Name: Catalyst4real

Institution: A.B.U Zaria

Topic: "Quintessential Nigerian Graduate - A Product Of Self Development Or The Institution?"

Stance: The Institution


With Stellar ebullience, I recognise the presence of the unbiased judges, the ever propitious coordinator, my tenacious antagonists, the congenial audience and my honourable colleague, Abuklaw

Quintessential means a substance of the highest quality; And with prime relativity to the subject, A Quintessential graduate is a student who has 'fully' acquired the requirements of a degree.

A quintessential graduate isn't just a student with a certificate as evidence of graduation. But one who has been equipped to face life.

And I find it derisively obtuse to concede that the quintessential graduate is a sole product of self development, with the institution managing a subjective role in the making of the graduate.

I cannot comprehend the logic incurred in admitting to the fallacy that all the graduate had to do to attain apical excellence was "develop himself"
With the institution having no hand whatsoever?

On a more neutral horizon, Both the institution and the students play a role in producing assiduous graduates, but who plays the greater role?

>>>>>>Role of the Institution

Nigerian universities may not be the best in the world, they might be invincible in the list of first class universities.
But for a country in the Third World Region, Nigerian universities are undeniably sublime.

The Nigerian institution fecunds infrastructures, employs competent lecturers and professors, highly subsidized dormitories with all the social amenities in place and ultimately admits befitting students amidst the multitudinous applicants.

For years and years the wards are rigorously grooved, rejuvenated, refurnished, re-engineered, dusted and paramountly gyrated from ineptitude to proficience.

You really think the meagre school fees we pay, counterbalances the effort our universities makes to ensure we attain stellar heights?

You can't put a price tag to education, education is priceless.

Nigerians, we have been blessed with exuberant universities, but we don't recognize that; Because we are always comparing our universities with those of other countries who gained independence 400 years ago.

And it is this unequal comparisons that blinds us to the undying diligence put in by our universities In producing dexterous graduates


Most times we are beyond quick to ridicule our university system, always in a haste to tag our lecturers as "below standard"

But it is still one of our professors, Professor Opeyemi Enoch who won an award(1$ Million dollar prize) for solving a 156 year old mathematics headache, he singlehandedly solved a mathematical puzzle that has existed for over a century.

And not too long ago, "Nigerian doctors, products of our institutions were able to find the treatment for Ebola and ultimately exterminated it from Nigeria, professors from the much hyped Harvard and Oxford all came to be tutored by these culminant beacons of ours.

"A prophet is indeed not respected in his hometown"

>>>>>>>Role of the Graduate

All the graduate had to do was listen, learn and pass exams.

It doesn't go beyond that, The institution already has everything in place, and all the wards have to do to attain excellence is to learn and prove they have learned by passing the examinations.

What self development are we even talking about? Can self development actually make you a graduate?

It doesn't matter the level of self development attained, without the institution it is still useless.

Is the fisherman more honourable than the river? Or the farmer more honourable than the field from which he cultivates?

Reaching a congruence that self development is the propellant behind the yield of quintessential graduates against the diligence of the institution is like biting the hand that fed you.

Look up the list of top universities in Africa, and watch our institutions representing.

When we nag and complain about how the economy is filled with Half-baked graduates, the universities always take the blame and Is always at the receiving end of the vituperations.

And suddenly, on the emergence of quintessential graduates instead of attributing the glory and praise to the universities, self development gets the credits? How blunt!!!

Is formal education the only thing acquirable in an institution?

A typical Nigerian university is an oasis filled with life lessons, a garnished combination of sweet and sour, a panopticon of challenges, an epitaph of knowledge and a platform for the true test of morals.

You learn to survive amidst hardship and insurmountable stress, spontaneously learning how to manage finance and striving so hard to live cordially with people from different backgrounds.


The graduate acquires Life lessons, struggles and delirium unachievable in any phase of life.

The institution isn't just a paragon where people are rewarded for hard work, it is an avenue where lives are built, friends are discovered, character is tested and knowledge is imparted.

Do I even need to make more vivid what the institution does in making the graduate?

It will be ridiculously interesting to see anyone turn himself into a quintessential graduate by developing himself from his bedroom.

