UNIBEN engineering was pretty much hellfire, lecturers that don't teach and love when students fail.

The processes are made difficult just for the fun of it.

Took them 3 years before they sent my transcript to WES despite paying twice for it ., and they are yet to respond back to WES.

It is a terrible school, the only good thing are the wonderful friends you make.

spoilerx:
UNIBEN engineering was pretty much hellfire, lecturers that don't teach and love when students fail.

The processes are made difficult just for the fun of it.

Took them 3 years before they sent my transcript to WES despite paying twice for it ., and they are yet to respond back to WES.

It is a terrible school, the only good thing are the wonderful friends you make.

I graduated from chemical engineering.. In 2003 it was hell during our time.. But unfortunately I I pass them..

Alexander71:
I love this your quote the school is way more stressful than it should be, some lecturers always go an extra mile to add unnecessary problems it just kills the fun of learning. I'm currently in this position I've learnt to live with it

That's one of the reasons why I told my dad that I won't study in Nigeria, I don't want stress in my life.

Karleb:
That was how I felt.

Huh?

You attended UNIBEN?

Danhumprey:
Huh?

You attended UNIBEN?

No.

But then, I can relate.

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Karleb:


No.

But then, I can relate.

Seems typical of public universities in Nigeria.

DavidEsq:

. Guy ! Anytime I tell peepz I attended uniben, there is sudden silence in the room. Everywhere quiet, especially all these crass UniAbuja students

Uniabuja was mad too. I read law there. That school showed me pepper

sammytee042:

Why won't you fail. Imagine a University graduate that doesn't know plural form of "child"

my brother, blame Uniben oo. That school finish me. Can you imagine? When I dey secondary school na me be the best in my class. As I enter that school, the small intelligence wey I carry come from secondary come finish, like airtime credit when person dey make call. Since then my life has never remained the same.

@amajato, this is not from me o!

Emekuz:
God bless you for this observation. I can confirm this too. I am also a graduate of the Great UNIBEN. Truly, virtually every lecturers in UNIBEN aren't friendly and accommodating with his/her students. There is no lecturer/student relationship. I noticed this here in UI as I am running my Msc program. Virtually every UI lecturers are friendly and accommodating to both their undergraduates/postgraduates students. Infact it's like the opposite of UNIBEN. Although, I will forever be grateful to this great citadel of learning; UNIBEN. UNIBEN makes every student to be independent. You got study hard like your whole life depends on it... Not just study hard.. but be smart about it. It does workout if you want to come out the best in your class. One thing I detest most about some of UNIBEN lecturers is that they hardly give room for one-on-one interaction, for you to learn ideas or they been a mentor to you. All man for himself. You got to be independent.

irrefragable:
my brother, blame Uniben oo. That school finish me. Can you imagine? When I dey secondary school na me be the best in my class. As I enter that school, the small intelligence wey I carry come from secondary come finish, like airtime credit when person dey make call. Since then my life has never remained the same.

You mean those Benin babes took your attention and intelligence away?

Nowenuse:


My brother you are not alone in this, believe me.

I finished from Uniben in 2017 from the faculty of medical sciences and believe me, going to Uniben was the biggest mistake and regret I have in this life till now. Especially when I had the option of going to a private varsity.

Throughout my primary school and for most of my secondary school, I was a star pupil and always came at the top of the class.
Uniben was a very different story for me and I actually had an extra year.
Till now I hate Benin city as a whole and avoid going to that city like a plague, even though I have lots of family members there. Cos whenever I go there, I remember the frustrations from that school called Uniben.

Almost everything about Uniben is fvcked up. Only few faculties are sane. The rest are like a death trap.
I was an intelligentsia and erudite before I got into Uniben. I was very passionate about an academic career and education. However, I have lost all that steam attending Uniben and all my heart and attention in life have been diverted towards business.
I don't even want to hear of a master's degree with my 2 ears, in spite of how much my family is on my neck to pursue a master's.

When I was in my final year and I saw the new intakes who were very happy and excited to gain admission into Uniben, I shook my head. I pitied them.
Uniben is just like the road to hell, where before you realize how far you have gone, it's too late to turn around.

My brother, it is well.
You are definitely not alone in this.
Dust yourself and pick yourself up, things are going to be fine.

Wow Nowenuse. It is enlightening to get this side of your life from you. My own case was kind of similar. I turned all my passion towards business and only attended Law school for the sake of finishing what I started. However, I have gotten a change of heart and returned to my first love. Wherever I went professionally after I finished from school, people always applauded my legal knowledge. When I served and taught law, Generals and Colonels came who have been lawyers for years came to my class just to hear me teach. Some brought me very close because of my knowledge. My boss, an Army General told me that he went through the same trials of Academic failure during his schooling but he still chose to follow the academic part and his brilliance has taken him this far. I there and then decided to revive my intellectual pursuits.
I have seen your write ups on this site and they denote a brilliant mind. Do not give up and abandon that side of you because of the trials you went through. University is just the beginning of life. Do not let it define

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My brother, cousin, friend, high school classmate all finished from uniben. Thank God they all came out with food grade.
They basically complain the same thing you are talking about. My dear that's uniben for you just move on.

micflo28:
Uniabuja made me feel worst than this. I worked so hard yet lecturers frustrated this efforts and aided the privileged. Seeking redress was no go area. Graduating with a 3rd class became a privilege.

