gift01: Poverty in expressive Action. May the Almighty provide for your generation

This was just too harsh

dryakson: [s]Many Nigerian students these days often move quickly to queue for private universities when
making a choice of institution.

I agree that private universities have advantages like the absence of strike, easy access to
lecturers… Well, that’s about all.

Public universities, federal and state, have a lot of advantages, from cheaper school fees, to the
freedom to be an adult. Public universities expose you to the real world, introduces you to the
hustle of life unlike private universities that consist of a lot of brats who are literally spoon-fed.

They are so pampered, making difficult to face the real world when they become graduates.
So here’s my case for choosing a public university.

1. Public universities allow for freedom and independence:

Students in public universities enjoy the freedom to make decisions for themselves and learn to
be almost independent. Private universities keep students within the four walls of their campuses
and under certain rules more suited for teenagers than young adults. The laws in public
universities are not imposed on the students; they are just the basic principles a normal student
is meant to follow. It’s funny when I see pictures of private university students being punished or
hear of certain rules like compulsory attendance of chapel, feeding time tables, dress codes,
e.t.c​.​ It is absurd; these are adults​!​

2. Cost of education:

It is a lot cheaper to attend public university than a private one and this is not limited to school
fees. Cost of living on public universities is also cheaper. Students cook their own meals and hav​
e access to shops on campus and in town where prices of goods and services are competitive.
On the other hand, the cost of living on a private university secluded campus for one semester is
enough to build a house.

3. Public university g​ives “exposure” to students:

It’s more than obvious that public university students are ”​sharper​”​ than private university
students. Private university students who are often referred to as “JJC” or “Learners” by public
university students, live what I term “the microwave life” which is the easy life.
In federal universities you get to meet all sorts: from cultists to Aristo chicks, people with
different personalities. It makes one exposed to what life really is. One is exposed to the hustle
and learns how to struggle for things. There are still brats in federal universities but most of
them get to grow up when exposed to the hustle.

4. Life on and off campus is FUN:

There are so many parties to attend, clubs and events. One gets to meet real people, one also
learns to be real. There is a lot of gist and gossip, lot of things to laugh at. Rather than chapel,
it’s clubbing. Dating is even fun in federal schools. Couples express love without fear as adults.
One gets to see students that are rich and poor mingling as equals; students who express
themselves through their dressing and not relegated to some uniform.

5. Hard work is compulsory

Students in public universities have work​ed​ through exceptional odds to succeed; challenges that
help one not take life for granted. Imagine a department of over a thousand students with a very
small lecture hall or a lecturer who spends only twenty minutes in a class where he is meant to
spend two hours, or one who only gives handouts. Faced with issues like these, students work
extra hard to come out with well-deserved results.

6. Public universities produce more mature graduates:

With all the challenges: strikes, nonchalant lecturers, freedom to express yourself as adult etc,
public universities are more equipped for life after graduation. They know that things would not
just be handed to them and are used to making decisions for themselves.

https://m.premiumtimesng.com/arts-entertainment/167863-6-reasons-%e2%80%8byou-shouldnt-attend-a-private-university.html[/s]

Rubbish.

I'm a proud graduate of a private university and I am as good as (better, even, than) my contemporaries from government-owned schools.

True, Private universities are highly overrated. Speaking from personal experience. They don't allow for the personal freedom and freedom of expression that should be the hallmark of the ivory tower. Back at Okija then it was compulsory to go to church on sundays and of course you couldn't leave the school premises without written permission. It was an awful experience. Five years prison sentence.

OP, I agree with all d points u stated above...5years ago, my bosom friend and I were seeking admission into the univ. I finally got admitted into Unizik, and he proceeded to Afe Babalola Uni...now 5yrs after, his mentality and attitude hasn't grown one bit..he's still dat mummy's boy and pet...I even had to save him from being duped by one sharp aristo recently...so u see

INNOisBACK: This was just too harsh

He took his senselessness to another level. Deserves it.

Hemanwel: OP,you mean '6 Reasons You Shouldn't Attend A Glorified Secondary School' ??

Naturally,I see people who opt for a private university as academically inferior to their public university counterparts....
After paying huge sums of money as school fees for four years (in the case of a 4-year course),the school authority cannot afford not to graduate the student even if he/she gallivanted throughout his/her stay in the institution.

