shedybaba44:
am a graduate of a public university Computer Science, I rather do my masters in CU than all this public university in Nigeria that their lecturer don't no common Html

And what makes you think the Lecturers in private are better off?
Is it not the same Lecturers that had lectured or still lecturing in Public universities that now teach in this Private Unis?
it's your decision to have your Masters in a University of your choice but making such decision based on the point you mentioned kinda pointless.
The last time I checked Public universities especially Federal boast of the best Lecturers in the country and these private Unis even pay them as a per time Lecturer. Going to private varsity is just like changing of water bottle, so to say, na still the same water dey inside.

DMeanMan:
First of, I wouldn't categories and compare all Federal Institutions against Private institutions.

I'd talk about the ones I've been to.

Federal Universities: UNAB, UI, OAU

Private University: Covenant

I'd say it here and now that Covenant University is far better than all the federal universities up there when it comes to Engineering. Quote me anywhere.

Theoretically they are more sound. Better in pratical is good and the kind of connections you build mehn, state of the art shiit.

I'm not saying UI, OAU engineering guys are not good, cos the truth is those guys too rock, but when it comes to learning and getting the competencies that matter in the job market, CU beats them all hands down.

My two cents

I beg to refuse your 2 cents. FUTO FUTA and UNN and even YABATECH (a polytechnic) are very strong engineering schools. You are only stating yours because its the one you know.

You can't beat them when it comes to practicals. How I wish NUC reconsiders assessing schools on faculty basis. The following schools are usually known mainly for the following:
1. Medicals - UI, UNEC, UNIJOS (Boko Haram relegated UNIMAID)
2. Info Technology (IT) and Mass Comm. - UNILAG unrivaled
3. Creative Arts - OAU, UNN, UNILAG, UNIBEN, UI
4. Engineering - UNN, OAU, FUTA, FUTO, ABU, FUTMINNA
5. Law - LASU, OAU, UNEC, UI, UNIBEN, UNILAG
6. Education - UNN, UI
7. Agriculture - UI, ABU, FUNAAB, UNN, MOUAU
8. Physical/Biological Sciences - Almost all schools

I can't recall all.... But these are the ones I could remember back when we were under guidance and counselling in FGC Odogbolu in the late 90s/ early 00s

Anytime I see topics like this, I just shake my head in amazement at how funny people can be. In my opinion and with my experience studying abroad, I will enlighten you abit. The goal is neither to seek personal aggrandizement of any sort or make anyone feel better on any part of the divide. I currently study in Canada and I have to tell you that I have seen first class international students from Nigeria in my field (computer science, computer engineering, mathematics) being expelled from time to time. While some are from the so called federal universities, other are from private universities. It's a general thing most of us find it so hard to cope because of the mode of instruction in Nigeria. Most importantly the quality of the professors(no exceptions). It may interest you to know that I attended a private university before comming here and most of my professors are products of these so called federal universities who knew next to nothing when it comes to applied focused teaching. Some of them can not even write one single line of code. All they know is theoretical and not application. They possibly were taught the same way and it all goes in circles. In my own opinion it's all the same rat race. Those who stand tall are those who have invested their time and resources in personal development by learning the real stuffs needed to thrive and stand competing outside the rotten walls of our institution. What an undergraduate student knows here interms of coding, algorithms and data structures(application wise), a good number of masters students in the Nigerian context knows(only by definitions of terms). The bottom line is go beyond the trash most of them teach, develop yourself and fly high no matter the continent you find yourself now or in the future. At the end of the day, it's not about the name of the school it's about what you have made of yourself.I rest my case.

There is no competition here, your university gives you a qualification which is an entry requirement. Real education begins after graduation, within every graduate is a seed to succeed. The key to success is to be fruitful, multiply and replenish..... sounds familiar? Fruitful = produce value, multiply = expand, replenish = innovate.

