It was not a good morning for some students of the
Faculty of Arts of the Obafemi Awolowo University
(OAU) in Ile-Ife, Osun State, last Monday. A lecturer
taking a course titled Poetry in Yoruba Language
(YOR 303) sent some 300-Level students out of the
class for their failure to buy four textbooks.
The lecturer, Dr Benard, of the Department of
Linguistics and African Languages, barred defaulting
students from attending her lecture because they
could not afford to buy the selected textbooks of
anthologies of Yoruba poetry, which cost N1,700.
The lecturer’s action contravened a directive by the
Federal Ministry of Education, barring teaching staff
of public tertiary institutions from forcing students
to buy textbooks and handouts.
To punish the defaulters, Dr Benard conducted a
continuous assessment test for a few students who
bought the textbooks.
The lecturer’s decision caused discontent among
students, who queried the lecturer’s decision to bar
them from attending the lecture.
A student, who spoke under the anonymity
condition for fear of being victimised, said: “There
is need to educate Dr Benard that this is OAU,
where lecturers don’t force students to buy books.
Dr Benard is laying too much emphasis on those
textbooks as if she authored them. The punishment
is unfair to us, because we are not required to buy
textbooks.”
Another student, who pleaded for anonymity, said:
“Since I have been admitted into OAU, this is the
first course I would see a lecturer sending students
out of the class because of textbooks. I don’t
understand, because I know OAU does not force
students to buy reading materials or textbooks.”
CAMPUSLIFE gathered that Dr Benard, from the
outset, promised to punish students who failed to
buy the four textbooks.
The fate of defaulting students could not be
ascertained as at the time of filing in this report.
There was no indication the lecturer would conduct
a make-up test for the affected students.


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This is a very normal scenario in our universities na.. They are even lucky she sent dem out during her lectures instead of failing dem outrightly in her exams.. There's a lot dats wrong with every system of dis country

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This is a very normal scenario in our universities na.. They are even lucky she sent dem out during her lectures instead of failing dem outrightly in her exams.. There's a lot dats wrong with every system of dis country

The bolded part is not true. Many lecturers are now crafty in selling their books. All they do is to dictate from the text and bring out assignment from it.

asuustrike2009:

The bolded part is not true. Many lecturers are now crafty in selling their books. All they do is to dictate from the text and bring out assignment from it.

D bolded part is about selling textbooks...

YoungRichRuler:
If they discipline this one now she will be shouting[b] witch-hunting[/b]

She should be disciplined if the allegation is true. On the other hand, many students do not want to buy books yet they want to pass. Lecture notes are not enough ,having different text makes you grounded in the course

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D bolded part is about selling textbooks...

It is not normal because many universities don't allow it.

asuustrike2009:

It is not normal because many universities don't allow it.

Dey don't allow it doesn't mean it doesn't happen... Officially universities pretend like dey are unaware but we all know unofficially many universities do

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Dey don't allow it doesn't mean it doesn't happen... Officially universities pretend like dey are unaware but we all know unofficially many universities do

Yea. Some lecturers sell their text books indirectly. They indirectly force their students to buy their books.