It is dismally lethargic, to believe the making of the quintessential graduate, is a homogeneous product of self development

That's an incongruous fallacy, The institution not only makes the quintessential graduate but defines him, and on this stance I remain adamantly obdurate.






Reference
The Education of a Lifetime(Book by Robert Khayat)

Top 100 universities in Africa
https://www.naij.com/56114.html

Nigerian Professor solves 156 year old mathematic problem
(www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/12000314/The-Riemann-Hypothesis-solution-found-by-Dr-Opeyemi-Enoch.html)

Team Unilorin, kindly post yours as well

QUINTESSENTIAL NIGERIAN GRADUATE- A PRODUCT OF SELF DEVELOPMENT OR THE INSTITUTION

As far as quintessential represents the most perfect or typical example of a quality then such features cannot be farfetched from a typical Nigerian graduate, who even with the poor Nigerian education scheme carves a triumphant and successful niche for himself, through series of self-conviction and self-discipline.

Every act of ingratitude is a treason to humanity, I remain magnanimous to the moderators, the judges, my fellow competitor, the audience and everyone that have made this intellectual discourse to come into manifestation today. I remain Oyedeji Oyeniyi, a representative of the better by far University of Ilorin. I want to seize this rare occasion to inexorably support the stance of Self-Development in today’s subject of discourse, “Quintessential Nigerian Graduate- A product of Self-Development or The Institution”.

To say that quintessential graduate is a product of self-development is not argument neither a debate nor a polemic but a veracious fact that has been verified and justified through various visible means. However, without further ado let me succinctly buttress my assertion with these concrete points of mine:

Intrinsically, Nigerian educational institution is in a state of jeopardy, sick and feeble, hence cannot produce a viable graduate that would be quintessential in nature because once the head is faulty then the whole body would feel the torment. To say that the most perfect Nigerian graduate is a product of this debilitated educational institution is a fallacious argument with no iota of truth. You will agree with me that you can only become a product of what is instilled or sowed in you but the Nigerian institution of nowadays have nothing substantial to offer, hence the need why some Nigerian graduate resorted into self-development to nurture the creativity and the talent they have in them and that is why they can be regarded to as quintessential Nigerians today. For instance, Funke Akindele, Japhet Omojuwa, Femi Adebayo, Babatunde Raji Fashola and some notable Nigerians are all doing excellently well in the path they chart for themselves after neglecting the courses they studied from the blunt Nigerian educational institution. The institution can never take credit for the quintessential Nigerian graduates, people like Seun Osewa, the CEO of Nairaland has proved the institution wrong by dropping out of the institution to pursue his programming dream and here we are today having the opportunity of debating on this platform built by his creativity and personal development.

To continue in making myself categorically clear just as a crystal is, I will further say that the institution can never be responsible in producing a quintessential graduate, just because the curriculum adopted in this institutions are vague and void. The curriculum is designed in such a way that students are stressed and bombarded with courses that are irrelevant to their programme of study, a singular reason why Nigerians always excel and make a difference whenever they have any slight opportunity to study abroad. Nigerians are doing excellently well in the diaspora because of the transparent and efficient curriculum available in those countries.

Thirdly, without mincing words, I will re-emphasize that quintessential Nigerian graduates are product of self-development and not the institution because the institution lacks human and physical facilities that can produce upright and viable graduates. In essence, most of the facilitators in these institutions are devoid of current knowledge and developments surrounding their fields. They always adopt out-dated mode of teaching to impart knowledge in their students. As if that is not enough, Nigerian educational Institutions still lack facilities to equip the students with adequate and necessary practical knowledge that can make them to be quintessential in nature and that is why Nigerian graduates are always subject to series of training before they can resume work whenever they are fortunate to be employed, even if they graduate with first class. The major reason why countries like Japan, China and U.S.A are experiencing technological breakthrough is because their schools are equipped with necessary facilities, which is giving rise to quintessential graduate. Ufot Ekong, recently emerged the best all round graduating student in Tokai University, Tokyo, when he got accessed to adequate facilities to aid his learning. Ufot made an electric car that goes as fast as 128 kilometres per hour. To face the reality, how many Nigerian lecturers can build a car? They hardly have the knowledge and they are not in any way open to the facilities, hence they can’t produce a graduate that can do such.

