Jarus:

First Class is never dashed out anywhere, you make it.

Jarus:

First Class is never dashed out anywhere, you make it.

jmaine:

You gave him a very good response . . .

alienvirus:

Nope. State Universities don't dash out first class like that. It is senseless having up to 50 first class. Typical nonsensical nigerians way of doint things

Jarus:

Whether private or Federal or state, I personally believe First class is earned and will not condemn any school for producing many First Class. From my observation, I think First Class corresponds to the conduciveness of learning environment. This is why Private universities tend to produce more, followed by Federal and then State in that order. This is the same reason why Top schools even in the West produce in high numbers equivalents of First Class.

In private unis, they are programmed to just read, eat, go to church/mosque, water/electricity taken care of, what to eat not something to worry about. An average brilliant student will excel under this circumstance.

Federal Unis(esp First Generation ones) may be free, but most lecturers, having seen it all, are usually liberal. In my uni(federal, 1st generation) for example, though very free, we hardly worried about water/electricity and other distractions, so the serious ones have all what it takes to excel. Add stiff competition among the brightests to that, and you will see why First Class may not be impossible.

otokx:

Authorities in Nigerian universities have now joined the charade and think it is by the number of first class that signifies which university is the best. Imagine the UNIBEN authorities listing relevant institutions for treatment of gully erosion as NDDC and Niger Delta ministry; goes to show you unusually low IQ in that place.

Acidosis:

Its easier to get a 1st class in a school like UNIBEN compared to DELSU where your G.P every section is of the same ratio. You write essays and theories in the exams as against the too many MCQs written in UNIBEN. In DELSU, you hardly see 1 or 2 first class students out of 2000 graduating students. The lecturers are strict just because some of them made 3rd class while in school, so they believe its not possible for anyone to make higher scores. Some lecturers even vow that no one will make a C in their course. Now you understand why private schools are prefferable to any of these states and Federal schools. .

Jarus:

Whether private or Federal or state, I personally believe First class is earned and will not condemn any school for producing many First Class. From my observation, I think First Class corresponds to the conduciveness of learning environment. This is why Private universities tend to produce more, followed by Federal and then State in that order. This is the same reason why Top schools even in the West produce in high numbers equivalents of First Class.

In private unis, they are programmed to just read, eat, go to church/mosque, water/electricity taken care of, what to eat not something to worry about. An average brilliant student will excel under this circumstance.

Federal Unis(esp First Generation ones) may be free, but most lecturers, having seen it all, are usually liberal. In my uni(federal, 1st generation) for example, though very free, we hardly worried about water/electricity and other distractions, so the serious ones have all what it takes to excel. Add stiff competition among the brightests to that, and you will see why First Class may not be impossible.

Acidosis:

Its easier to get a 1st class in a school like UNIBEN compared to DELSU where your G.P every section is of the same ratio. You write essays and theories in the exams as against the too many MCQs written in UNIBEN. In DELSU, you hardly see 1 or 2 first class students out of 2000 graduating students. The lecturers are strict just because some of them made 3rd class while in school, so they believe its not possible for anyone to make higher scores. Some lecturers even vow that no one will make a C in their course. Now you understand why private schools are prefferable to any of these states and Federal schools. .

oyb:

add to the fact that to para quote dk on the private uni thread - most state unis are bottom of the barrel institutions for those who could not make it into federal universities. the number of smart people who got fked over by jamb in those institutions will be very small.

Acidosis:

what is wrong with people like you? Always finding a way to make your schools the best. Just because you went to a Federal school does'nt make it the best

meonbooty:

Very dumb and incoherent statement from the so called First-class from OAU.  Stick to what you know, reading substandard Nigerian newspapers in office and playing ping pong with your not-so-smart, but uber entitled OANDO colleagues.

oyb:

add to the fact that to para quote dk on the private uni thread - most state unis are bottom of the barrel institutions for those who could not make it into federal universities. the number of smart people who got fked over by jamb in those institutions will be very small.

chamber2:

What exactly do you want to gain by typing this, attention??


I am sure you didn't just type this, cos if someone like you would make such adulterated statement then something must be wrong somewhere. The fact remains, any body who worked very hard in the university is most likely to graduate with the grade he/she deserves- except with minor variations. Both federal and state uni graduates undergo the same or similar selection process, unlike the private uni which is an all comers affair. So, stating that those who went to federal unis (by the reason of their connection or ability) are smarter is really very unfortunate.

People make university choices based on so many factors-proximity to home, parental and peer influence, ethnicity, course of study etc. So, if we may go by your reasoning, the practice and principle of catchment areas by federal unis means that majority of their students are dumb and thereby rely on catchment to gain admission. A case where someone from Osun state will go to Ife, Ilorin- unilorin, Oyo-UI etc

I think one of the reasons why most state universities tend to produce very low number of first class is lack of motivation, both from the lecturers, environment and maybe their fellow students. An average federal uni will have top people in politics and business visiting once in a while to give talks and thereby motivate students. These are some of the things that state uni students are lacking. Given the same condition, state universities will do as well as federal unis.