Like there is first class lower division....illiterate.

EmptyCoconutHead:
I graduate with 1st class upper division at UNIBEN

fapcrook:
my mum is responding to your comments. Shes an associate professor in a nigerian university. Do you know the implication of Pgd. It means balancing up where you were weak at during the first degree.

1) The guy you were replying to, knows little or nothing about academics. It's funny how they exert their claims with so much confidence as if he/she knows what he/she is insinuating. Generally, in academics PGD overrides a BSc, MSc overrides a BSc while a PhD overrides a MSc. irrespective of grade. What it implies is that with a PGD you've done two independent research while a first class BSc. have done just one independent research. PGD confers you with greater honours than BSc. as far as certification is involved. A PGD with good academic papers will place you far above your mates with BSc.
Irrespective of grade the order is thus BSc < PGD < MSc < Mphil< PhD

2) On employability for PhDs, it's a general problem worldwide but the Nigerian issues is always generally pathetic. But the opportunity PhD confers on you is enormous, you can apply for a postdoc abroad, get employed in an industry, become an adjunct lecturer, become an independent researcher and with a PhD you can head any government ministry without undue victimization. Even in your village you can as well become intermediary between your community and any company that wishes to be sited in your community. But if your wish is academics then prepare to do research and publish the results of your finding. The private universities are there to employ you for a start then with good research records you can move to a public university, truth is you can even combine the two and make good money for yourself. PhDs are very few, I mean very rare to find. Out of 7 of us that graduated 5 works with a tertiary institution (out of the 5, 1 works as an adjunct lecturer too), 1 works with a government secondary school while 1 works with a private secondary school. What it means is that only two are available to be recruited by private university

Academics is fun. I admire his courage