{"id":57355,"date":"2024-11-29T11:36:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T11:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=57355"},"modified":"2024-11-29T11:36:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T11:36:54","slug":"asuu-president-flags-increasing-first-class-graduates-in-private-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/11\/29\/asuu-president-flags-increasing-first-class-graduates-in-private-universities\/","title":{"rendered":"ASUU President Flags Increasing First-Class Graduates in Private Universities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, has voiced concerns about the escalating number of first-class degrees awarded by private universities in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, Osodeke labeled the trend &#8220;worrisome&#8221; and raised questions about its implications for academic credibility and integrity.<\/p>\n<p>Osodeke warned that this pattern might pressure public universities into similar practices, thereby diluting academic standards across the nation.<\/p>\n<p>He called for stringent regulations to safeguard the quality and credibility of degrees in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the state of foundational education, the ASUU president attributed a decline in standards to the subpar performance of primary and secondary schools, which, he argued, often produce students with inflated grades but inadequate knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe obsession with first-class degrees could undermine the integrity of higher education, especially if the awards are not backed by rigorous academic merit,\u201d Osodeke remarked.<\/p>\n<p>His comments have reignited discussions on education reforms in Nigeria, with stakeholders emphasizing the need for robust oversight to preserve the integrity of the nation\u2019s educational system.<\/p>\n<p>Policymakers are now tasked with addressing these concerns to ensure that the quality of Nigerian university graduates remains globally competitive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, has voiced concerns about the escalating number of first-class degrees awarded by private universities in Nigeria. Speaking at Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, Osodeke labeled the trend &#8220;worrisome&#8221; and raised questions about its implications for academic credibility and integrity. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":57356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[183],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57357,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57355\/revisions\/57357"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}