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Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by MrSly(m): 9:07am On Feb 05, 2017 |
mat2d6boi:Dumbs and spoilt children that sort their ways through versity are now forming to look down on national open university students. Are you sure u re smarter than most NOUN students? Comment carefully to avoid being intimidated to your own shame. 1 Like |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by Lanre90(m): 9:10am On Feb 05, 2017 |
bhankyskillz:haha haha haha... Me too using dear instead of dare.. Which was just a typo... Is also a coined phrase |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by zeekeyboy: 9:17am On Feb 05, 2017 |
E pain am!!!!!!!! ..........@ bhankyskillz |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by djmask(m): 9:19am On Feb 05, 2017 |
MrAwePresident:The hostels are crowded; the architecture and design is beautiful. The academic area nko? The structures are innovative and a grade. Oau is a beautiful school with brilliant plan. The maintenance has fault but nonetheless the landscape and structures are awesome. 5 Likes |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by djmask(m): 9:22am On Feb 05, 2017 |
MrAwePresident:The tuition fees are cheap compared to other schools. The hostel fees are affordable unless you buy from fellow students. I understand your criticism... It's highly welcome for there to be a change in management. But you need to know that even in this present time we hold sway and no past glory here 2 Likes |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by djmask(m): 9:26am On Feb 05, 2017 |
MrAwePresident:if you have been privileged to the design of the school, you will know it has no rival. The sheer size is a plus and advantage to the school. Many projects can be executed including an airport and there will be enough space. Infact it's an ideal University and will be in the forefront when Nigerians reembrace agriculture because it has enough land to practically teach students 2 Likes |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by djmask(m): 9:32am On Feb 05, 2017 |
MrAwePresident:it's unfortunate that you that sounded educated and a thinker have decided to join the bandwagon to embrace this wrong stereotype of Great Ìfẹ́. Am a living example that oau does not waste anyone's time. University is not a place where u rush in and rush out. You need to be Soaked academically and come out dripping of intellectualism. I signed for four years in oau and I spent 4 year. From March 2010 to may 2014. Change your mind about this falsehood. No student has exceeded the number of years he or she signed for. 3 Likes |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by djmask(m): 9:38am On Feb 05, 2017 |
MrAwePresident:Have you met any Great ife student? We are not chaff. Maybe you have met only the drop outs and those who couldn't cope and struggled to finish. I learned a lot in oau. In fact I learnt how to think properly in that school. My ideas of life and living changed in that school. I will never have been able to be free like I am now if I never attended that citadel of learning Stop beefing and bring out critical point to tackle the school not just hearsay and stereotype that connotes hatred 3 Likes |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by chiwuike20: 9:39am On Feb 05, 2017 |
Oau graduates are not employable. This fact stands out. Check for Oau graduates in any institution and you will come up with personal data. It will be difficult to deny data compiled yourself |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by djmask(m): 9:50am On Feb 05, 2017 |
MrAwePresident:this grading system is tough so that you will come out with an iron clad certificate. Oau graduates are respected nationally 2 Likes |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by Nobody: 9:51am On Feb 05, 2017 |
djmask: Thank you!!! As somebody that has "tasted" 3 universities, I can attest to this. 1 Like |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by davidif: 10:13am On Feb 05, 2017 |
Victoryissure: Wait what?!?!?!?!??!?! Wow!!!!! and here you are here defending the school instead of objectively looking at his opinions and analyzing them? Na wa o. 1 Like |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by davidif: 10:22am On Feb 05, 2017 |
Jaymaxxy: And what exactly is wrong with that? Chai! Naija mentality sef. Go abroad and you would see how schools are designed and how compact and organized some of them are. Na only in Naija you guys would defend the indefensible. 3 Likes |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by davidif: 10:22am On Feb 05, 2017 |
decatalyst: How dare someone have an opinion different from yours? 1 Like |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by davidif: 10:24am On Feb 05, 2017 |
mat2d6boi: Why are you attempting to defend the indefensible? |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by davidif: 10:28am On Feb 05, 2017 |
bhankyskillz: How dare someone have an opinion different from yours? How dare they? 2 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by customised87: 10:31am On Feb 05, 2017 |
MrAwePresident: This point proves why a First class student of UI or Unilag will be a 2:1 student in OAU. 3 Likes |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by PrinzEleju: 11:10am On Feb 05, 2017 |
