Do Not Disrupt Exams, UI VC Warns Returning Students
The Vice Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Professor Idowu Olayinka Wednesday warned returning students planning to disrupt the conduct of examinations to have a rethink.
The vice chancellor, in a statement welcoming the students back to campus, described as unfortunate, the postponement of examinations owing to the students’ protest of May 29, 2017.
While asking students to join hands with the University management to ensure there is no further disruption of the academic calendar, Olayinka noted that any further closure of the school will have far reaching effects on students’ service year and Law school enrollment.
According to him, there are reports that a few students are still inclined towards further disruption of examinations and other activities. This, he said surely was not in the interest of students or the University as a whole.
He assured that the University management was open to continuous dialogue on issues affecting student’s welfare.
He stated that the university had made arrangements to make reading for examinations more stress-free through the provision of mobile generators in strategic lecture theaters for overnight readings.
“As I noted in my release before the May 29, 2017 protest, this session has been unduly extended and any further extension will not in any way be in the interest of the students and the entire university community.
“The revised academic calendar occasioned by the five-week break implies that the current session is expected to end on 29 January, 2018; this already has far-reaching implications for our final year students who should normally proceed to the Law School or the National Youth Service Corp Scheme during the last quarter of 2017.
“There are others seeking admission into foreign Universities and who may not be able to do so as a result of the extensions which have resulted in the irregular academic session,” he added.
The University administrator disclosed that the director of works will also deploy mobile generators to strategic lecture theatres for students who may be interested in overnight reading.
“It is gratifying to note that from the reports reaching the University management, the vast majority of students are very willing and eager to return to the campus and sit for their first semester examinations as already contained in the revised academic calendar which has been published on the University’s website,” he said.
