Being an undergraduate in a university is a great feat but it cannot be compared to being an undergraduate in the 1960; then it was considered epochal.

Ask people who went to universities during the period when you’ll be lucky to find 20 students in a class and they will tell you education during those days was worth it. They’ll tell you there were no distractions and it was about work and play and work again.

The University College which later became the University of Ibadan is the first university in the country and being a student in the university was attaining an impressive height.

A lot has changed in the Nigerian academic system especially in the tertiary institution. Gone are the days when school cafeterias provided balanced diet meal to students and the only thing they needed to worry about was getting the food from the plate to the mouth. The days where students could afford to seat anywhere in class because they was enough space to go round; when student hostels were cleaner than 5 star hotels and each student got his own space and there was no need to squat.

Students nowadays will tell you there was no better time to go to school than now. To them, the old universities were too strict as students had to sometimes wear robes like they were at Hogwarts. They say undergraduates in those days were treated like secondary school students with strict everyday rules to guide them.

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Undergraduates holding a student council meeting.

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Students relaxing in new residence hall at University College.

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Students at University college.

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Medical students listening to a lecture.

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Medical students listening to a lecture at University College.

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Medical student studying at her desk in dormitory room.

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Cricket being played by team from University College at Ibadan

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Bored student attending lecture at a university.

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What do you think? Was university better then than now?


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Gone are those days....our leaders ve failed us

Even tho we are missing the good old days!



But Op can you imagine a college or university without a WIFI or Internet enability







Cheeeeeeers

Wow, wonderful

its now aluta continua

Acada don cast

UniIbadan, first and Best!!!!

Back in the days...

no WiFi, no WhatsApp, no Facebook, no internet...that's not life na

I perceive front page

Hmmmm. Now is better abeg

wish i was born den

So many things has gone wrong.. From the educational system...economy.. Government..even the people.. So sad!

There was peace then, no Boko Haram, no Biafra, no NDA, in short, there were no terrorists

These guys are like fuc this shi.t, na yahoo we go do lass lass.

cool...

Those that failed us are the ones in those pictures, only a thoughtful mind will understand.

You can as well move backward if u like.... There is nothing like good old days because i wonder wat u will stil call dis corrupt generation in a century to come. Every era/time has its own bed of roses...its just unfortunate that the present day Nigeria has given room for the stone age to disgrace her. Just imagine, no fb, no nairaland, no wifi...guy, i no fit live.... Its gone and gone 4 life and i even thank God i didnt witness it because maybe na civil war go don kill me....#rip_shuabobo

See Melanby hostel o

Ivyy, which of the hostels were you in?

Idydarling:
no WiFi, no WhatsApp, no Facebook, no internet...that's not life na

how about d serene environment, good sporting facilities, well equipped library.

Gone are the days indeed

Britain shud never have given us independence. We are not capable of handling greatness

This guy here be like"i wasnt supposed to be born in this era. " looks like a yahoo boy

can we call this good old days or bad old days?




Anyways...


DrabeeyWasHere

My Goodness, education standards have fallen really badly in Nigeria. One Nigeria is hampering the progress of the Yorubas, we are too forward thinking for this contraption called Naija, and all its wahala......
See how far we already were since the pre-independence days, and the days of proper regional governments.