As a post-graduate student of OAU,I think the op has many points there.For instance,many of the professors are lazy,and conditions for its award are just not standard enough. 1 Like 2 Shares |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by Vcojuro: 11:12am On Feb 05, 2017 |
mat2d6boi: Oga what the op wrote is true except you want to deceive people. Check the the of students squatting at awo and Angola hall. Look at the toilet facilities. Overcrowded booc and 1000 seater lecture theatre. Reagents at chemistry lab in white house and yellow house. Cost of transportation is much infact by the time you trek from awo or Angola to booc, you are already tired and dozing in class . Fees for freshers are too much, the least paying department is paying nothing less than 92000 naira acceptance fees inclusive and also excluding other registration fees. 1 Like |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by PrinzEleju: 11:13am On Feb 05, 2017 |
As a post-graduate student of OAU,I think the op has many points there.For instance,many of the professors are lazy,and conditions for the award of professorship are just not standard enough. 1 Like |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by Nobody: 11:14am On Feb 05, 2017 |
I can't really comprehend why the OP seem so consumed with hatred for what he termed his alma matter. Most of his point are either concocted or exaggerated. For instance, the proximity of hall of residence to lecture theatre. One of the attraction in the university is the ease of life within the campus, and this is boosted by the proximity of hall of residence to lecture theatre. An average OAU student shuttle between class to lecture room several times daily without stress. The school is reputed as one of the most planned in the country, that is why hall of residence is situated strategically, yet separately from lecture theater but still provide easy assessiblity. On the question of strike and time wasting, your position is over exaggerated. I got admitted to the university in january 2011, and yet those who ran a four year course still graduated in march 2015, despite a six months nationwide ASUU strike and two internal crisis that lead to school closure. That is four years and three months. A strikeless unilorin could hardly do better. The most outrageous of your point is your attempt at painting OAU as a violent university where jungle justice prevail, and I am beginning to doubt if you really pass through the university. Anyone who pass through OAU will no doubt be attracted to the cool atmosphere of the university and cultured behaviour of the student. OAU remain a university with zero cultism. 1 Like |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by Vcojuro: 11:19am On Feb 05, 2017 |
mat2d6boi: He is saying the fact except you don't want to believe it. All his points are valid go to block 6 room 208 and see for yourself. Go to chemistry part 1 lab and see contaminated and old reagents. Go to 1000 lt early in the morning and see students offering 101 and 102 See the way they are standing. 1 Like |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by MMMscam: 11:35am On Feb 05, 2017 |
MrAwePresident: OAU housing is costly . Maybe you drank too much beer and you don't know what you're saying again. Spent 4 years in that school, and I lived at the quarters all through, road 7C House **. It cost me about 25K per year and living in quarters was way expensive than hostel. No diss intended but the "poor boys" lived in hostels (angola, faj, awo etc), but the "privileged" ones lived at quarters or town - and even that was relatively cheap. As in like, my friend back then around 2001 was living in town around Ede road in a very huge 3 bedroom apartment and he paid 40K per year for it. That same type of apartment in lagos was around the range of 250K per annum back then, just so you know how hella cheap housing is at Ife town. So, regarding this point, you told a complete lie. As for school size, hell yeah, OAU is fuxking big mehn, but if you have a problem with that, then you must be one of those children that were still sucking their momma's breast up to SSS3. Sure thing it was kinda stressful sometimes walking huge distances in the boiling sun between lecture halls for the next classes but overtime you get used to it, and you're meant to get smarter and more organized to use the myriads of available shortcuts. Nobody said it's a must to walk on the pavements. Be innovative - roll over the damn grass mehn, hitchhike, take a bike...or jump in through the window of a hostel, like Mozambique or moremi. Naked girls shouting at you to get out can be a real motivation to get to where you're going quickly. So you see, getting around OAU campus makes you street smart. The school is like a military training ground - adapt or die, simple! Because there's one thing you can't take away from that school - everything is EXCESSIVE. School size? Excessive. Student population? Excessive. Crazy lecturers? Excessive. Academic excellence? Excessive. Weather (hot/cold)? Excessive. Strike? Excessive. Fine girls with big yansh? Excessive ...etc! That's OAU in one word for you - EXCESSIVE! Okay, the