Conclusively, I guess I have convincingly exposed to you the pitiable and penurious state of Nigerian educational institution, hence the reason why they can never take the glory for producing classic and quintessential graduate. To be candid, objective and factual, you won’t but agree with me that quintessential is born out of passion, dedication, focus, perseverance and determination to achieve a particular goal and to actualize ones dream. You can become brilliant and overrated above your pairs with the knowledge acquired in the institution but you can realize and actualize your dream, your talent, excel and become quintessential on your path through self-development. It is impossible for your hand to be amputated without your knowledge, so it is impossible for you to attain the status of quintessential without self-discovery and self-development

I will leave by saying that “If you want to attain the ultimate goal of being quintessential, though you need to go to school but your distinctive personal development will to a reasonable extent go a long way to single out your standardized quantum of prowess."



References


Nigerian graduate emerges best student in 50 years in Japan University, builds car. "africanspotlight.com/2015/05/19/nigerian-graduate-emerges-best-student-in-50-years-in-japan-university-builds-car-photos/"


The News chronicle, May, 2014 “Nigerin Students Emerge Best Overseas”


T.I.N Magazine, July, 2015 “Nairaland Owner SEUN OSEWA Full Biography, Life And Net worth”


Cornel, January, 2015 “Nigerian Graduates and Why they are Unemployed and Unemployable”

Let the rebuttals begin.

You have from now till 5:14.

Cc. Catalyst4real, Neyoor

Catalyst4real:


It is dismally lethargic, to believe the making of the quintessential graduate, is a homogeneous product of self development.

It has been observed, verified, justified and even defined by the different dictionaries that quintessential represents a typical example of the most perfect thing or class but in situation that incessant strike, impoverished facilities and lack of qualified facilitators amongst others persist in our educational institution. How do one become classic and stand out without series of self development?

neyoor, you defined a quintessential Graduate as the perfect example of a graduate, yet you make reference to people who abandoned school and dived into other aspects of life to succeed.

Quite contradictory, that I drop out of school and somehow excel, does that make me a quintessential graduate?

Neyoor:


It has been observed, verified, justified and even defined by the different dictionaries that quintessential represents a typical example of the most perfect thing or class but in situation that incessant strike, impoverished facilities and lack of qualified facilitators amongst others persist in our educational institution. How do one become classic and stand out without series of self development?

Read my essay, I didn't deny the role of self development in the evolution of quintessential graduates, but it is very minimal compared to what the institution lays down.

Catalyst4real:
neyoor, you defined a quintessential Graduate as the perfect example of a graduate, yet you make reference to people who abandoned school and dived into other aspects of life to succeed.
Quite contradictory, that I drop out of school and somehow excel, does that make me a quintessential graduate?

I only said Quintessential is a perfect example of a class or thing but going by the veracious and observable definition of a quinessential graduate. It implies that a graduate is a quintessential product of his/her institution is an incomprehensive assertion and even almost laughable because there are countless graduates who are excessive efficacious not in the discipline they did in their undergraduate degrees but their inner and personal drives. Human beings everywhere, except for those with special needs especially mental related needs, are products of decision they make everyday but a quintessential graduate is someone who built himself beyond what is learnt in school.

Ujsizzle

HerexG

Ishilove

The debate is on, kindly grace us with your presence.

Sir neyoor, I can't help but notice too many contradictions in your essay

You made it obvious Nigerian institutions cannot take the glory for producing quintessential graduates due to lack of facilities.

And, the graduate should take the glory for developing himself

my question is, how did the quintessential graduate develop himself, by producing facilities for himself?

Lalasticlala Sir, the needful please

Catalyst4real:

Read my essay, I didn't deny the role of self development in the evolution of quintessential graduates, but it is very minimal compared to what the institution lays down.

You call that minimal? Charles Darwin, One of the greatest biologists in the world said “It is not the most intelligent or the strongest
species that survives but the one that is responsive to change” it simply means that you becoming quintessential is the reflection of your major personal development.

