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Lecturers in Lagos varsities in separate interview with newsmen have agreed to stem the tide of unwholesome developments on their campuses, so as to return them to their place of pride.
Lecturers had been alleged of being involved in sexually harassing their students, extorting monies and other inducements from them before they would pass them or made to buy handouts that were not relevant to their courses.
The lecturers, from University of Lagos(UNILAG), Yaba College of Technology and the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Ijanikin in Lagos, said that efforts were being made to ensure that their students were not burdened.
They said they were making efforts individually and collectively to stop cultism, extortion, exploitation, sexual harassment, sale of course handouts and irrelevant text books, as well as other vices on their campuses.
Dr Adelaja Odukoya, Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Lagos chapter, said the union was aware that there were reports of incessant sexual harassment against female students , extortion and intimidation of students by lecturers in universities across the country.
According to him, reports of such are becoming a common place in tertiary institutions in the country. He noted that the development must be tackled headlong if the country intended to attain its quest for qualitative and sound educational environment.
``Lecturers must strive to be the custodians of morals, given the kind of environment within which they operate,’’ he said.
He noted that lecturers must also exhibit high moral standards in dealing with students ,especially the female students, in order to guarantee them secure and conducive teaching and learning environment.
``As an academic body, we will not want to do anything that brings the name of the union or the university into disrepute as there are disciplinary committees that have equally been set aside to look into such matters,” he said.
He said that ASUU would continue to sensitise its members on the need to sustain cordial student-lecturer relationship.
Also, Mr Austin Okoh, the immediate past chairman, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP), Yaba College of Technology,Lagos, said that the authorities of the college have been doing all within its power to prevent crises on the campus.
Okoh said that the authorities had been operating an open door policy to ensure that issues that could lead to industrial dispute were promptly addressed by the stakeholders.
``There are crises on campus related to infrastructure, cultism, incessant power failure , insecurity and lack of water; the management of this institution has been trying to address these.
``Sometimes, students would want to hide under the guise of incessant power failure to disrupt proposed semeter’s examination, giving the excuse that they cannot study in the dark.
"The school authorities have always addressed such agitations before they get out of hand", he said.
"Sexual harassment of female students is not very common here on our campus and when such incidents are reported , the college has its mechanism in place to address them immediately.
``We have the senior staff investigation committee and the junior staff investigation committee, anytime such issue is reported, we direct it to the right committee.
``We have competent hands to handle such cases because the authorities are very concerned about anything that borders on sexual harassment .
``This is usually handled with the seriousness it deserves and culprits are brought to book after they must have faced the disciplinary committee.
Also, Mr Simeon Fowowe, Head of Department Early Childhood , Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, said that the issue of cultism at the college was becoming a thing of the past.
Fowowe said that the college authorities in 2010 introduced the Campus Martial specially trained to cope with cultism. Since then ,there had been relative peace on campus.
"Perhaps, if there are crises, it will be outside the campus ," he said.
The lecturer said that to end the breakdown of ethics among students, there should be a synergy between the home and the school or what he called ``home -school synergy’’.
He said that corruption in the academia goes beyond the exploitation of students and the selling of course handout or irrelevant text books to them, adding that the college had placed a ban on the sale of handouts or textbooks to its students since 2008.
He said that the corruption that existed in the academic sector ranges from lecturers not completing the course contents before the conduct of examinations .
Fowowe, however, said that cases of harassment of students by lecturers could not be ruled out but that any lecturer caught should be punished either through demotion in rank, stagnation for three years, ostracised or placed on half salary for a given period.
#Nigeria #UNILAG #YabaTech
Lecturers had been alleged of being involved in sexually harassing their students, extorting monies and other inducements from them before they would pass them or made to buy handouts that were not relevant to their courses.
The lecturers, from University of Lagos(UNILAG), Yaba College of Technology and the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Ijanikin in Lagos, said that efforts were being made to ensure that their students were not burdened.
They said they were making efforts individually and collectively to stop cultism, extortion, exploitation, sexual harassment, sale of course handouts and irrelevant text books, as well as other vices on their campuses.
Dr Adelaja Odukoya, Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Lagos chapter, said the union was aware that there were reports of incessant sexual harassment against female students , extortion and intimidation of students by lecturers in universities across the country.
According to him, reports of such are becoming a common place in tertiary institutions in the country. He noted that the development must be tackled headlong if the country intended to attain its quest for qualitative and sound educational environment.
``Lecturers must strive to be the custodians of morals, given the kind of environment within which they operate,’’ he said.
He noted that lecturers must also exhibit high moral standards in dealing with students ,especially the female students, in order to guarantee them secure and conducive teaching and learning environment.
``As an academic body, we will not want to do anything that brings the name of the union or the university into disrepute as there are disciplinary committees that have equally been set aside to look into such matters,” he said.
He said that ASUU would continue to sensitise its members on the need to sustain cordial student-lecturer relationship.
Also, Mr Austin Okoh, the immediate past chairman, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP), Yaba College of Technology,Lagos, said that the authorities of the college have been doing all within its power to prevent crises on the campus.
Okoh said that the authorities had been operating an open door policy to ensure that issues that could lead to industrial dispute were promptly addressed by the stakeholders.
``There are crises on campus related to infrastructure, cultism, incessant power failure , insecurity and lack of water; the management of this institution has been trying to address these.
``Sometimes, students would want to hide under the guise of incessant power failure to disrupt proposed semeter’s examination, giving the excuse that they cannot study in the dark.
"The school authorities have always addressed such agitations before they get out of hand", he said.
"Sexual harassment of female students is not very common here on our campus and when such incidents are reported , the college has its mechanism in place to address them immediately.
``We have the senior staff investigation committee and the junior staff investigation committee, anytime such issue is reported, we direct it to the right committee.
``We have competent hands to handle such cases because the authorities are very concerned about anything that borders on sexual harassment .
``This is usually handled with the seriousness it deserves and culprits are brought to book after they must have faced the disciplinary committee.
Also, Mr Simeon Fowowe, Head of Department Early Childhood , Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, said that the issue of cultism at the college was becoming a thing of the past.
Fowowe said that the college authorities in 2010 introduced the Campus Martial specially trained to cope with cultism. Since then ,there had been relative peace on campus.
"Perhaps, if there are crises, it will be outside the campus ," he said.
The lecturer said that to end the breakdown of ethics among students, there should be a synergy between the home and the school or what he called ``home -school synergy’’.
He said that corruption in the academia goes beyond the exploitation of students and the selling of course handout or irrelevant text books to them, adding that the college had placed a ban on the sale of handouts or textbooks to its students since 2008.
He said that the corruption that existed in the academic sector ranges from lecturers not completing the course contents before the conduct of examinations .
Fowowe, however, said that cases of harassment of students by lecturers could not be ruled out but that any lecturer caught should be punished either through demotion in rank, stagnation for three years, ostracised or placed on half salary for a given period.
#Nigeria #UNILAG #YabaTech