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Re: Uniport No Be School by Nicklee(m): 11:53pm On Mar 03, 2012
Mafious:

I wonder why anybody in Nigeria would kill himself over a first class when in reality you get a first class by doing assingments in time and cramming hand-outs written by a lecturer who all he knows about his course is what he crammed in his own time.

I did not finish from OSU but if I did I would have come out with a 3rd class with honours, but everything I know about computers I learnt from personal development and NIIT. All of us from Nigerian schools had to bury our certificates when we came to the states, I cannot tell you the number of first class people working odd jobs here in Texas. What ever anybody say Nigerian education is a sham, you degree is not recognised anywhere outside the country except you get a foreign masters to make it more responsible. Don't waste your time use you head and talent the bulk of the people who have made a name for themselves don't even have any formal education. I work construction on the side and what some people go to school to be taught by proffessors is what high school kids here use to play pranks.

Worthless degrees from a worthless country
Gbam!

Big lie. A first class degree from a Nigerian University will take you places. Yes, you have to garnish it with an MS or PhD, but you need that strong first class showing to get into top schools too. So, don't give me the story that many of them are unsuccessful. I know a ton and they are extremely successful in the US.

Bottomline: you don't need a first class to be successful in life (although it could give some competitive advantage). However, I can understand OP's frustration if indeed he deserved a first. Means the entire educational system needs complete overhauling. But who would you blame? Parents are not 'helping' their kids cheat in SSCE and JAMB. So, the system in itself, is patently flawed.

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Re: Uniport No Be School by DualCore1: 12:01am On Mar 04, 2012
Info Tech? Uniport? First class?. . . Fortran? Brother please. grin

Shay MI said it, computer science students graduating without seeing a computer.

How could you possibly put a value on your uniport computer science (IT) degree?

Uniport students you have a right to be silent, I have seen your dirty codes.
Re: Uniport No Be School by ektbear: 12:07am On Mar 04, 2012
Hard work alone is not enough to get first class honors or the equivalent anywhere.

You also have to be much smarter than your peers.
Re: Uniport No Be School by FEMARY1: 12:27am On Mar 04, 2012
wisepluto:

tnx for d replies, u guys obviously dnt knw wat students face there. of course its a national ailment, but the perculiarity is obscure. a sch dat gradutes no one above 4.0 isn'tt worth the stress. Infact my proj.supervisor angrily told me dat since he never came out with a 2.1, no one shuld dare it. However, at d last count, unilag produced 115 first class studnts, while uniport culd only send just 8 first class studnts forth. Mind you, am into IT, i have a knack for apps developmnt. still stand my grounds, Uniport isnt worth the stress and effort. Gbam!
Yet you want first class degree.Hmm.
Re: Uniport No Be School by tanimola22: 12:28am On Mar 04, 2012
Mafious:

I wonder why anybody in Nigeria would kill himself over a first class when in reality you get a first class by doing assingments in time and cramming hand-outs written by a lecturer who all he knows about his course is what he crammed in his own time.

I did not finish from OSU but if I did I would have come out with a 3rd class with honours, but everything I know about computers I learnt from personal development and NIIT. All of us from Nigerian schools had to bury our certificates when we came to the states, I cannot tell you the number of first class people working odd jobs here in Texas. What ever anybody say Nigerian education is a sham, you degree is not recognised anywhere outside the country except you get a foreign masters to make it more responsible. Don't waste your time use you head and talent the bulk of the people who have made a name for themselves don't even have any formal education. I work construction on the side and what some people go to school to be taught by proffessors is what high school kids here use to play pranks.

Worthless degrees from a worthless country
Gbam!

Which country?
Re: Uniport No Be School by tanimola22: 12:31am On Mar 04, 2012
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Yet you want first class degree.Hmm.
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Mean.
Re: Uniport No Be School by dabrake(m): 12:40am On Mar 04, 2012
Op might be right. most lecturers, maotly in the SE/SS region detest student's success. my department , from inception, have no 1st class graduate. initially, i thought the students were lazy but i now know.
well, i thank Jah it doesnt put food on the table
Re: Uniport No Be School by Chrisbenogor(m): 1:57am On Mar 04, 2012
Dual Core:

Info Tech? Uniport? First class?. . . Fortran? Brother please. grin

Shay MI said it, computer science students graduating without seeing a computer.

