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FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND "WHY ASUU (The Academic Staff Union of Universities) IS ON STRIKE"

Source: whatsapp forwarded message



1. Less than 10% of the universities have Video Conferencing facility.



2. Less than 20% of the universities use Interactive Boards



3.More than 50% don’t use Public Address System in their lecture OVERCROWDED rooms/theatres.



4. Internet Services are non-existent,or epileptic and slow IN 99% of Nigerian Universities



5. Nigerian Universities Library resources are outdated and manually operated. Book shelves are homes to rats/cockroaches



6.No university library in Nigeria is fully automated. Less than 35% are partially automated.



7. 701 Development projects in Nigerian universities 163 (23.3%) are abandoned 538 (76.7%) are PERPETUALLY on-going projects



8. Some of the abandoned projects in Nigerian universities are over 15 years old, some are over 40 years old.



9. 76% of Nigerian universities use well as source of water, 45% use pit latrine, 67% of students use bush as toilet



10. UNN and UDUS have the highest number of abandoned projects (22 and 16 respectively).



11. All NDDC projects across universities in Niger Delta States are abandoned. About 84.6% of them are students’ hostels



12. 77% of Nigerian universities can be classified as "Glorified Primary Schools" Laboratories are non existing



13. There are 8 on-going projects at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi. None of them is funded by the State Government



14. 80% of Nigerian Universities are grossly under-staffed



15. 78% of Nigerian Universities rely heavily on part-time and visiting lecturers.



16. 88% of Nigerian Universities have under-qualified Academics



17. 90% of Nigerian Universities are bottom-heavy (with junior lecturers forming large chunk of the workforce)



18. Only 2% of Nigerian Universities attract expatriate lecturers, over 80% of Ghanian Universities attract same



19. 89% of Nigerian Universities have ‘closed’ (homogeneous staff – in terms of ethno-cultural background)



20. Based on the available data, there are 37,504 Academics in Nigerian Public Universities



21. 83% of the lecturers in Nigerian universities are male while 17% are female.



22. 23,030 (61.0%) of the lecturers are employed in Federal universities while 14,474 (39.0%) teach in State Universities.



23. The teaching staff-students ratio is EMBARRASSINGLY very high in many universities:



24. LECTURER STUDENT RATIO: National Open University of Nigeria 1:363 University of Abuja 1:122 Lagos State University 1:111



25. (Compare the above with Harvard 1:4; MIT 1:9; Yale 1:4, Cambridge 1:3; NUS 1:12; KFUPM 1:9; Technion 1:15).



26. Nigerian Universities Instead of having 100% Academics having PhDs, only about 43% do so. The remaining 57% have no PhDs



27. Nigerian University medical students trained in the most dangerous environment, some only see medical tools in books



28. Only 7 Nigerian Universities have up to 60% of their teaching staff with PhD qualifications



29. While majority of the universities in the country are grossly understaffed, a few cases present a pathetic picture



30. There are universities in Nigeria which the total number of Professors is not more than Five (5)



31. Kano University of Science and Technology Wudil, established in 2001 (11 years old) only 1 Professor and 25 PhD holders.



32. Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero, established in 2006 has only 2 Professors and 5 PhDs



33. Ondo State University of Sci & Tech Okitipupa, established in 2008, has a total of 29 lecturers.



34. MAKE-SHIFT LECTURING SYSTEM: Out of a total of 37,504 lecturers, only 28,128 (75%) are engaged on full-time basis.



35. 9,376 (25%) Nigerian Lecturers are recycled as Visiting, Adjunct, Sabbatical and Contract lecturers.



36. In Gombe State University, only 4 out of 47 Profs are full-time and all 25 Readers are visiting



37. In Plateau State University, Bokkos, 74% of the lecturers are visiting.



38. In Kaduna State University, only 24 out of 174 PhD holders are full-time staff.



39. 700 EX-MILLITANTS in Nigeria are receiving more funds anualy than 20 Nigerian universities under 'Amnesty Scam'



40. 80% of published journals by Nigerian University lectures have no visibility in the international knowledge community.



