Teagirl:
Where are the first class graduates?? Every body come oh,, let's encourage young Nigerians on the need to read well in school.. If u know ur CGPA finished and u got expelled quote me...

mrcarter:





Funny seeing 2:2 in this your long essay, only if u know how difficult it's to graduate with 2:2 in some department

davidylan:


if you were that good, you wont be here complaining neither would you have graduated with less than a 2.1.

CountDracula:
Eeya. Op ur child wil graduate univ wit 3rd class in Jesus name

StealthIdeals:
You deem it a bluff attacking a man, who your ilk has stylishly avoid war of words with, with your vapid, bland sentence. When will you get out of that hell hole of UBA, braggart? You need more than a sinner's grace to cast asperson on my person.

davidylan:


it is not surprising that you came out with the grade you have. You seem so angry you could barely string coherent sentences together. Relax, calm down then come back and insult me again. Arguing with you is a lost point really... you called me a braggart, even though you're the one who just boasted that you could solve some 500 level math in your sleep. Its up to you to prove yourself. Talk is cheap, insults make you look small. I'm not sure where in UBA you saw me... i havent lived in nigeria for 10 years straight. You must be mixing me up with one of your old friends.

lol there is this funny idea that somehow working for a company is something to be sneered at. The funny thing is that if NNPC or Mobil offered you a position tomorrow, you would do the hypocritical thing and accept it. Have you made a name for yourself yet? I havent heard anything about you... you may need to blow your trumpet louder.

AreaFada2:
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That's not always true.

The best jobs still go to 1.1 & 2.1. Even those jobs that advertise 2.2 minimum may eventually end up employing 2.1 and above only.

A friend graduated from a top UK university with 2.2. He didn't get good jobs. Until he got his MSc.

Bu I also know of a 1.1 girl from a top UK university who struggled to get a job initially (I guess it was her salary expectation) but landed a plum job later on. I was already advising her to go for a PhD before she got the job. Yes, it was still easier to skip MSc with a 1.1 then.

qreem231:
are u a ladokite?

CountDracula:
Eeya. Op ur child wil graduate univ wit 3rd class in Jesus name

Kristokx:


People can be so unreasonable what's your reason for making this statement Mtchew if u no get wetin to talk can't u just read and move on must u comment

haibe:
If I were an employer.. I would give everyone an equal chance.. An online test on the company website is a good way to cut down the numbers for those that will make the interview. This is better than giving only a few the chance....Good points OP

Archilouis:
The major disadvantage is the fear of misplacement of priority.

To be extremely smart and dependable and finish a 4-5yr programme on an average or below average grade point tells the interviewer that you succumbed to distraction.

That fear alone is enough to not want to risk it, if the interviewer has a choice.

Most top multinationals, believe they have a choice, because they certainly do pay well above average.

tabolaji:


Do you know how that will impact your website? The reason employers request for certain grades is to cut the cost of conducting the recruitment exercise.

CountDracula:
Eeya. Op ur child wil graduate univ wit 3rd class in Jesus name

CountDracula:
Eeya. Op ur child wil graduate univ wit 3rd class in Jesus name

Lacoolmley:
So by implication, you are saying those that made 1st class had no family issues, financial issues, etc. These ones have proven that they can have all those issues and still come out in flying colours. If someone says he is smart and then leaves his books to go have fun or improve his social status on campus, how is that anyone's business. At the end of the day he comes out and says he is smarter than those with 1st class. I am not saying 2.2 and 3rd class graduates are not smart, but when it comes to academic success, they should just accept that they didn't do well at that time of their lives and move on rather then try to belittle the academic achievement of the first class graduate.

haibe:
"(sometimes discrimination against) distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage; treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality; prejudice; bigotry"

I got that from the dictionary. . Are u still insisting treating 3rd class graduates differently from 1st class is not discrimination? Dude it may be their choice but their choice is such that discriminates againts these class of people (2:2 3rd class Pass).. So what are you arguing here again, is it english language that is the problem? That you wont employ a third class is because you have pre-judged he doesnt have what it takes.. all this falls under the definition of discrimination as you can see above.

majekdom2:
as I said earlier, one has not the right to tell an employer who or who not to employ. Sadly, you will find a disclaimer with " we are an equal opportunity employer ". This cancels out your discrimination argument already.

falconey:
I'm an undergraduate in a science and technology university.

Its my school tradition to employ 1st class grads automatically as G.A.

B-TECH 2.2 and 3rd class are fire!!! I guess the discrimination is on B.S.C grads. Thou the OP didn't specify.

haibe:
I bet u didn't finish in a serious federal university in Nigeria, if not u wont be saying this.. I know people that are far more experienced and intelligent than me in my field but finished with lower grades than me .. till today, they still put me through a lot in my field and I can never discriminate against them but when an employer sees them, he assumes I am better than them all because of these paper works we did in school. . Thats a warp mentality.

You won't appreciate some 3rd classes until u realise how far they are better than u.. some finished with this grades because they were hustling a lot for their school fees and feeding while in school, while some were just unfortunate (I know someone who had 59, 49 69s in majority; just one mark to get A B or C).. if this one mark was in place, he would surely finish with a 2:1.. Prejudice is just too bad because you may easily ignore a game changer in your organisation.

shadowgwalker:
guy abeg read the article. Stop disgracing Nigerians.