Imo REC, Prof Ezeonu and Deans of Tertiary Institutions seek solutions for crisis management on campuses
www.odogwublog.com reports that the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Imo state, Prof. Francis
Chukwuemeka Ezeonu has identified some of the ills bedevilling education system
in the country to include poor funding, poor remuneration of teachers, poor
management, teacher quality & delivery and great emphasis on paper
qualifications.
Speaking as a keynote speaker on, “Sustainable Peace
Building and Crisis Management on our Campuses,” at the 2nd Annual Conference
of the Association of Deans of Student Affairs in Tertiary Institutions in
Nigeria (ADOSATI) which was held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Prof
Ezeonu , condemned the growing cases of drug addiction among students, calling
on the association to dedicate part of its three-day conference to map out
strategies of nipping the trend in the bud.
In his words: “There is too much emphasis on paper
qualification in Nigeria, rather than knowledge, skill and competence. Most students
with requisite knowledge, skill and competence but lack the ability to
reproduce what the teacher taught often feel frustrated.” This anomaly
according to him frustrate most students to the level of taking solace in
bribing lecturers for marks, while the female among them resort to offering
sexual gratification to lecturers, just to acquire certificates, thereby
abandoning the skills and competence they earlier acquired.
The former Students Union Leader and former Dean of Student
Affairs in UNIZIK averred that the burden of managing crisis in tertiary
institutions rest squarely on the shoulders of deans of students affairs
advocating that the deans must try to establish interpersonal relationship with
students, such that they retain the confidence of students as that was the only
way they could access information about cases of planned restiveness among
students.
Earlier in his address, the President of the association,
Prof. Stanley Udedi stated that the situation of Nigerian students is
characterized by an increased uncertainty and by a lack of trust in the future.
Providing evidence to the assertion, Prof. Udedi noted that it is meaningful to
take into account the steady rise of youth unemployment which adversely affects
student’s performances. He posited that the conference is expected to proffer solutions
to these myriad of challenges bedevilling the institutions.
The President stated that peace and crisis management is
indispensable for the smooth running of academic programmes, effective
interactions among stakeholders and quality scholarship. This he noted
underpins the importance of the conference and the gathering of the Deans who
directly superintend over the students in institutions of higher learning.
Imo REC, Prof Ezeonu and Deans of Tertiary Institutions seek solutions for crisis management on campuses
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