How could you possibly put a value on your uniport computer science (IT) degree?

Uniport students you have a right to be silent, I have seen your dirty codes.
LOL LOL
Aside from Medicine, a few Engineering courses maybe courses like geology and yeah accounting. Please forget Uniport.
Re: Uniport No Be School by Chrisbenogor(m): 2:03am On Mar 04, 2012
As for the OP what is uniben preparation eh? You started failing from day one. In uniport go back and look at your syllabus you have the highest number of 3 credit courses mostly in your first semester of 100 level. If you did not make a 4.o at the very least then kindly forget your first class. I dunno if it has changed but 400 and 500 level in Uniben makes up almost say 70 or so percent of your GPA ( at least na so e be when I been dey school) in uniport its 25%(or 20% in engineering) for the duration of your school, you miss two years in a row and thats almost enough to say bye bye to a 2:1. By miss I mean a GPA below 3.5.
Re: Uniport No Be School by Yzzey(m): 2:38am On Mar 04, 2012
angry
Re: Uniport No Be School by moderattor: 2:41am On Mar 04, 2012
in my final year i got a C in Cplus plus!
I was stunned at that!
My c plus plus lecturer cannot on a computer!
So probably copied the answer
and marked my code according to his own copy!

'no body has ever got an A in my course since 1992, A is for me, AB is for my wife'
my english lecturer once said in my yr one.

'i dont give people A ' - one of my course lecturers.
I got a D in that course.
(Engineering Safety)
if i give u d course content, you'll get an A the following day!

Another way to get an A is to pay the lecture N3000 after the exams!

School was war.
Re: Uniport No Be School by ijigbamigb(m): 3:18am On Mar 04, 2012
@OP
First Class is not beans oooo. I ended my secondary education in 2003. Struggled to gather a complete O'levels from 2 sitting. Read hard for JAMB scored 271 in 2006. Sat the Unilag post-ume and scored 62, got denied based on my 2 sittings. Got to UNAD (Ekiti State) 2006, took a diploma program. Was reading 8 hours a day. I had a CGPA of 4.49 (Project Supervisor scored me B as A would have landed me there). Mind you, did 30 courses and never had a C and had more As, yet First Class slipped away. I immediately lost the ZEAL as i was rightly admitted. Now a BSc grad with 3.95. (I no fit come die). So if you need a first class any where, work work and work. At least 8 students had it. (Would have been the 4th in my dept to have it as well BUT grin grin grin)
Re: Uniport No Be School by sunky644(m): 6:24am On Mar 04, 2012
@poster, make we hear word join, you wan chop the first class ni? At least our dumb president is a graduate of your so called UNIPORT from bachelor degree to Ph.D. Abeg stay focused and in tune with the trend of development in town with an opened brain instead of yearning for a meaningless first class. Think of how You can affect your environment positively and don't end up like that DUMB ASS if It's not a general UNIPORT syndrome.
Re: Uniport No Be School by member479760: 6:55am On Mar 04, 2012
This first class and G2 certificate same shit in this country. see GEJ PhD holder with empty head besides looting.
Re: Uniport No Be School by Jarus(m): 7:35am On Mar 04, 2012
One, First class is not 'given', it is earned.
Two, performance in exams, nay eventual class of degree, is not entirely by the number of hours you spend reading. If you like forgo your sleep, your food, you room etc, it doesn't automatically mean you will get a First. You can read for 24 hours and someone will read foor 8 hours and will outperform you. Matter of fact, the heaviest reader in my class when I was in the uni was not among the Top 50 students and he struggled to end up with 3.50 on the dot. So your assumption that because you forwent your sleep, food, room etc, you must make a First is weak.
Re: Uniport No Be School by werepeLeri: 7:36am On Mar 04, 2012
Mafious:

I wonder why anybody in Nigeria would kill himself over a first class when in reality you get a first class by doing assingments in time and cramming hand-outs written by a lecturer who all he knows about his course is what he crammed in his own time.

