In utmost delight, I welcome all literati, undergraduates and learned Nairalanders to another debate session, 2015.

You are welcome once again to one of the elimination rounds in the ongoing Nairaland Interschool Debate (IInd Edition) .

The competition on this thread will be between two intellectuals; OAU and ABUZARIA
[size=28pt]OAU(supporting.)VS ABUZARIA(opposing.)[/size]

[size=18pt]Topic: Increase of tuition fees in Nigerian
Universities is necessary for a better educational standard [/size].


Date: 29th May 2015


CHAIRMAN
lalasticlala


COORDINATOR
Olawalebabs
Fynestboi
Richiez
Fattybabakay
Miscellaneous

Cordinator Incharge:
miscellaneous

JUDGES
Jarus
Hidentity
Tgirl4real

CONTESTANTS
OAU VS ABU ZARIA
[size=15pt]OAU[/size]
miracy
microflux
bolaji73
Oluwatola93


[size=15pt]ABU ZARIA[/size]
barackodam
teamsimple
neemcie
danjuma827

Time: 6pm

Venue: Nairaland Education Section

queries, comments and suggestions should be posted here

RULES

1.) All contestants representing each citadel are expected to forward their essay to the designated email.

2.) The recommended font size is the default size (size 8.) and the colour is Green for the supporting side and BLUE for the opposing side. Please note that you are to use the designated colour all through the debate period.

3.) The essay should be in maximum of 1000 words.

4.) The use of SMS language and abbreviations are strictly interdicted.

5.) All materials used should be properly referenced at the end of the essay.

JUDGING CRITERIA (5 marks each)
1. Presentation
2. Logic of arguments
3. Strenght of facts, examples, cases.
4. Persuasiveness
5. Demonstration of knowledge and understanding of the subject

NOW WE ARE HERE......

PROCEDURES
7:15 – Debaters and judges take seats, register presence, while schools post their school Anthem

7:20 – Coordinators declare the debate open

7:20pm – 7:40 - Debaters post their arguments. Within 15 minutes. Better if less than 750 words to make it easier for judges to read all, but no harm making it longer, but it must not exceed 850.

7:40 – 8:30pm - A debater takes on his opponent, attempts to puncture his opponent’s points. This a debater does by quoting, highlighting the area to puncture and countering it i.e regular way to reply on Nairaland. While this is going on the judges can take their time to go through the write ups by the debaters. And also Debaters respond to punctured areas in his earlier arguments. He may buttress further. At this time frame.

8:30 – 9:00pm – Judges post questions to debaters either based on what the debater has posted or just reasonable question within the theme. Judges should be specific as to who they are posting the questions to. E.g “Mr ...., could you expatiate what you meant by so so so? or ...., pls give examples of your claim that xxxx”. This is not compulsory. A judge that doesn’t have question to post to the debaters need not do so.

9:30 – 9:50pm – Debaters respond to questions raised by judges

9:50 – 10:20pm – 2 Questions will be entertained from the audience i.e viewers. This will be based on ‘fastest hand’. The coordinators will announce ‘audience, you may now ask your questions’. After the 2 questions have been posted, any other viewer-post will be hidden.
NOTE: -The judges and audience can throw their questions without quotations but the contestants should answer
with quotations and separated for each questions.

10:20 – 10:40 – Debaters respond to audience questions and concludes their arguments. Debaters who were not asked any questions can still conclude his/her arguments.

10:40 – 11:00 – Judges compile the scores and mail to coordinators: Variableadu@gmail.com fynestboi@gmail.com

present sir!!!

barackodam:
present sir!!!

WELCOME



OTHER PARTICIPANTS LET HAVE YOU AROUND..................

Highly present

I hereby declare debate open!

O.A.U Reps should please update the thread with their arguments.
Speaker 1 update please.

Judge Jarus taking seat

If O.A.U speaker 1 is not ready, speaker 2 should update thread with argument to get this started.

With profound respect to the Chairman, the Coordinators, Coordinator in charge, fellow Judge, distinguished debaters and the audience, I am Hidentity.

I announce my appearance as a Co-judge.

I have problem posting my debate... it's not copying in full

Miracy:
I have problem posting my debate... it's not copying in full

simply copy half and paste here, go back and copy the other half and update the post containing the 1st half with the 2nd half by clicking the nairaland ''modify'' link. . . . . . .

The other speaker of OAU should please post argument.

O.A.U IInd Speaker. . . . do the needful.... MICROFLUX

we are waiting. . . . .

After 1hour of no appearance, O.A.U 2nd rep is now tagged ABSENT!

ABUZARIA please update thread with your argument

INCREASE OF TUITION FEES IN HIGHER INSTITUTION IS NOT NECESSARY FOR A BETTER EDUCATIONAL STANDARD

Education in the world has been passing at cross roads. Yet the society is not well prepared to consider both education and the operators of our institution as a national treasure. They fail to understand that an investment in knowledge pays the best interest. One tenth of education is basically centered around encouragement . The government is lagging in this aspect due to the fact that increment of tuition fees in institutions is now the order of the day. This act brings about destabilization to the nations growth. Simply because the nation growth is centered around an effective educational practice.