Catalyst4real:
Sir neyoor, I can't help but notice too many contradictions in your essay
You made it obvious Nigerian institutions cannot take the glory for producing quintessential graduates due to lack of facilities.
And, the graduate should take the glory for developing himself
my question is, how did the quintessential graduate develop himself, by producing facilities for himself?

Exactly bro. Who made facilities for seun osewa, Funke Akindele, Japhet Omojuwa and even Pa Dele Momodu the veteran journalist. These are people that have becomes what they are today, as a result of their personal development.

Neyoor:



I only said Quintessential is a perfect example of a class or thing but going by the veracious and observable definition of a quinessential graduate. It implies that a graduate is a quintessential product of his/her institution is an incomprehensive assertion and even almost laughable because there are countless graduates who are excessive efficacious not in the discipline they did in their undergraduate degrees but their inner and personal drives. Human beings everywhere, except for those with special needs especially mental related needs, are products of decision they make everyday but a quintessential graduate is someone who built himself beyond what is learnt in school.

You wistfully try to digress from my question, from your essay you used Seun as reference, for sidelining formal education and erecting this forum which we all adore.

How does that relate to your definition of "Quintessential graduate"?

Catalyst4real:
Sir neyoor, I can't help but notice too many contradictions in your essay
You made it obvious Nigerian institutions cannot take the glory for producing quintessential graduates due to lack of facilities.
And, the graduate should take the glory for developing himself
my question is, how did the quintessential graduate develop himself, by producing facilities for himself?

No matter how well equipped an institution may be, if there are no efforts for self development, a graduate will be no different from somebody who hasn't

Catalyst4real:

You wistfully try to digress from my question, from your essay you used Seun as reference, for sidelining formal education and erecting this forum which we all adore.
How does that relate to your definition of "Quintessential graduate"?

You said can self development makes one a graduate?

I will say no. And I will also ask you is being graduate a prerequisite for success? Are you saying most efficacious individuals in the country all are graduates?

Neyoor:



No matter how well equipped an institution may be, if there are no efforts for self development, a graduate will be no different from somebody who hasn't

And yet again, you contradict yourself further.

You just tagged Nigerian institutional system as underdeveloped and lacking in facilities being one of major reasons we are unable to produce quintessential graduates, even making reference to developed countries, how they excel because they have the facilities

And now you say no matter how well equipped an institution is it still depends on self development

The contradictions are too bold I can't help it any longer, please get your facts straight sir

The major reason why countries like Japan, China and U.S.A are experiencing technological breakthrough is because their schools are equipped with necessary facilities, which is giving rise to quintessential graduate. Ufot Ekong, recently emerged the best all round graduating student in Tokai University, Tokyo, when he got accessed to adequate facilities to aid his learning. Ufot made an electric car that goes as fast as 128 kilometres per hour

The Quintessential graduate: a product of the University.

It will indeed, amount to insolence, if I failed to pay homage to whom it is due.
The C.E.O of nairaland, Mr. Seun Osewa.
Organisers of this monumental intellectual debate; fynestboi, luxanne and others.
Incorruptible, competent and sagacious panel of Judges.
Perspicacious and erudite co-debaters; neyoor and tourshaw.
Members of nairaland intelligentsia.

I am abuklaw by moniker, representative of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. I, alongside my competent colleague, catalyst4real will be defending the stance that “tertiary institutions play the most important role in the making of a quintessential graduate.

Who is a quintessential graduate? A quintessential graduate is an epitome of who is needed by employers in the labour market. His inner composition is the embodiment of what is expected of people we believe, would make the world a better place after graduating from tertiary institution.

What do you understand by the concept “tertiary education?” To me, it means an optional post-secondary education offer by tertiary institutions like Universities, Polytechnics, and Colleges of Education across the country and the world at large.

It is at this junction, that it becomes an onus on me to prove to the world, how tertiary institutions play the major role in the making of a quintessential graduate.