strike thing is true. Nah unlee God noe hu take strike swear foh dem, azin Hoe ma gawd, iz jaz tew mush! Strike was like the answer to every problem. Prospective students, just know that strike can happen at anytime for any reason. Buca don reduce 20 naira beans from 200 grains to 198 grains...oya na...STRIKE. N50 bread is now N55 naira...STRIKE. VC Prof Makanjuola is more yellow than before...STRIKE. Unilag lecturers are driving Benz but we're driving Peugeot...STRIKE. We don't know what to do with ourselves...STRIKE. Everywhere is too peaceful...oya na, STRIKE. Every school in Nigeria must know we're still the masters of aluta...STRIKE. Because strike is our favorite hobby...STRIKE OAU no dey tire for strike . E dey always rotate from Student's Union to ASU, to NASU abi werin dem call themselves. But I don't know if that's still the case today sha. But whatever the case, overall, back then OAU was the best school ever in Nigeria. But now 2017, I guess it's debatable because of facilities mismanagement etc. Still, no matter what, one thing that is certain is that OAU will always rank among top-5 best universities in Nigeria, including private universities. They don't call it - Great Ife...great - for nothing! 3 Likes |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by Nobody: 11:47am On Feb 05, 2017 |
The Op was raising points which should have been raised while giving a general appraisal of the state of Nigerian education sectors. Most of the points raised against OAU, are more pronouced in other university. If you say OAU hostel is overcrowded, I will ask you to name one university that has more lecture theatre than OAU. This is a university where 80 percent of student stay on campus. In naming all the general ill of Nigerian tertiary institution, OAU still remain the luckiest. Many university don't even have a hostel let alone over crowded one. We should address the general malaise of our education sector instead of engaging in petty talks. 4 Likes |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by MMMscam: 11:54am On Feb 05, 2017 |
Seriously though, OAU authorities should be embarrassed and mercilessly scolded for the terrible state of the hostels, particularly the toilets and baths. It was just like a pig house then. Azin I seriously got mad respect for any OAU student that lived in hostel. I never could, I never did. I couldn't live there not even for a day. I hardly visited my friends there, like almost never. One time, I went to see my guy, so then stomach started to rumble and I needed to drop a load fast, as in emergency level. It happened to be my first time I would step into hostel toilet, and Jesus Christ what I saw, even the sh*t that wanted to come out ran back into my stomach like, Oga u wan drop me for here, god forbid bad tin . That was my first and last time to ever enter hostel toilet then. It was like an incubation chamber of diseases. Female hostels were worse off I think. So dirty and stinking that many girls preferred bathing outside naked, under the cover of darkness. And of course, we like to watch, like sorry I was going to Ajose hall at 4am and I missed my way, so I'm just watching you bath naked outside so my memory can come back . Them supposed flog all those useless OAU school authorities for making students live in such horrible conditions in hostels. 1 Like |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by dgbaba: 12:07pm On Feb 05, 2017 |
Nawa for this op, yes every institution had their own challenges but Pls don't paint the school in a bad light because of your own experiences. Talking about employment network, I laughed at that part, so naive of u. I have first hand info about oau grads working in oil coys abroad. It's a very beautiful and unique school, deal with it! Sour grapes. 2 Likes |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by Nobody: 12:14pm On Feb 05, 2017 |
MMMscam:. Bro, OAU hostel might not be too Behind, but wait, I think you are making too much of this, OAU has over thirty thousand student and about twenty thousand of them stay in those hostel. Twenty thousand people can't be all wrong 1 Like |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by Nobody: 12:23pm On Feb 05, 2017 |
MMMscam:. Fine girls with big yansh, lol. Omg, you need to come around now, it is even bigger than than those day. Fine stunning girls |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by Nobody: 12:25pm On Feb 05, 2017 |
AlfredIbojo:Lol, big yansh everywhere. You could hit the traffic if not careful |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by felicitywe(m): 12:25pm On Feb 05, 2017 |
mozihla:Like they beef IPOB,Biafra&Niger Deltans. |
Re: Oau : 10 Reasons Why Its Not The Best University by mat2d6boi(m): 12:29pm On Feb 05, 2017 |
Omonoba1:bro, I expected you to have talked better than this. we all know that no matter how valuable something is , it will still have some imperfections. I don't deny all he said about OAU cause other universities too have their odd sides, but what you should reason is that how will someone in his normal state come out , sit down and start to make up a writing to defame his university. was he blind before throughout his stay in OAU?, reason bro. 1 Like |
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