Having said that, If you are a private university student who will like to be paid to write about your university news/gossip/gist on an online magazine, contact me - oluisrel@yahoo.co.uk

Iyalodeofcanada:
Anytime I see topics like this, I just shake my head in amazement at how funny people can be. In my opinion and with my experience studying abroad, I will enlighten you abit. The goal is neither to seek personal aggrandizement of any sort or make anyone feel better on any part of the divide. I currently study in Canada and I have to tell you that I have seen first class international students from Nigeria in my field (computer science, computer engineering, mathematics) being expelled from time to time. While some are from the so called federal universities, other are from private universities. It's a general thing most of us find it so hard to cope because of the mode of instruction in Nigeria. Most importantly the quality of the professors(no exceptions). It may interest you to know that I attended a private university before comming here and most of my professors are products of these so called federal universities who knew next to nothing when it comes to applied focused teaching. Some of them can not even write one single line of code. All they know is theoretical and not application. They possibly were taught the same way and it all goes in circles. In my own opinion it's all the same rat race. Those who stand tall are those who have invested their time and resources in personal development by learning the real stuffs needed to thrive and stand competing outside the rotten walls of our institution. What an undergraduate student knows here interms of coding, algorithms and data structures(application wise), a good number of masters students in the Nigerian context knows(only by definitions of terms). The bottom line is go beyond the trash most of them teach, develop yourself and fly high no matter the continent you find yourself now or in the future. At the end of the day, it's not about the name of the school it's about what you have made of yourself.I rest my case.

I disagree with your analogy. A professor from a university like UI, UNN, OAU, ABU, UNILAG, or UNIBEN knows his or her onions both home and abroad. Don't generalize your observations They even attend symposia, align with foreign colleagues for research, etc.

you are making these remarks because you are a product of a private university. So far, its CU that I have respect for.

Arguements that leads to nowhere.....

U are il not me

EAZY2422:
wait! Are u ill?

ednut1:
Una don start again o, although i attended a public uni, private uni guys are more than a match. Go to KPMG, PWC, Access bank, Stanbic, Diamond bank, Sclum etc na Babcock and convenant guys dey rain there. they mostly have better packaging than public uni guys. the same thing that happened to public secondary school will soon happen to Public unis.

You are right.

May God bless your wisdom

geedot:
And what makes you think the Lecturers in private are better off?
Is it not the same Lecturers that had lectured or still lecturing in Public universities that now teach in this Private Unis?
it's your decision to have your Masters in a University of your choice but making such decision based on the point you mentioned kinda pointless.
The last time I checked Public universities especially Federal boast of the best Lecturers in the country and these private Unis even pay them as a per time Lecturer. Going to private varsity is just like changing of water bottle, so to say, na still the same water dey inside.

I schooled in CU and I was never taught by a per time lecturer

Ejo lo Fe ro.. We Don go, we Don learn, we comot on time, we collect certificate, we Don de work, and we mingle with Federal school products and to shock u @op those guys ain't any better.

Idleness and quest for relevance prompted this topic.

sneak3:
Ejo lo Fe ro.. We Don go, we Don learn, we comot on time, we collect certificate, we Don de work, and we mingle with Federal school products and to shock u @op those guys ain't any better.

Idleness and quest for relevance prompted this topic.

As you sneaked in, pls sneak out.... You are obviously a product of an unknown and perhaps unlicensed private uni....

SonOfEl:


I disagree with your analogy. A professor from a university like UI, UNN, OAU, ABU, UNILAG, or UNIBEN knows his or her onions both home and abroad. Don't generalize your observations They even attend symposia, align with foreign colleagues for research, etc.

you are making these remarks because you are a product of a private university. So far, its CU that I have respect for.

you have to be open minded to understand my post. As an undergrad in Nigeria, apart from having products of some of this universities as my professor, we at many point had the so called erudite professors come to my school on sabatical and I can categorically tell you that they teach nothing different or new. It's all the same. I had friends as an undergrad in these schools. Majority of them always complain about outdated concepts and teachings just like I do as well. Also, I currently have friends who after graduation went for a masters degree in some of these schools in my own field(I have been making reference to this point). I have heard them complain about the lack of technical teachings. In my opinion it's still the same old wine in refurbished bottle. (at least for my own field). Now about your remark about being a product of a private university;well yes I am a product of a private university a proud one at that. By the special grace of God, I have been on a funded degree right from Nigeria and I have won couple of more. In less than two years I have published two articles in reknown journals and I am a product of private university. Dear friend, I still maintain that if it's any University in Nigeria at all private or public, personal development is the key. They are almost all the same. Good day!

