The university is undoubtedly one of the most vital institutions in any nation as the role it plays in nation building is indispensable. The primary objective of the university include conferring degrees in various academic disciplines and producing citizens who will be endowed with life skills for solving personal and societal problems.
A 21st century university is one that has all it takes to make tertiary learning possible, interesting, effective and one that is free from corrupt practices. A 21st century university is one that is able to produce graduates who will be useful assets in the society.
Truth be told, the university revolves around the students it trains and that it why it must possess mentally sound and qualified staff, good learning and well equipped facilities, a well functioning and standard library, sufficient and commodious hostels, and efficient health centres. All these and more are very vital for a university in this century but even with all these things put in place, one cannot score Nigerian universities highly. Not while they are still bedeviled by a poignant menace- Sex for marks..

Sex for marks is a malignant force that is eating the essence of what a university is supposed to be in Nigeria. The term ‘sex for marks’refers to how varsity teachers or lecturers demand sex from their students in exchange for good grades. Students who fail to heed to the overtures of randy lecturers are usually victimized and failed.
Why some Nigerian Lecturers are known to love bottom power more than common sense, no one can understand. The situation is rife in Nigeria. According to Guardian Nigeria, "In one survey of female graduates in Nigeria’s higher institutions, at least 69.8 per cent said they had been sexually harassed by their lecturers.” It further stated that about two-thirds experienced the non-physical sexual harassment (in the form of sexual comments and requests to do something sexual in exchange for academic favours); 48.2 per cent experienced physical sexual abuse but statistics only scratches the surface of the ugly practice.

The social media has been abuzz with dozens of sex for marks cases in Nigerian tertiary institutions for a long time now. However, the story that will never escape the confines of our memory is that of a Nigerian Professor, Richard Akindele, a lecturer in Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), who pressurized a female student of the school, Monica Osagie, into serving him with five rounds of sex for a pass in an exam last year.
Moniga Osagie will always be remembered for her couragein calling out the randy lecturer, an act which ultimately led to his expulsion from the university. He was sentenced to two years imprisonment after pleading guilty to the charges levied against him.
Regardless of the exposed sex for marks cases in Nigeria, I believe that there exist a thousand cases which would never be brought to light because of shame, fear and threats instilled on the victims. Many will remain silent until they graduate. Why shouldn't they? We have read of cases where victims who gathered the courage to report sensitive issues like this to the school management received painful backlashes from the lecturer in question. Their reports are rarely believed due to the "problem of proper and convincible evidence". Those who resist the overtures of randy lecturers get to suffer greatly.

Sex for marks is a malignant force that is eating the essence of what a university is supposed to be in Nigeria. The term sex for marks refers to how varsity teachers or lecturers solicit for sex from their students in exchange for good grades. Students who fail to heed to the overtures of randy lecturers are usually victimized and failed. Why some Nigerian Lecturers are known to love bottom power more than common sense, no one can understand. The situation is rife in Nigeria.
According to Guardian Nigeria, "In one survey of female graduates in Nigeria’s higher institutions, at least 69.8 per cent said they had been sexually harassed by their lecturers. It added that about two-thirds experienced the non-physical sexual harassment (in the form of sexual comments and requests to do something sexual in exchange for academic favours); 48.2 per cent experienced physical sexual abuse. But statistics only scratches the surface of the ugly practice."
The social media have been abuzz with dozens of sex for marks cases in Nigerian tertiary institutions for a long time now. However, the story that will never escape the confines of our memory is that of a Nigerian Professor, Richard Akindele, a lecturer in Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), who pressurized a female student of the school, Monica Osagie, into serving him with five rounds of sex for a pass in an exam last year.
Moniga Osagie would never be forgotten for her boldness in calling out the randy lecturer, an act which ultimately led to his expulsion from the university. He was sentenced to spend two years of his life behind bars afterwards despite the fact that he pleaded guilty to the charges levied against him. But for one exposed sex for marks cases in Nigeria, I believe that there exist a thousand cases which would never be brought to light because of shame, fear and threats. Many will remain silent until they graduate. Why wouldn't they? We have read of cases where victims who gathered the courage to report sensitive issues like this to the school management received painful backlashes from the lecturers in question. Their reports are rarely believed due to the "problem of proper and convincing evidences". Those who resist the overtures of randy lecturers get to suffer greatly.

