Science based on what is known, obvious and crystal clear from my personal insight.
The orientation programme held between 17th and 18th February, 2016 championed by the WEMA Bank of the institution was a commendable one. Though they served us of EXPIRED ‘Pop’ soft drink (Exp date; 14th January, 2016), which might have resulted to stomach ache, constipation or food-poisoning which I think less than 3% of the students bothered to knows about.
Though lecturer may not appreciate clapping in class for commendation which students view as a quick way of letting the lecturer know they are saturated. But in the same vein, not less than 15% of the lecturer care to know if he students really understand what is been taught.
In the lieu of this, lecturer need to standardized their delivery mode by introducing dynamism and strategies that will commit students to learning and attentiveness rather than fixing lectures for weekend, giving assignment that would not be marked and working behind schedule among others.
The delay in opening and early closure of the MBA Hall, though not for science department as gave room for students to wander about which lead some to falling the prey of the SENIOR BROTHERS whose issue of cultism has assumed alarming proportions in the citadel of learning. We need a better and conducive lecture theatre that is accommodative Sir.
LASU’s transformation is deem to seize if it does not reflect from the grassroots. I must mention here specifically that the Non Academic Staff (Lab Attendant) in the Zoology department demanded N500 each from 100 Level medical students for either embarking on field project which they never did or for upgrading 15 marks to each students as a result of general low performance in their practical as reported.
It is also in LASU that I first saw Admission List still coming out 5 weeks prior to first semester examination, then how will the new intakes cope with series of lecture and practical missed?
Sir, we (Freshmen) were robbed the opportunity to apply for various scholarship offer due to lack of both Matriculation number after 3rd month of resumption and School ID Card, then I asked myself what makes me a bonafide student of LASU ? Then the matriculation ceremony was held a
month prior to examination without the institution's formal orientation programme. It is never too late.
The examination date came like a misery, due to inconsistency of the provisional time-table which left non-library user average student type of me in despair, as there is delay in printing of examination slip before signing by HODs and collection of docket in the morning of the first paper which I think is inappropriate.
During the exam, I observed series of misconduct like invigilator giving preferential treatment to carry over students maybe because they have been settled, examination not different from classwork in terms of invigilation, students(staylites) bringing already filled OMR sheet to the exam hall, lecturer and/or invigilator been harsh and cursing students due to lateness among others. Then I asked, how is examination malpractice best eradicated?
It is worthy of note that the only gigantic 4 unit course CHM 101 has many flaws in it exam paper like; answers to questions not provided in the options, question details (value and constant) not given where required coupled with many typographical errors.
Solving the ever rugged PHY 101 under tension like never before with over 45 calculative questions which solution of one may not be solved in less than 100 seconds. Am very sure the smartest student can never solve more than 40 questions with certainty before he or she gamble answers to the rest. Hence, I await the miracle that will make 70% of the students offering the course to have 3point or above in the 60 minute tussle.
On the last note, publishing the report of the 227th statutory meeting of Thursday 19th April on the last day of harmattan exam (4th May 2016) directing all students to proceed on recess and resume on Thursday 19th May 2016 is an act of disorganization which might have destabilize students in one way or the other in as much as it doesn't concur and also contradict the institution's newly revised and approved calendar.
At this juncture, I will be lifting my pen to let the ink dry as I await the result of the examination to speak good of all.
I know the VC will do what would be of interest to the student and I believe after going through this, will gallantly swing into action to acknowledge justice.
We are LASU, We are Proud
Long Life the VC
Long Life LASU
By: i_am_Trojan_D
Concerned Student
100 Level
Faculty of Science
Lagos State University
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