I just wonder when this private uni and federal uni headache will end! Can't we all be proud of our schools and just let ourselves be?
Private or public university doesn't really matter, you can call it a glorified secondary school, it won't stop people from going there.. you only have the power to stop yourself and not take your children there. You see how simple it is?
Public university are living on past glory? well, it won't stop students from applying there, you only have he power to stop yourself and your children... you see how easy that is? Good!
What is important at the end of the day is we all become useful tools to our family and the society at large irrespective of where you went to school,

Whether private or not
There is only one major focus which is to achieve success
I don't know why you created dis topic but it's something obvious that private university is less superior to public but come to think of it.... it's not easy to create one and besides it's owned by private individuals or organization Not the Government!

#PROUD BOWENITE
#privatate #uni #no #dey #strike
4 years is 4 years
5 years is 5 years

ednut1:
Una don start again o, although i attended a public uni, private uni guys are more than a match. Go to KPMG, PWC, Access bank, Stanbic, Diamond bank, Sclum etc na Babcock and convenant guys dey rain there. they mostly have better packaging than public uni guys. the same thing that happened to public secondary school will soon happen to Public unis.

Oga wetin na. It cant work that way because Public secondary schools are just too much when compare to Unis of at least two in a state

geedot:
And what makes you think the Lecturers in private are better off?
Is it not the same Lecturers that had lectured or still lecturing in Public universities that now teach in this Private Unis?
it's your decision to have your Masters in a University of your choice but making such decision based on the point you mentioned kinda pointless.
The last time I checked Public universities especially Federal boast of the best Lecturers in the country and these private Unis even pay them as a per time Lecturer. Going to private varsity is just like changing of water bottle, so to say, na still the same water dey inside.

True but they tend to behave themselves more in private universities unlike they do in the federal schools(their comfort zone),
You have no reason to miss a class, no reason what so ever. Amd you have to be readily available wheh a student needs you. So you see the little but pronounced difference?

Lol...
Public school vs foreign universities.
Idiots

amokeme:

True but they tend to behave themselves more in private universities unlike they do in the federal schools(their comfort zone),
You have no reason to miss a class, no reason what so ever. Amd you have to be readily available wheh a student needs you. So you see the little but pronounced difference?

Yeah, you've got a point!
I know Private Universities are well managed compared to the Public ones but that doesn't mean the former is better.
I attend UI by the way and each course is being taken by at least 3 different Lecturers just to complement for those that would not be around at a particular point in time during the semester, so you see we hardly have missed classes unless in few cases.

Statsocial:

I schooled in CU and I was never taught by a per time lecturer

May be, May be not. But I know of at least 4-5 Lecturers in my Faculty that lectures in CU in particular till this very moment.

State universities are also public universities ,all I know is that most state universities are no match for private universities. We keep on comparing the ui and oau with cu and the rest these unis are older than these private universities it is a matter of time before private universities beat their standards. Finally,we have bad eggs in private universities as well as in public universities. Our educational system in Nigeria is screwed up. Employers do not care about your school but what you have up there

SonOfEl:
First of all, I have no personal beef or ish with private universities in Nigeria. Kudos to them. However I feel they are no match for the public universities.

Asides Covenant University which has been pursuing academic excellence rigorously, all other private universities are mere profit companies.

But even if you tell me to pick between covenant university and any first or second generation public university, I would still go for the public universities. Why?

