The recent conversion of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) to a University by the Ogun State Government which has been given approval is a welcome idea but without it own disadvantages.
I believe MAPOLY can handle this fit well because the fees when it was a polytechnic was able to sustain it as it was one of the most expensive polytechnic in Nigeria. They hardly go on strike so with a little increase the school will be able to run as a University.
But what the Government and most stakeholders have failed to put into consideration is what is bound to happen as the school goes through conversion.
The other day it was in the news that the lecturers of the school refused to work owing to rumoured news that some people would be sacked.
This should be expected because it has been elevated to a University standard, this means those lecturers with HND, Bsc certificates will have to kiss their job goodbye and some whose certificate are not up to standard might be demoted as more Professors would be needed.
Another thing is the students population, for universities there is a number of students that should make up the population. But in Mapoly the students population is on the high side, you can see close to a thousand student in one class. So is the school just going to send the students away so as to meet the expected population.
It is a welcome development but the Government should take note.
source: https://guruzland..co.ke/2017/07/mapoly-conversion-to-university-what-is.html?m=1