The most important factor of making of an ideal graduate is availability of facilities to support, nurture and help a graduate achieve his dream. The universities, in ensuring this, built a framework to influence their students directly (in the classroom) and indirectly (outside the classroom) while preparing them for the world beyond the institution. The curriculum, designed to interact with the students directly is indeed a foundation that is invaluable. The scheme of work to help an aspiring medical doctor achieve his dream is carefully structured to make him quintessential. The cadaver laboratory, teaching hospital, updated library of contemporary materials on medicine, and free access to the internet which the institution provide a medical student is solely responsible for his being quintessential after graduation.

We shouldn’t in our bid to rubbish the effort of these institutions be myopic. If not for these institutions, the growing labour market requirements of a graduate in the 21st century would have made all graduates unemployable.

To buttress the above point, a study was conducted by National University Commission (NUC) in 2014, requesting employers of labour to indicate the type of skills they expected of an average graduate of a Nigerian University to bring to workplace and also identify skill deficiencies in these graduates. The result of the study showed nine outstanding skill deficiencies in virtually all graduates in Nigeria. These deficiencies are; Critical thinking and analysis, oral and written communication, problem-solving skills, quantitative reasoning, information literacy, information and communication technology competency, impersonal skills (ability to work in team), entrepreneurial skills, and lastly, appreciation of ethical consequences of personal action.

The aftermath of the study was a recommendation from National University Commission (NUC) to all Universities in Nigeria, to entrench and integrate courses that will tackle and defeat the above mentioned deficiencies in our graduates. I can’t write much about other universities’ level of implementing the recommendation made by National University Commission (NUC) but I can authoritatively assert that Ahmadu Bello University has introduced courses and other medium to tackle the problem graduates face in the labour market.

I am quite aware that my opponents, in their bid to confuse us, would emphasise on self-development as the basis of a graduate being quintessential. What they failed to realise is that; the journals, textbooks, studying materials etc consulted by students in their pursuit of development are products of strenuous research made mostly by intellectuals in the Academia. I can’t fathom why we celebrate a building without recognising the invaluable effort of its foundation.

If I could study “Principles of Marketing” authored by A.M Armstrong and P. Kotler, digested the whole of “Principles of Management” written by Peter Drucker or practice the comprehensive “The Fundamentals of Financial Accounting” by Prof. A.A Udoh and became a quintessential graduate of marketing management. Isn’t it an act of injustice, to recognise self development as the basis of my being an ideal graduate while relegating the efforts, conscious research of those Academicians to obscurity? It is quite a mockery of common sense, to believe that my zeal to know, to learn more, to explore and demystify is enough for me to become ideal in the absence of those invaluable materials researched and published by University Dons.

Why is it that, when a graduate fails, we blame tertiary institutions but when a graduate excels or become quintessential, we praise the graduate? Will the school spoon-feed lazy students, coerce students with lack of purpose, vision and mission in life to harness the plethora of opportunities created for them to become quintessential? But it is lugubrious, when one realises that the state of the art libraries are always empty in most institutions but common rooms and social centres filled to brim. The internet facility provided to enhance studies is being used for watching porn, facebooking, youtubing, betting on nairabet etc. Yet, we blame the institutions for students’ failure.

In conclusion, the making of a quintessential graduate is as a result of the role played by the University even though the students have a role to play in their development.

References
Egwu, Sam (2009) Roadmap for Education: Nigerian Compass. April 1st. Page 23.
National University Commission (2004). Labour Market Expectation of Nigeria Graduates, Abuja: NUC Publication.

You will agree with me that you can only become a product of what is instilled or sowed in you

I handpicked this from your essay.

That means a quintessential graduate can only become a product of what is instilled in him.

Thanks for agreeing with me sir

Catalyst4real:

And yet again, you contradict yourself further.
You just tagged Nigerian institutional system as underdeveloped and lacking in facilities being one of major reasons we are unable to produce quintessential graduates, even making reference to developed countries, how they excel because they have the facilities
And now you say no matter how well equipped an institution is it still depends on self development
The contradictions are too bold I can't help it any longer, please get your facts straight sir

You can't comprehend the responses or you are short of words. I stated clearly that before a graduate can be regarded as been quintessential. He must have made a lot of sacrifices that entails series of self development.


And as for the facilities, Even if all facilities are in place, without the zeal of the student for personal growth, there would be no impact. it'll be like the case of forcing a horse to the river and not being able to force the horse to drink.

