The Vice Chancellor of Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, Prof. Christian Anieke, has said that speaking and writing English is a major challenge to many Nigerian graduates.

Anieke spoke when officials of the National Universities Commission visited the university on Friday.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that NUC officials were in the institution to assess its postgraduate programmes.

Anieke said the GOUNI had identified the use of English as the major weakness of many graduates from other institutions, stressing that some first-class graduates found it difficult to write or speak correct English.

The VC noted that the face of every university was its postgraduate school and as such showed the university’s research strength as some postgraduates reflect the quality of research of the institution.

“This is why we introduced a course called “Communication in English“ and the students’ inability to use the English language correctly could be due to their background.

“In the PG School, we ensure that when you write your thesis, it will be strong enough to be published in a journal and if not publishable, then you have not written a good thesis,” Anieke said.

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