Covenant University Suspends Over 500 Students Few Days To Examinations

Its so sad, over 500 students were suspended for 4 weeks after facing a panel which lasted well till over 10pm.

Offence: Late Resumption {were supposed to resume on Saturday the 3rd of January but some didn't show up till Monday the 5th}

These students are supposed to start their examinations on the 12th of January. My question is this, does Covenant university imply an automatic semester loss for the affected over 500 students.

lets bear in mind that there would be various reasons why some students didn't meet the date, like illness, family travel, money e.t.c and other unforeseen circumstances.

This is a school where mobile phones are not allowed, jeans trousers for even the males, and leaving the school premises without permission. people are expelled and suspended for holding hands with he opposite sex, and open admission of expelling and not admitting HIV positive people with their females students undergoing pregnancy tests before their final year examinations with an ultimate punishment of expulsion.

In as much as the school has very high standards, in terms of educational qualities, some of their policies are too obnoxious and one would wonder if there is an ulterior motive to their actions. These kids go to their chapel even as late as 11pm and 2 am in the morning for vigil, they are made to buy expensive food with tickets not less than 250 Naira. This kids are stripped of every sense of privacy and individuality and are developed as Helpless Robots

suspending and expelling at the university level for very irrelevant reasons is so painful and amounts to toying with the future of these kids, some of who have to start all over again especially with the social stigma attached to it. cant other forms of punishment be given instead of giving parents unnecessary high blood pressures. imagine living under such stringent conditions and controlled environment, there kid grows as an "panicky" educated dummy with no iota of street sense and survival skills for real life situations. Imagine hiring studens as spays against them self's and living with the fear and panicky that your seat mate or room mate is a school spy

with school fees as high as almost 400,000 Naira I bet that if most parents had an alternative they wouldn't send their kids there only to be expelled in their final or third year. i think the government regulatory bodies should step up and professionally look into some of these "Extreme Camp Like" monopolistic and glorified secondary schools where youths are not allowed to become adults at that critical point and stage in their lives. Parents should form an association to protect the intrests of their children because i bet you that on day these kids would be forced to revolt, riot and rebel against the school authorities taking laws in their own hands.

I'm just really sad by the whole situation. That too few Schools to accommodate the am out of student that annually seek a university education should not give an excuse for unnecessary exploitation and psychological abuse of these kids.

I think its time for the media, activists, student bodies and other meaningful Nigerians to speak up objectively and meaningfully before their autocratic dictatorship regime goes out of hand.

SEUN PLEASE IL APPRECIATE IF YOU POST THIS ON THE FRONT PAGE SO THAT FELLOW NIGERIANS CAN BE AWARE OF WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON.

Thank you.

Damn! C.U again. I actually applied 2 d school but eventually didnt go there. Anyhwz, I just fank God 4 ma neighbours who didnt try to go on Sunday, If not, God knws wat could av appened. But actually they ve' bin told dat this after their resumption, things were goin 2 be tough. Anyhwz hope dey get ova their suspension.

LOL! Proud hebronite? I guess dats CU version of "greatest akokite!"

such a thing can only happen in a DOOMED! country like Nigeria.

@ poster,
your post should hav said covenant secondary sch suspends. . .

yeah we need clarification from NUC or ministry of Education on how this sch was registered,
was it registered as a sec sch or uni,
cos some of the rules and regulations of the sch are too ridiculous for adults.

In my opinion, that post was uncalled for. I'm a student of CU also as I wrote earlier on. Eudora used Netspeak, and it's something everyone uses. There's no Nairalander right now who has never used Netspeak (or at least most of us have). So do you mean that most Nairalanders went to bad universities where they were only taught to "come to school early and bash other private Unis."?

N.B.: In CU, there is no penalty for using Netspeak.

It's true that in CU, students are not allowed to carry phones. You shouldn't even be caught with a charger or SIM card.

It has never been officially stated that anyone has to register his or her gilfriend or boyfriend. Or maybe it was that was announced before I got admission in September. However, there's an offence termed "Pairing". I believe I do not have to go into details.

Every night from around midnight, the gates of the halls of residence are locked. I don't know what else can be classified as "under lock and key" in CU.

naija people and lawlessness.  what is wrong in having rules?  are they dragging kids off the streets to go there?

You are joking right?? Please tell me you are joking.

I would love to comment on that concentration camp a.k.a Convenant University. But I just came out of anger management therapy so I'll refrain for now.

Sorry, I don't use Netspeak - and I can see you don't use it either. I guess typing in Capital letters and a few grammatical errors are also part of Netspeak. That's fine then.

The students signed it before getting in.

@ Poster
CU didn't aply to these students,
Rather the students applied to CU
Capisce?

@debosky
I'm sorry, but I think you're being too forward. It seems you know next to nothing about the rules of Covenant University, and you're going on about violating the laws of Nigeria?

When will the School itself be expelled?