41. No Nigerian academic is in the league of Nobel Laureates or a nominee of Nobel Prize.



42. There are only 2 registered patents owned by Nigerian Academics in the last 3 years.



43. Numerically more support staff in the services of Nigerian universities than the teaching staff they are meant to support



44. More expenditure is incurred in administration & routine functions than in core academic matters in Nigerian Universities



45. There are 77,511 full-time non-teaching staff in Nigeria’s public universities 2 Times number of academic staff



46. University of Benin, there are more senior staff in the Registrar cadre (Dep. Registrars, PARs, SARs) than Professors



47. Almost all the universities are over-staffed with non- teaching staff



48. There are 1,252,913 students in Nigerian Public Universities. 43% Female 57%Male



49. There is no relationship between enrolment and the tangible manpower needs of Nigeria.



50. Nigerian Uni Horrible hostel facilities, overcrowded, overstretched lavatory and laundry facilities, poor sanitation,etc



51. Except Nigerian Defence Acadamy Kaduna, no university in Nigeria is able to accommodate more than 35% of its students.



52. Some universities (e.g. MOUAU),female students take their bath in d open because d bathrooms are in very poor condition.



53. Laundries and common rooms in many universities have been converted into rooms where students live, in open prison style.



54. In most improvised cage called hostels in Nigerian Universities, there is no limit to the number of occupants.



55. Most State universities charge commercial rates for unfit and unsuitable hostel accommodation



56. In off-campus hostels, students are susceptible to extraneous influences and violence prostitution, rape, gang violence



57. Nigerian University Students sitting on bare floor or peeping through windows to attend lectures



58. Over 1000 students being packed in lecture halls meant for less than 150 students



59. Over 400 Nigerian University students being packed in laboratory meant for 75 students



60. University administrators Spend millions to erect super-gates when their Libraries are still at foundation level; Expend millions to purchase exotic vehicles for university officers even though they lack basic classroom furnishings; Spend hundreds of millions in wall-fencing and in-fencing when students accommodation is inadequate and in tatters;



61. Govt interested in spending money on creation of new uni instead of consolidating and expanding access to existing ones; Keen to award new contracts rather than completing the abandoned projects or standardizing existing facilities; Expend hundreds of millions paying visiting and part-time lecturers rather than recruiting full-time staff



62. Govt spending hundreds of millions in mundane administration cost instead of providing boreholes and power supplements; Govt hiring personal staff, including Personal Assistants, Special Advisers, Bodyguards, Personal Consultants, etc.


#WHYASUUSTRIKE ?

https://www./2018/11/facts-about-nigerias-poor-education.html?m=1

ASUU again

I say part privatisation might just be the way forward for Nigerian higher education.
ASUU has successfully depicted a grim picture of the public uni system. However, this rot isn't peculiar to Higher education.

Our healthcare system is rottened, our secondary schools are rottened, our physical infrastructure is rottened, our power sector is rottened, our security apparatus is rottened so it is impractical to have a sudden surge in budgetary allocation to universities without having negative impact across other sectors.

This is why ASUU must put on its thinking cap and seek for ways to partner with the private sector to generate funds. One of the beauty of university autonomy is that you must ensure your very own survival.

The average federal school is richer than the average private school yet the rot is more apparent at the federal level - this is because the vast majority of problems do not have funding at its core. Even if the problem is funding then respond by cutting enrollment down.

Example: If govt gives Unilorin funding that can adequately support 2,000 new students, Unilorin shouldn't admit 10,000 students. Only admit the number of students ur funding can support. It is not the business of a university to increase access for the Nigerian populace, let the Education ministry worry about that. If Education Ministry ask for higher enrollment, you should ask for higher funding.

One of the reasons why UI is highly rated is that it has a lower student enrolment than its counterpart. So Unilorin collects a little lower in FG allocation but has 150% more enrollment. UI while cutting enrollment for students did not cut staff size therefore govt is forced to pay more to UI than Unilorin which is twice bigger.

Caltech(USA) has just 3,000 students yet ranked top 10 Globally
Rice university(USA)has 3000 students yet ranked top 100 globally.
POSTECH(SKorea)admits 300 students yearly yet top 100 globally
Ecole Normale Superierue de cashan(France) has 1,631 students yet top 100 globally.



Well Lalasticlala this is a must for FP.

Example: If govt gives Unilorin funding that can adequately support 2,000 new students, Unilorin shouldn't admit 10,000 students. Only admit the number of students ur funding can support. It is not the business of a university to increase access for the Nigerian populace, let the Education ministry worry about that. If Education Minustry ask for higher enrollment, you should ask for higher funding.

You just hit the nail on the head

We are doomed!

And we are expecting the best to come out of Nigeria education?

Issoright!

Successive governments haven't taken education sector seriously.

shameful

i tried reading the post i wont lie............. but gave up

so now what i do is read quotes

My vote is for Buhari

The University Managements can as well as acquire all these through TETFund Intervention by the Federal Government..

Too bad, but OP, this your list long o.