1. They have a well established alumni of global reckoning.
2. They are not driven or motivated by profit as observed in private schools which are owned by private individuals or groups. They are driven by innate academic excellence.
3. Unlike private universities, they expose one to the real world of obstacles, manoeuverings, economy, and independence, all together laced with academic pursuit.

I know Covenant (and others) aims to be like Harvard university. But harvard, though private in ownership, is public in setting. The US government is a serious stakeholder in the university, so the university is not entirely private so to say.

Just my take. Don't crucify me abeg o....

You mentioned profit making severally in your article but I can tell you that anyone who has invested in a private university is driven by humanity........there is no private university in Nigeria that can claimed to have recoup the proprietors initial investment not to talk of profit.


The billions that they sink into these universities can be kept in the stock market and it will make them board members of those profitable companies.....they can use same for dollar round tripping and cash out over and over again.


Even the shantytown called Madonna cost money

geedot:
And what makes you think the Lecturers in private are better off?
Is it not the same Lecturers that had lectured or still lecturing in Public universities that now teach in this Private Unis?
it's your decision to have your Masters in a University of your choice but making such decision based on the point you mentioned kinda pointless.
The last time I checked Public universities especially Federal boast of the best Lecturers in the country and these private Unis even pay them as a per time Lecturer. Going to private varsity is just like changing of water bottle, so to say, na still the same water dey inside.

you make me laugh in French have seen CU student doing crazy things in IT and I have met their lecturers better off,than federal some of them schooled outside and they have certification before you are taken to lecture not like the jaggons in federal my supervisor number 1

shedybaba44:
you make me laugh in French have seen CU student doing crazy things in IT and I have met their lecturers better off,than federal some of them schooled outside and they have certification before you are taken to lecture not like the jaggons in federal my supervisor number 1

And who told you none of the Public Universities Lecturers schooled abroad?
I don't know the school you attend but saying the Lecturers in Private are better off compared to Public is fallacy! Most(if not all) of their Lecturers are product of these Public Universities, so what really are we arguing about?

geedot:
And who told you none of the Public Universities Lecturers schooled abroad?
I don't know the school you attend but saying the Lecturers in Private are better off compared to Public is fallacy! Most(if not all) of their Lecturers are product of these Public Universities, so what really are we arguing about?

My point is Nigeria university is a flop,nigeria lecturers are flop,poverty makes one school in this Pathetic system of education I regret ever schooling in Nigeria. and if God blesses me non of my kids will school here Covenant university is the only manageable university in Nigeria not all this public schools that bribe their way to be name best in Nigeria,best my ass

Success is not a function of a place but of a person. I'm a student of Joseph Ayo Babalola University and I can tell you, this place is no joke.

Success is not a function of a place but of a person. I'm a student of Joseph Ayo Babalola University and I can tell you, this place is no joke.

shedybaba44:
My point is Nigeria university is a flop,nigeria lecturers are flop,poverty makes one school in this Pathetic system of education I regret ever schooling in Nigeria. and if God blesses me non of my kids will school here Covenant university is the only manageable university in Nigeria not all this public schools that bribe their way to be name best in Nigeria,best my ass

May the Lord be with you bro. This is frustration at it peak. I feel your pain bro. And a capital AMEN to your prayer.

forget it...i didn't school in Nigeria but I can conveniently say Covenant university is the best in Nigeria...a good university is driven by research...most public universities in Nigeria started in the 60s and covenant started in 2002 and they're top 3 in Nigeria all these public universities should keep quiet...look at the graduates they breed...one was giving testimony in Church that day and what I was hearing a UNILAG graduate speak hian...

You guys need a total re-orientation.

InyinyaAgbaOku:


The reason they are reigning in top companies is the fact that their parents have been rich and influential from day one.
Don't ever think it's cos of what they know

crowther15:
Oga wetin na. It cant work that way because Public secondary schools are just too much when compare to Unis of at least two in a state

Private university will always be wack

Akachukwu42:
Private university will always be wack

You've not been to all of them.

.