₦airaland Forum

ASHAKA1:
this only happens in Nigeria and it must stop,I remember applying for Law in Uniben 3years ago and i was given Foreign languages instead even though i passed law cut off mark of 70 by 3 marks and a girl with whom i wrote together got 68 and was given law becos of stupid connections that is killing this country

In UNIBEN, it might not necessarily be connection per se.
See it more like tribalism. They make sure they admit Edo state indigenes first, (irrespective of their repugnant score) and when they're satisfied, they can take students from other states.
That is why when Law cut off was 70, you will find students in Law whose scores are between 55 and 70 admitted before those who scores above 70, because their surnames are either Omorogbe, Omorodion or Imuetinyan etc.

That's Benin for you.

Unilag ND der nonsense..few mnths back was giving student carryover dats nt ders..kalin it new year hamper now it's cgpa target issue..der is God

MosquitoLaps:
In UNIBEN, it might not necessarily be connection per se.
See it more like tribalism. They make sure they admit Edo state indigenes first, (irrespective of their repugnant score) and when they're satisfied, they can take students from other states.
That is why when Law cut off was 70, you will find students in Law whose scores are between 55 and 70 admitted before those who scores above 70, because their surnames are either Omorogbe, Omorodion or Imuetinyan etc.

That's Benin for you.

that's true but the girl am talking about is from delta like me

osjoshua:
did u just say Uniben?
Oboy uniben na destiny changer o...
A friend applied for law and her score was 79 and we were already congratulating her...asin this girl read hard for that course...she was so determined but was given foreign language, she almost fainted..and another playful girl who scored 60 through wuru wuru method got the Law....
My best man scored 65- mec engineering but was given environmental survey maybe because of his name Geome...

it's not funny at all,it causes people heart ache and distress, studying what u did not request for... but bro it will be nice if u intro me to that ya friend in foreign language oo, #winks

Tertiary institution in Nigeria is over rated believe me.

ASHAKA1:
that's true but the girl am talking about is from delta like me

Nah... Edo takes precedence... Delta is next. And the other states follow. To get your desired course, you just beat the cut off by at least, 10 points.
Else, your admission might just be an afterthought.
Once again, welcome to Benin City.

mrpackager:
seconded

...Mr packager my school no easy oo.I dey management (biz admin nd I dey do biology 4unit)

EronzRichie:
...Mr packager futa no easy oo.I dey management (biz admin nd I dey do biology 4unit)

lolz Na so na

the school told them earlier that the standard cgpa for crossing to CMUL has been scraped and crossing would be based on ur POSITION in class. instead of the student to be reading, they go around partying and they are now complaining. I support the school.

oluwarantimi:
Unilag and nonsense. This should make front page

janzguy:
Some medical students of the University of Lagos, Akoka,
who were given courses contrary to their choices, have threatened to take the institution to court if it fails to reverse its decision within seven days, starting from Wednesday, February 17.

They said they had petitioned the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Rahman Bello, the Federal Ministry of Education, the Senate Committee on Education, the National Universities Commission, the Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode, among others, on the development, saying they wanted
favourable response before the ultimatum elapsed.

The students had reportedly met the pass mark set by UNILAG for them to move to 200 level, but most of them
were not admitted into the College of Medicine in Idi-Araba on the grounds that the quota given to the school was not sufficient.

Some of the students and their parents on Thursday protested against the development at PUNCH Place on the
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, displaying placards, some of which read, “JAMB, NUC, please save our future, save our career, save our destiny, come to our aid,” “This scam must stop, we want our courses at the college of medicine”, “Prof. Rahman Bello, you are a Pharaoh, allow our children to cross to the promised college.”

The petition, which was signed by the principal solicitor for the aggrieved students, Jiti Ogunye, read in part, “We are solicitors to the students of the Faculty of Sciences in the University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos State.

“By their performances in their first year course work and examinations, they met the requirements by having a
Cumulative Grade Point Average or cumulative score average of 50 in the groupings of courses for the Medicine
and Surgery, Medical Laboratory, Nursing, and Physiotherapy departments; and a 2.00 CGPA for students in Pharmacology, Physiology and Radiography departments to advance to 200 level and first year in the UNILAG College of Medicine.”

The petition stated further that the school had raised the requirements from 50 per cent and 2.0 CGPA to between 2.5 and 4.11 CGPA after the students had met the initial standards.

“We demand that the university rescind its decision by allowing our clients to register for the various medical programmes in the College of Medicine and commence attendance of classes. If the university fails or refuses to accede to our demand within seven days of the delivery of
this letter, we shall not hesitate to initiate a legal action against the University of Lagos in the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, for the judicial review of the administrative action.”

One of the students, Emmanuel Adebiyi, who wanted to study medicine, said he could not settle for pharmacology, which he was given by the school. He said, “I got 56, 58 and 72 in the three required courses, but I could not advance to 200 level to further my education as a medical student. We are being denied our rights. We appealed to the President to look into this. I was given Pharmacology, which I did not bargain for.”

A Medical Laboratory student, Samuel Sodipe, said he was eventually offered Botany, “which I don’t like.”

Evelyn Ajisafe said the decision of the school had caused “disorientation” of the affected students, adding that they
could not study what they did not apply for.

“At the end of my 100 level, I had 3.9 CGPA, which is above the 2.00 required by the school. I had already bought some materials for the college of medicine. But when the list came out, 19 out of 49 students were selected. I was among those that met the requirements, but not shortlisted. The university said there was a specific quota which we were not told about from the beginning. I want the school authorities to give us our normal courses. We are psychologically disturbed.”

One of the parents, who gave his name simply as Otunba Afolabi, said the claim by the VC that the affected students failed “is a blatant lie.”

“I have been having sleepless nights since this issue started. The school is trying to destroy the destiny of these children. I wanted my daughter to study Agriculture, but she insisted
that she wanted nursing. She tried her best and met the criteria – she had 60, 53 and 58. She had been receiving
lectures when the list came out and her name was not there,” he added.

The UNILAG spokesperson, Toyin Adebule, could not be reached for comment as his line rang out. A text message sent to his mobile phone had yet to be replied to as of time of filing this report.


www.punchng.com/students-sue-unilag-changing-courses/

mangala14:
the school told them earlier that the standard cgpa for crossing to CMUL has been scraped and crossing would be based on ur POSITION in class. instead of the student to be reading, they go around partying and they are now complaining. I support the school.

@mangala14

You must be high or maybe you didn't use your eye glass at all and you read the back of your phone..

You need to read this news again.. Check the bold part

You counter them as if you were there when the school told them about the cut off marks

AZeD1:
I'm pretty sure Unilag reserves the right to offer you admission into any course of its choice and not the other way around.

The students also have the right to reject the offer.

The lawyer is misleading them for his personal gain.

The same way the student have the right to CHALLANGE the school if they can't keep to their agreement.

In a simple summary of this news, Imagine your company told you that after a year you make profit worth of 20M, you will be promoted to a post of branch manager and you did everything with sleepless night to make profit worth 25M and they didn't promote you and honour the agreement tell me what will you do and how will you feel ?