I saw hell in Gwags. From a 4.1 CGPA in my 200 level I finished with a 2.2

Maduawuchukwu:


I saw hell in Gwags. From a 4.1 CGPA in my 200 level I finished with a 2.2

sir same here. I spent 8years in that school cos I did a change of course and lost 3tears started from year one due to wicked lecturers. But glad I am a graduate and working presently

micflo28:
sir same here. I spent 8years in that school cos I did a change of course and lost 3tears started from year one due to wicked lecturers. But glad I am a graduate and working presently

Nice one bro. I am now a practising lawyer.

Maduawuchukwu:


Nice one bro. I am now a practising lawyer.

working with the Federal Road Safety Commission... Presently for now. Congrats bro.

micflo28:
working with the Federal Road Safety Commission... Presently for now. Congrats bro.

Nice

Well, I think this can be said of some of schools as well; it's not limited to UNIBEN. But would it be apt to describe the Nigerian educational system as a caged system and brain killer? I say this, because I feel the intelligence and creativity of many has been out rightly stifled and cast them into unwanted state of worry and uneasiness because they can't be who they are.

The movie 3 idiots and the other movie - like stars on earth - clearly exemplifies the kind of educational system we run, where we cherish mostly the book-smart students and leave the others out as though their brain is incapable of achieving something meaningful. I am not in anyway lending support to those who expect things to work out well for them without putting in the required effort, and I also do not mean to downplay those who have been able to achieve feats despite the kind of system we run; no, not all. We're gifted in different ways, and if only the system and capable hands would allows us develop our potential, then we can all be great.


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Ayomide002:
I didn't experience this in Uniben I went for five years. I never even checked my raw score in any course for once. I believe it all depends on students.

No one should paint Uniben black. Though there are sadists and annoying lecturers. But not this bad abeg

I'm sure you finished from Engineering.
Engineering is or at least was a sane faculty when I was in Uniben. I don't know about now.

However, Physical sciences, Life sciences, Basic Medical sciences were all thrash.

Grandest:

Faculty of medical science? There is no such thing as that.. In uniben, we have School of medicine and faculty of basic medical science..
I don't know where you got yours from..

Yes, Anatomy which I finished from was in Basic Medical sciences, under school of Medicine. As was Physiology, MBC, MLS, Nursing and later introduced Physiotherapy.
Dr(Mrs) Oboh who cleared me in 100L was the Dean of BMS when I finished, I don't know about now.

I was typing in such a rush, perhaps the reason I mixed things up.
Are you an alumni of the same faculty or currently a student there?

I can't just understand all these noise about UNIBEN, come to UI and then know that khaki no be leather

chocboi78:
Y'all should stop ranting...
No school in Nigeria is easy, and whats with the ' I was very very intelligent all through my primary and secondary trash "
You don't enter a new challenge with past glory and expect to excel, each stage in life requires a new skill to get tru..
Someone even said he was way intelligent than his older brother but graduated with a lesser GP coz he went to uniben and the Brother to CU...Lmao..#guy wake up, he put more effort after recognising his lapses while u dwelled on past glory..
Besides there is more to brilliance than mere grades...
Work on ur skill and mindset and u will definitely excell

I am the one who made the comment you are quoting.
You are getting everything all wrong.
Did you attend a public Nigerian school and have a sibling who attended a private one? Maybe if you did, then I can take you serious.

Not everyone you see making a comment here was just lazy or stupid. Rushing in to make a comment here without understanding where people are coming from reeks of shallowness.

I carefully compared the system of learning in my brother's school with mine and I clearly knew that I was not meant for a public Nigerian school.
In my brother's school, they have online access to all the materials for all the courses at the beginning of the semester. This gives the students flexibility to study at their own pace. Meanwhile in Uniben, uncountable times, we have gotten materials an evening to the examination, meanwhile a huge chunk of the questions in the exam were from that material.

I won't even talk about the conduciveness of the learning environment in his school and mine. The biggest student community in Uniben (Ekosodin) can go for months without power supply. We are regularly harrassed by cultists and sometimes we had to flee for our lives and face the trauma. These stories were like fairy tales to my brother.
In my brother's school, they get to see their results a few weeks after the end of the semester, meanwhile in Uniben, we did not see our 100lvl first semester results until almost halfway into our 200lvl first semester. We didn't even know where to stand.
In Uniben, it was like every lecturer wanted something different and without understanding that lecturer and what he wants, you stand to fail.
Some lecturers want a copy and paste of their materials, others wanted you to surprise them and expansiate with the knowledge you get from other sources outside the materials. Some lecturers will set questions outside the syllabus while others will adhere to the syllabus e.t.c.
Isn't this madness? In private schools, it is a one-way street.

If I want to outline all the terrible and unfortunate discrepancies I noticed by the juxtaposition of my brother's learning experience and mine, I could write a whole book.