There are students in private universities that have extra year

Nonsense!

Ademolapaul: u don smoke that ur tin dis morning!smh

Funbii:
Well you need to go for medical check up sir

How are you two any different?

Did you really have to quote the post?

Bross u done fail... For hard work, mehn my schoold dey craze... U don't work 4get ur result bcuz mehn na f9 parallel.

no 5 is so so fallacious. ... hardwork ko sorting ni.... as a matter of seriousness this is what I call "arrant bubuyaya"

Dygeasy: How are you two any different?

Did you really have to quote the post?

I was pissed off

[quote author=RFella]OP, I agree with all d points u stated above...5years ago, my bosom friend and I were seeking admission into the univ. I finally got admitted into Unizik, and he proceeded to Afe Babalola Uni...now 5yrs after, his mentality and attitude hasn't grown one bit..he's still dat mummy's boy and pet...I even had to save him from being duped by one sharp aristo recently...so u see[/quote


its a matter of individual difference.... not all are like ur friend

himkers: [size=14pt]where are my covenant University fellas?[/size]

if PAPA catch u here na die u dey o

Lolz....sum guys dy claim dem dy pri8 skul 4 here, 4 dier mind.....sum of una still dey sweat 4 admission, while sum in pub uni claiming I dy, covenant, bowen etc....anyway mek I lie ma own too....I repz Western Delta Uni....Proudly Computer Sci graduate....networking d world both d babes na I dy network join....No ask me how many programming language I knw...buh I sabi ijaw, urhobo and yoruba....

Dygeasy: How are you two any different?

Did you really have to quote the post?

seen... now move along, tnx!

HNosegbe:

Rubbish.

I'm a proud graduate of a private university and I am as good as (better, even, than) my contemporaries from government-owned schools.

i dont expect less from u

Eneze1:

space booking in progress

Wetin we go do nau?

Ur reasons are not substantial enough y one shouldn't attend a private university..maybe point 5.

D

al dis points aint solid,wen talkim abt private universities b distinctive,nt 4 u 2 say all,no ofence but dats so ignoramous of d OP....SMH.

Its private universities that v made 1st class to b meaningless.... Rubbish..... Even som1 wt ordinary pass in government universities wl graduate with 2nd class upper in private universities..

gift01: Poverty in expressive Action. May the Almighty provide for your generation

I can see u re mentally sick. Do you think it's because we are poor that makes us to attend public university.
It's because u can't secure admission into public university that makes you to go for private university.

benjichuks: Immediately I saw this, I knew it was front page material, so I did the needful and to God be the glory, here I am as the FTC!
For those aspiring to be in my position, well keep on trying, Praying, subscribing for data and commenting, one day you'll reach where I am now.

As for the topic, I agree with the OP though not in all of them

You can as well do yourself a favour by sharing it as a miracle in church next week sunday.......mumu pikin.

lilprinze: I noticed that most of the students who attend private universities are people who were denied or not given admission into public university or people who did not have a very good result so they have or had no choice other than to go to private Universities half bread is better than none.

Sure that's why my twin kid brothers are in private school now

opella: Also some companies don't accept graduates from private universities.

Wetin this one dey yarn.

Your points are so unfounded and is bereft of logical reasoning. You have a poverty mentality. Why don't you send your wards or encourage your family members to send their wards to public primary and secondary schools so that they can be "exposed" to life and have a first hand experience in "struggling"

Na inferiority complex dey worry you. You need to go back to schoool or stay back in school to develop some logical reasoning. Ode!

lilprinze: I noticed that most of the students who attend private universities are people who were denied or not given admission into public university or people who did not have a very good result so they have or had no choice other than to go to private Universities half bread is better than none.

Sure that's why my twin kid brothers are in private school now
Though that time Universities where on strike.....

Wow......really awful!
Nigerian youths are just plain stupid! The other day was UNI vs POLY, FEDERAL UNI vs STATE UNI and now PUBLIC UNI vs PRIVATE UNI....Wtf?
Well....i rep ESUT!

And what did majority of dose dat went to dis so called public skul use their certificate for?..... May God protect u all 4rm poverty

Alpet:
I can see u re mentally sick. Do you think it's because we are poor that makes us to attend public unoversity.
It's because u can't secure admission into public university that makes you to go for private university.

Your English says it all. No argument