Neyoor:
And I will also ask you is being graduate a prerequisite for success? Are you saying most efficacious individuals in the country all are graduates?

That is quite irrelevant and non-relative to the topic.
The focus here is on "Quintessential GRADUATES."
not Quintessential success

Catalyst4real:

I handpicked this from your essay.
That means a quintessential graduate can only become a product of what is instilled in him.
Thanks for agreeing with me sir

Yes, provided the facilitators are excellent and of great tenet. But you close your eyes to the aspect that the institution lacks human and physical facilities that can produce upright and viable graduates. In essence, most of the facilitators in these institutions are devoid of current knowledge and developments surrounding their fields. They always adopt out-dated mode of teaching to impart knowledge in their students. As if that is not enough, Nigerian educational Institutions still lack facilities to equip the students with adequate and necessary practical knowledge that can make them to be quintessential in nature

Neyoor:



You can't comprehend the responses or you are short of words. I stated clearly that before a graduate can be regarded as been quintessential. He must have made a lot of sacrifices that entails series of self development.


And as for the facilities, Even if all facilities are in place, without the zeal of the student for personal growth, there would be no impact. it'll be like the case of forcing a horse to the river and not being able to force the horse to drink.

Looks like am debating against two different people
The first part of your essay, you made it look like facilities are indispensable to the production of graduates.

And now you're saying the production of quintessential graduate is independent of facilities but willingness to develop one's self.

You debate lacks cohesion sir

Abuklaw:
I didn't plan it this way but God knows best. The only excuse I can give for my late-coming is lack of awareness of schedule. The other time I saw the fixture, I saw normal 6pm and that is what I have been holding onto until I came online few minutes ago. My submission is ready ahead of schedule but I am not abreast of the time.

To my knowledge, the time for this debate has always been 12pm Abuklaw, from whence did you get 6pm?

luxanne:


To my knowledge, the time for this debate has always been 12pm Abuklaw, from whence did you get 6pm?

I would have come online since morning but I am not aware of the 12pm schedule. I know it is flimsy excuse but it is actually the reality. My submission has been typed just waiting till 4pm before coming online since I will be using a public internet connection.

@HerexG Sir, get ready to post your question if any.

Catalyst4real:
Name: Catalyst4real

Institution: A.B.U Zaria

Topic: "Quintessential Nigerian Graduate - A Product Of Self Development Or The Institution?"

Stance: The Institution


With Stellar ebullience, I recognise the presence of the unbiased judges, the ever propitious coordinator, my tenacious antagonists, the congenial audience and my honourable colleague, Abuklaw

Quintessential means a substance of the highest quality; And with prime relativity to the subject, A Quintessential graduate is a student who has 'fully' acquired the requirements of a degree.

A quintessential graduate isn't just a student with a certificate as evidence of graduation. But one who has been equipped to face life.

And I find it derisively obtuse to concede that the quintessential graduate is a sole product of self development, with the institution managing a subjective role in the making of the graduate.

I cannot comprehend the logic incurred in admitting to the fallacy that all the graduate had to do to attain apical excellence was "develop himself"
With the institution having no hand whatsoever?

On a more neutral horizon, Both the institution and the students play a role in producing assiduous graduates, but who plays the greater role?

>>>>>>Role of the Institution

Nigerian universities may not be the best in the world, they might be invincible in the list of first class universities.
But for a country in the Third World Region, Nigerian universities are undeniably sublime.

The Nigerian institution fecunds infrastructures, employs competent lecturers and professors, highly subsidized dormitories with all the social amenities in place and ultimately admits befitting students amidst the multitudinous applicants.

For years and years the wards are rigorously grooved, rejuvenated, refurnished, re-engineered, dusted and paramountly gyrated from ineptitude to proficience.

You really think the meagre school fees we pay, counterbalances the effort our universities makes to ensure we attain stellar heights?

You can't put a price tag to education, education is priceless.

Nigerians, we have been blessed with exuberant universities, but we don't recognize that; Because we are always comparing our universities with those of other countries who gained independence 400 years ago.

