September 11, 2014 – Students running programme in the Lagos State University External System have alleged mass failure and fraudulent practices in the university.
In a petition signed by President of Agege campus, Adegoke Adesola, that of Ogba Campus, Hassan Abiodun and Vice President Agege, Victor Obiefunna, the students alleged that there is 95 percent failure in all the 10 campuses run by the university.
According to them, less than 5 percent of the cumulative 40,000 student population record passes each time they sit down to write exams.
The students who have itemized a lot of demands said a large number of students have no admission letters even after they have been issued matriculation numbers. The students alleged that there are instances where two students share the same matriculation numbers.
They argued that students admitted into the school between 2009 and 2011 are yet to be issued admission letters.
“This is indeed alarming and some students do not want to wake up one morning to the harsh reality that they were never recognized students of the school”, they alleged.
The students noted that they have written to the Vice Chancellor of the university, and copied the Executive Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola and other authorities and that nothing has been done about the issue.
The students said that there is practically no lecture in any of the campuses adding that when exams are written, results are delayed unnecessarily even when the system has changed to multi-choice questions. They said that the result is inability of students to calculate their cumulative grade point average value.
The students alleged that management of the school charge fees for student identity card while graduate are not mobilized for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
The students are in addition demanding for reduction in tuition fee from N68, 700 to N38,700 for 500 level, and N75,700 to N45,700 for students in 400 Level and N95,700 to N65,700 for those in 300 Level.
