In Nigerian academic institutions, there has been rising exposure of some academic staff that have been alleged to be exchanging academic marks or grades for sex from their students.


This ugly incidence is not really restricted to tertiary institutions alone rather, such cases have been reported to occur in the secondary schools as well.

So, it has been an occurrence all across the board from time immemorial but little or nothing has been done to forestall further occurrence.

A recent sex-for-marks scandal involving a senior academic and an undergraduate student has highlighted not only the prevalence of the problem, but the difficulty in addressing it in Nigerian universities and secondary schools.

Recently, the management of the Imo State University (IMSU), Owerri has suspended two lecturers of the institution caught on video raping female students of the school.

The school authorities also raised a panel to investigate the issue with the mandate to complete the investigation within two weeks.

According to the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the institution, Nze Ralph Njoku-Obi, who confirmed this to news men, and said the identities of the lecturers and the panel will not be made known, adding that they can only be disclosed to the press after their investigation.

However, a lot have been heard across the country concerning sex for marks in the university, but few things have been mentioned as the contributing factors to such an ugly development.

Therefore, one needs to know what actually prompt such an unacceptable act among the lectures and their students before sorting out ways to tackle it.

By knowing the contributing factors, one can be able to tackle the scourge of sex for marks in Nigerian universities...............Continue reading
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