Welcome to Nigeria where lecturers are treated like gods and their abusive powers rarely curtailed. Welcome to Nigeria where some lecturers consider themselves high priests who demand female students to sacrifice their bottoms and vaginas on their nasty altars on a daily basis.
Welcome to Nigeria where lecturers consider sex more important and essential than allowing students pass exams and tests the right way (studying). It is against this backdrop that the sex for marks menace prevails. The check and balance idea is totally inexistent in public universities and in most private universities. It is a shame how varsity teachers seek to insert their marauding ugly-looking manhood into the clitoris of female students all in the name of "awarding" marks.
It would be recalled how in 2015, Professor Cyril Ndifon, Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, was alleged to have sexually assaulted a 20-year-old, 400-level law student. Now this was no ordinary lecturer. This was the head of a faculty. This reveals the extent to which our universities have decayed. If the head of lecturers would engage in such a nasty act, then what should his subordinates do? Why should female students be taken advantaged of in tertiary institutions? This menace will continue to grow in a system where the victims of sexual assault are victimized, ostracized and punished for reporting issues like this.
Professor Cyril Ndifon is not the only dean who has had his image destroyed by sex for marks allegations. Only recently in August 4, a dean in the university of Abuja was indicted in sex for marks scandal. The sex-hungry lecturer was caught in a sting operation at a hotel in Gwarimpa area of Abuja, where he had gone to have an affair with the student whom he had solicited sex to award marks. The dean was caught pants down in the hotel room trying to have sex with the student.

It is disheartening that parents would send their girls to school only to find out that their daughters are being used as sex tools, sex machines and intimacy gadgets in the hands of randy lecturers. Should this continue to be the trend? These young girls cannot continue to suffer like this. These young students should not suffocate their pains with the pillow of fear.

Nevertheless, the situation is not limited to female students alone. Male students are also harassed by female lecturers. Investigations by Saturday Vanguard also revealed that "like female students, male students are also harassed sexually by female lecturers.” Male students who are harassed by these female lecturer, whether old or young are the young and handsome students and those from wealthy homes."
Engaging students in sex before awarding marks is tantamount to making their certificates appear fake and making hard work appear irrelevant. Somehow, students begin to have the notion that there is no essence in studying since they can’t get good grades unless they hop in bed with their lecturers. It is imperative that the malfeasance get drained out in time as to maintain the dignity of a university. One step towards this is breaking the silence.

Daily trust Newspaper of August 2019 recorded that a "recent case involved a lecturer in one of the departments of the Faculty of Social Sciences. The lecturer, according to findings, had been failing one of his female students in a 300-level course he teaches. A Security Unit source said: “He plainly told the girl she can’t pass the course without submitting herself to him. Left with no option, she came here to the Security Unit and reported. We set a trap for him by asking the girl to play along. He went and booked a hotel room, and we arrested him while he was attempting to have sex with the girl."
Creating an atmosphere where sexually molested student can voice out these experiences would do well to call randy lecturers to order and ensure that students are awarded based on their efforts.
Universities should present the opportunity for female students to come forward and make complaints and there must be mechanism in place for the complaints to be fully documented and appropriate steps must be taken to involve the law and ensure justice is put in place.

The Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU) has an important role to play in fighting the menace. We see ASUU, whimpering and yelping anytime it needs money from the federal government. To drive in their request into the heart of the government, they embark on nationwide strike actions and protests. This is good but ASUU should learn to embark on nationwide strike actions too in respect to fighting this sex for marks menace. ASUU should ensure that the bad eggs terrorising the bottoms of young female students be kicked out and punished if caught. Why tolerate varsity teachers who are prone to engaging in playful or boisterous sex with students who are anxious to learn and excel?
Also there is a need to establish committees or special units in every university which should be saddled with the responsibility of looking into issues like this. Female students need not die in silence any longer. Nigerian female students need not suffer and smile.
These committees should be independent bodies and in no way consist of lecturers or teaching staff who will be inclined to be sympathetic to the persecution of their erring coleagues. Their responsibility should entail looking into alleged rape cases and if beyond every reasonable such allegations prove to be true, they should be tendered to the school management and finally to the police. Creating committees like this would help to break the silence and guarantee that justice is pursued.

No thanks to the incompetent Students' Union bodies in Nigerian universities. Apart from organising campaigns, sports and semester parties; commissioning projects as weird as wall clocks and white board markers, they have appeared to be almost useless in the fight against sex for marks. It is mind boggling that they have chosen to play a blind eye but they cannot afford to be quiet any longer. Just as they would demand the school management to fix good toilets seats in rotten rest rooms, they must begin to protest heavily against this sickness bedeviling Nigerian universities.
In 2016, the Nigerian Senate introduced the "Sexual Harassment in Tertiary Education Institution Bill", as a strategy to criminalize various acts of "sex for marks" in Nigerian tertiary schools including universities, colleges of education, and polytechnics. The outcome of the bill is still unknown. Nigeria can tackle the problem not just by duplicating bills and laws relating to sexual assault but by making effective use of the ones available.

Students should be awarded grades by using the proper evaluative measurements such as tests and exams and not by many times they climb the beds or office tables of their lecturers. Ensuring this happens will guarantee the creation of a model 21st century university.
Bargaining for marks through money or sex calls for serious scrutiny because it mortgages the standard and quality of our universities. If we mortgage standards, then the certificates we issue will be devalued and the graduates we produce, whether doctors, lawyers or engineers, will be half-baked and pose dangers to our societies.

Biko i can't come ane kee myself with this long note, even dictionary get plenty words like this.

Please where are the women right group they contact. Am having a similar situation as I talk to you now.