It is displeasing to see individuals with great intellect , productive mindset and good morals disengaging from school activities , due to the fact that the increment of tuition fees was promulgated by the school authority. Many individuals have the vision and the zeal of obtaining a better education, but because the finance to foster them is not available, they will certainly have no other option but to leave the school. This have produced many drop outs with great mind that can make the nation great and reputable. Many of these students barely manage to survive in school. This is not a good start for a nation that wants to develop in the educational sector.


Furthermore, Nigerians struggled to tame the psychosocial beast know as corruption, they have always beamed the searchlight on the behaviour of the public officials , contractors , business associates and many more. How ever the lucky sector that have escaped the penetration of the society is the education sector. Yet that is where this searchlight needs to be pointed at. Increment in tuition fees enables officials in the educational sector to embezzle the money allocated to university without query. This has made the society and students know that the money meant for the development of the school is being reverted into the pockets of corrupt officials in the educational sector. The most vexatious thing is that after the increase in tuition fees is being implemented, the structures in the school still remains the same. The standard also in the school also remain the same. I.e there is no remarkable change in the development of the school. Then why the increase? This left me with no other option than to say that increment if tuitions fees improves the rate of corruption in schools.


Also, a variety of social, economic and psychological factors causes destructive behaviour such as armed robbery, prostitution, stealing, and so many immoral act that destroys a society.This also have a reflection in the life of a student in such a way that tution fees increase in universities makes student who came from a poor background exhibit characters that are not good. A sense of discouragement will arise in the minds of these students when they noticed that they can't afford to buy any useful material that is of utmost importance to them. Negative thought will begin to develop in their minds and they are been convinced within them that the only means of survival is to engage in armed robbery, prostituion, and many more. which will surely make their lives miserable.
This is not the life we want for our Nigeria students


Furthermore, I have reached a point in life that education is not about the filling if a bucket but its about the lighting if a fire. education is all about making people to be useful to the society. But how can a person be useful to the society when he bribes his way through university days just to get a degree and afterwards he will have nothing to offer. This act is mostly common to the rich. Simply because they have the opportunity to be in school simply because of their money. And they can afford to go to school even though the tuition fees have been increased . but the poor will not do this. They will rather strive to make a tangible result and come out with a deserved result. And this will certainly make a country to develop .

In conclusion, the government should put more attention in the education sector.This will help to reduce the irregularities that is happening in the sector . The foundation of the society is based on
education since it brings economic and social
prosperity. Gaining education enhances an
individual to live a respectful life in the society.
This is because education offers a setting in
which culture and values of a society are
developed. In this respect, education in modern
society provides a forum where the society
examines its issues and identifies solutions. The
advancement of a society both economically and
socially is by gaining education which
consequently enables them to run a modern
society. Increase of tuition fees have deprived many then right of education. My utmost joy is to see that this country is a place where both the rich and the poor are given free education.


References:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_education
http://www.theguardian.com/education
http://www.forbes.com/education/

2nd speaker of ABUZARIA. . . .

Debaters please use the next 5mins to go over opponent's argument. . . .

Debaters can now puncture opponent's argument. . . .

We are waiting. . . .

Furthermore, with the ever increasing number of new students being admitted into the school, thus
stretching available facilities beyond their capacity
without a corresponding increase in necessary
resources. There is always need to raise money
to build structures that will accommodate them
all, and the only other way to do this is to
increase student’s fee.

Miracy, at the bolded, you said "the only" how about government intervention and private bodies donation to schools??

@barackodam
Taking a look at the current economic situation of the country in which we're in debt and our government claims that we don't have enough to cater for the education sector... What solution can you recommend if not increase in tuition fees

@miracy you said because of new intakes year in year out. that there is a must for the school to increase the fees. then what now happens to the acceptance fees they pay. what then happens to the school fees they pay. Do you mean that these alone will not be okay for the school. Then why increase when the school authority can maximize all this money paid for the betterment of the students

Miracy, barackodam needs your help as you need his. . . . .
Debaters, audience also want to be free of doubts. . .

@Danjuma827
What do you say to a school like oau that increased the students' fee for better development of the school, tho the students protested against it but their efforts were futile due to the fact that over 90% of it's students paid the money...

Miracy:
@barackodam
Taking a look at the current economic situation of the country in which we're in debt and our government claims that we don't have enough to cater for the education sector... What solution can you recommend if not increase in tuition fees

Like i said earlier and you buttressed it, what about private companies. Have you not heard that Chevron donated Medical equipments to DELSUTH, what about MTN e-library in UNILAG, PTDF built a new Chemical engineering department in my school and am sure all these companies are not government owned

@barackodam if Nigerian students are brilliant naturally... why do our universities keep churning out half baked graduates that cant even defend their certificate?? ?
Why do we even bother going to school??
Why can't our students measure up to the standard of other students in other developed countries??