ASUU is confused

Sai Buhari

#JubrinSudanesa


O pari

Govt should make HND to be at par with Bsc or upgrade it to btech , then it will reduce the student population in the University , because one of the major issues with Nigeria public universities is overpopulation and limited resources

Wack education system

story upon stories

And incessant strikes will solve all these issues?

and the students of these schools are fighting and arguing with those in private schools?

d universities shd manage like that. Even me sef de manage garri . d country isn't yet fully on its feet pls

The truth is this. Education is made up of three levels: primary, secondary and tertiary and of the three the worst is the public primary schools then the public secondary schools. It's amazing that even ASUU staff cannot send their children to public primary schools but can send their children to public universities. That's an inverted system. The government should intervene and properly fund the primary and secondary school system first . In Lagos , no one in the middle class or even lower class can send their children to public primary schools cos of the rot. Even most federal government colleges are living on past glory. Imagine in an ideal situation where I give birth to two children and I don't have to pay a Kobo in school fees from primary to secondary because the public schools are quality and standard compared to the current situation where I pay 300 thousand naira per year in a private primary school cos the public ones are rubbish only for the child to get to Unilag and be paying 30 thousand per year . Government should first of all fund heavily the primary and secondary before ASUU even says a word . Any parent that doesn't pay school fees for 12 years of primary and secondary school due to high quality of the public schools can be made to pay a premium for tertiary education not the other way around. I don't know any country in the world where public tertiary education is given a higher priority than quality public primary and secondary education. Every child needs primary and secondary to succeed. You don't necessarily need tertiary education especially University education to succeed in life .

Nigeria doesn't have a working education system yet. The more reason they attach importance to the paper over the expected skill & knowledge.

ASUU are liars, all the funds they've been getting why not use it for the projects to make us have standard educational facilities, instead they will share the money within them self and when the money finish they go on strike.

frankmoney:
Govt should make HND to be at par with Bsc or upgrade it to btech , then it will reduce the student population in the University , because one of the major issues with Nigeria public universities is overpopulation and limited resources

Capital no! poly graduates that many graduated thru bottom power or bribery is d one u want to equate to university graduates ?

HigherEd:
I say part privatisation might just be the way forward for Nigerian higher education.
ASUU has successfully depicted a grim picture of the public uni system. However, this rot isn't peculiar to Higher education.

Our healthcare system is rottened, our secondary schools are rottened, our physical infrastructure is rottened, our power sector is rottened, our security apparatus is rottened so it is impractical to have a sudden surge in budgetary allocation to universities without having negative impact across other sectors.

This is why ASUU must put on its thinking cap and seek for ways to partner with the private sector to generate funds. One of the beauty of university autonomy is that you must ensure your very own survival.

The average federal school is richer than the average private school yet the rot is more apparent at the federal level - this is because the vast majority of problems do not have funding at its core. Even if the problem is funding then respond by cutting enrollment down.

Example: If govt gives Unilorin funding that can adequately support 2,000 new students, Unilorin shouldn't admit 10,000 students. Only admit the number of students ur funding can support. It is not the business of a university to increase access for the Nigerian populace, let the Education ministry worry about that. If Education Ministry ask for higher enrollment, you should ask for higher funding.

One of the reasons why UI is highly rated is that it has a lower student enrolment than its counterpart. So Unilorin collects a little lower in FG allocation but has 150% more enrollment. UI while cutting enrollment for students did not cut staff size therefore govt is forced to pay more to UI than Unilorin which is twice bigger.

Caltech(USA) has just 3,000 students yet ranked top 10 Globally
Rice university(USA)has 3000 students yet ranked top 100 globally.
POSTECH(SKorea)admits 300 students yearly yet top 100 globally
Ecole Normale Superierue de cashan(France) has 1,631 students yet top 100 globally.



Well Lalasticlala this is a must for FP.

Greatest UI,all this gloryfied high schools called universities should emulate UI,the first and the best

Nigeria

Thank God FUNAAB
FUNAAB ain't a university in Nigeria then

This is so pathetic and disheartening. Our education system is nothing to write home about. No wonder Nigeria Tertiary institution are no where to be found on world ranking list. The worst part is that our leaders are creating more universities instead of using those funds used in creating more institutions to upgrade our institutions that are not up to standard.
I remember that Jonathan created more universities which indirectly means he created more problems for Nigeria.
The sector needs a complete reform.

The problem is so deeply rooted that it cannot be solved. This is why Nigeria is not called a Failing, but Failed state. Failure everywhere.