And it is this unequal comparisons that blinds us to the undying diligence put in by our universities In producing dexterous graduates


Most times we are beyond quick to ridicule our university system, always in a haste to tag our lecturers as "below standard"

But it is still one of our professors, Professor Opeyemi Enoch who won an award(1$ Million dollar prize) for solving a 156 year old mathematics headache, he singlehandedly solved a mathematical puzzle that has existed for over a century.

And not too long ago, "Nigerian doctors, products of our institutions were able to find the treatment for Ebola and ultimately exterminated it from Nigeria, professors from the much hyped Harvard and Oxford all came to be tutored by these culminant beacons of ours.

"A prophet is indeed not respected in his hometown"

>>>>>>>Role of the Graduate

All the graduate had to do was listen, learn and pass exams.

It doesn't go beyond that, The institution already has everything in place, and all the wards have to do to attain excellence is to learn and prove they have learned by passing the examinations.

What self development are we even talking about? Can self development actually make you a graduate?

It doesn't matter the level of self development attained, without the institution it is still useless.

Is the fisherman more honourable than the river? Or the farmer more honourable than the field from which he cultivates?

Reaching a congruence that self development is the propellant behind the yield of quintessential graduates against the diligence of the institution is like biting the hand that fed you.

Look up the list of top universities in Africa, and watch our institutions representing.

When we nag and complain about how the economy is filled with Half-baked graduates, the universities always take the blame and Is always at the receiving end of the vituperations.

And suddenly, on the emergence of quintessential graduates instead of attributing the glory and praise to the universities, self development gets the credits? How blunt!!!

Is formal education the only thing acquirable in an institution?

A typical Nigerian university is an oasis filled with life lessons, a garnished combination of sweet and sour, a panopticon of challenges, an epitaph of knowledge and a platform for the true test of morals.

You learn to survive amidst hardship and insurmountable stress, spontaneously learning how to manage finance and striving so hard to live cordially with people from different backgrounds.


The graduate acquires Life lessons, struggles and delirium unachievable in any phase of life.

The institution isn't just a paragon where people are rewarded for hard work, it is an avenue where lives are built, friends are discovered, character is tested and knowledge is imparted.

Do I even need to make more vivid what the institution does in making the graduate?

It will be ridiculously interesting to see anyone turn himself into a quintessential graduate by developing himself from his bedroom.

It is dismally lethargic, to believe the making of the quintessential graduate, is a homogeneous product of self development

That's an incongruous fallacy, The institution not only makes the quintessential graduate but defines him, and on this stance I remain adamantly obdurate.






Reference
The Education of a Lifetime(Book by Robert Khayat)

Top 100 universities in Africa
https://www.naij.com/56114.html

Nigerian Professor solves 156 year old mathematic problem
(www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/12000314/The-Riemann-Hypothesis-solution-found-by-Dr-Opeyemi-Enoch.html)

Well done Catalyst4real you very well, I like your life claims they are factual and I admire the simplicity you employed in your argument. Well done, score sent

Abuklaw:
I would have come online since morning but I am not aware of the 12pm schedule. I know it is flimsy excuse but it is actually the reality. My submission has been typed just waiting till 4pm before coming online since I will be using a public internet connection.

Quite unfortunate.

Team Unilorin wanted you present for this battle and had to wait more than a while since 12pm for you to come online, you can see for yourself when we started.

But did you get the sms from Fynestboi concerning this debate?

luxanne:


Quite unfortunate.

Team Unilorin wanted you present for this battle and had to wait more than a while since 12pm for you to come online, you can see for yourself when we started.

But did you get the sms from Fynestboi concerning this debate?

I think unilorin's other representative is also online. Can't we go ahead with our own duo or rather post our own argument?

I lost the phone that house my MTN sim to theft, so couldn't get any text.

Wont't there be questions from us?

Mordecai:
Wont't there be questions from us?

Sure you are free to ask.

The floor is now open

Catalyst4real:

I handpicked this from your essay.

That means a quintessential graduate can only become a product of what is instilled in him.

Thanks for agreeing with me sir

Most of us knows our educational system is presently not in the state we all can be proud of, so as an intellectual kindly make suggestion to our government and our educational heads that would take our educational system to that expected heights we all can be proud of as Nigerians