Anyway, there was something very true you highlighted in your comment about learning new skills for new levels. That is very valid. If I had understood the system of Uniben and especially my department, before I was part of it, I would have done better.

Fast forward today, my brother still comes to me for more enlightenment on more neutral and basic topics of life and I enlighten him. Whenever he wants to write an online aptitude test for a job application, he beckons on my assistance and knowledge. It is very clear like daylight between both of us, who possesses a higher IQ.
I went into business and have made profits in the millions. I joined a line of business and within a few months, I became a mentor to people who have been in the line of business for over a decade.

I took this time to put down this lengthy writing in order to correct your wrong thinking.
I hope you can see where I am coming from.
The public Nigerian education system is just too rigid, un-innovative, un-straightforward and terrible for lots of Nigerians. Little wonder we do far far better when we go to school abroad where the system is more sane and proportionally rewarding of commensurate effort and hardwork.

JIMMY1393:


What did your brother study

Business administration.

Maduawuchukwu:


Wow Nowenuse. It is enlightening to get this side of your life from you. My own case was kind of similar. I turned all my passion towards business and only attended Law school for the sake of finishing what I started. However, I have gotten a change of heart and returned to my first love. Wherever I went professionally after I finished from school, people always applauded my legal knowledge. When I served and taught law, Generals and Colonels came who have been lawyers for years came to my class just to hear me teach. Some brought me very close because of my knowledge. My boss, an Army General told me that he went through the same trials of Academic failure during his schooling but he still chose to follow the academic part and his brilliance has taken him this far. I there and then decided to revive my intellectual pursuits.
I have seen your write ups on this site and they denote a brilliant mind. Do not give up and abandon that side of you because of the trials you went through. University is just the beginning of life. Do not let it define

Wow, it has been a long time bro.

I am very happy for you that you recovered from the negative after effects of the Nigerian public education system.
I was not so lucky, however, I must say that this negative experience opened me up to another amazing side of me that I never knew.

Just like I wrote in a lengthy reply to someone above. I discovered how extraordinary I was in business. I have made millions of naira in profit in business since I graduated.
I entered into a line of business and within months, I started to mentor people who have been in that line of business for over a decade.

Late last year, I decided to emigrate and would have already been abroad on a job I secured, if not for this devilish pandemic.
I want explore business from the wide world perspective cos I think Nigeria is too small, petty and too unrewarding for me.

I would go for my masters and possibly higher in the future, but I don't think I will do that in my current field (medical sciences). I will most likely do that in the Arts (History & Entertainment), my newlyfound love and passion.

Nowenuse:


Wow, it has been a long time bro.

I am very happy for you that you recovered from the negative after effects of the Nigerian public education system.
I was not so lucky, however, I must say that this negative experience opened me up to another amazing side of me that I never knew.

Just like I wrote in a lengthy reply to someone above. I discovered how extraordinary I was in business. I have made millions of naira in profit in business since I graduated.
I entered into a line of business and within months, I started to mentor people who have been in that line of business for over a decade.

Late last year, I decided to emigrate and would have already been abroad on a job I secured, if not for this devilish pandemic.
I want explore business from the wide world perspective cos I think Nigeria is too small, petty and too unrewarding for me.

I would go for my masters and possibly higher in the future, but I don't think I will do that in my current field (medical sciences). I will most likely do that in the Arts (History & Entertainment), my newlyfound love and passion.

No be small thing man. You don like entertainment? No be small thing

Maduawuchukwu:


No be small thing man. You don like entertainment? No be small thing

Lol. Yes, I like Arts and Dance, especially the cultural aspect.
I hope to be a movie producer in the nearest future. I want to showcase the richness and uniqueness of African history and culture to the whole world and not this fakeness and mediocrity that Nigerian producers churn out.

I have always loved history and anthropology from childhood. You can see that in my threads and comments since I joined nairaland in 2013 when I was in 200lvl.
I guess this expanded and paved more roads into the world of arts for me.

Nowenuse:


Lol. Yes, I like Arts and Dance, especially the cultural aspect.
I hope to be a movie producer in the nearest future. I want to showcase the richness and uniqueness of African history and culture to the whole world and not this fakeness and mediocrity that Nigerian producers churn out.

I have always loved history and anthropology from childhood. You can see that in my threads and comments since I joined nairaland in 2013 when I was in 200lvl.
I guess this expanded and paved more roads into the world of arts for me.

Cool stuff man. So you wan run leave Naija? . In which Which field did you get the job?

Nowenuse:


Yes, Anatomy which I finished from was in Basic Medical sciences, under school of Medicine. As was Physiology, MBC, MLS, Nursing and later introduced Physiotherapy.
Dr(Mrs) Oboh who cleared me in 100L was the Dean of BMS when I finished, I don't know about now.

I was typing in such a rush, perhaps the reason I mixed things up.
Are you an alumni of the same faculty or currently a student there?

I'm a student in the faculty of pharmacy —400 level precisely.
Howdy? Nice to meet you.

this OAU I dey kinda reason for masters sef

Horlaryinkha:
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