I did not finish from OSU but if I did I would have come out with a 3rd class with honours, but everything I know about computers I learnt from personal development and NIIT. All of us from Nigerian schools had to bury our certificates when we came to the states, I cannot tell you the number of first class people working odd jobs here in Texas. What ever anybody say Nigerian education is a sham, you degree is not recognised anywhere outside the country except you get a foreign masters to make it more responsible. Don't waste your time use you head and talent the bulk of the people who have made a name for themselves don't even have any formal education. I work construction on the side and what some people go to school to be taught by proffessors is what high school kids here use to play pranks.

Worthless degrees from a worthless country
Gbam!

Bros - if you cram handouts, you are never a first class material.
Re: Uniport No Be School by Nobody: 7:38am On Mar 04, 2012
The OP should stop making noise. On your matriculation day, you were that your path to earning a good degree starts from your first semester in year 1 and that your CGP would be computer on the average. I'm pretty sure you heard about Uniben's system some time later as an undergraduate and you felt Uniport should emulate that.
Every school have their system which works for them. I wonder why would you want the rules to be changed during the course of the game to suit you?
Re: Uniport No Be School by moshoodn(m): 7:57am On Mar 04, 2012
hmmmmm. . . . at least its not as painful as mine anyways. . . .

graduated with 4.48 in Biochemistry.

saw hell in my 500 level.

it isn't about the grades anyway, at least. i'm self confident that i'm good, thats all that matters to me now.
Re: Uniport No Be School by moderattor: 8:06am On Mar 04, 2012
first class?
Only one student graduated with it in my school.
Yoruba schools tend to be freer with marks
than frustrated igbo bribe devils calling them selves lecturers.
A friend of mine, a room mate who was supposed to get a 4.0 on a scale of 4.0 was purposefully given an AB be cause no one in the school ever got it!
Mean while our semesters last about 3 months some times students do 13 courses if you divide it proberly you get about one week plus to study each course.
Tell me, what can you learn in java for example, in 1 week plus.
You see why our CS students are empty heads?
Nice school GP but empty head.
As in stack computer illiterates.

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Re: Uniport No Be School by Nobody: 8:07am On Mar 04, 2012
who dey look for school in ph?

look at the erudition etal of the school's most famous alumnus - a Dr of zoology  lipsrsealed lipsrsealed lipsrsealed lipsrsealed
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Re: Uniport No Be School by IRAPADA(m): 8:28am On Mar 04, 2012
werepeLeri:

Bros - if you cram handouts, you are never a first class material.
student dont read to understand rather they read to pass their exams and 4 u to pass 8-10 courses at a time u cram.All first class and distintion student are crammer
Re: Uniport No Be School by Zil1(m): 9:21am On Mar 04, 2012
This is the most unrealistic and absurd thread that i have read on this forum, Did u think u were going to come here and express yourself in this way to gain pity or respect? because if it be the former, you have it from me in full dose, i can't stop to imagine how and what you will look like, typing this.
Friend, i have failed to understand what you want from this, or were you just trying to make small talk here?
Please, i have seen more illiterates with formal education in this country than you'll ever believe exists.
Uniport or Uniben, they all give same impact to the man that is willing to personally develop himself.

"A man can do anything and learn anything once he is willing to learn" -Ben Carson's gifted hands.
So friend, it is a personal thing, that require constant update. First class or third class are positions that are meant to be filled by people and not ghosts.

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Re: Uniport No Be School by Nobody: 9:24am On Mar 04, 2012
It's actually very easy to make First Class and you don't really have to be a super star as many people seem to suggest on this forum. Besides, this talk that a Nigerian First Class is not recognized or a complete crap in the scheme of things in the world is a complete nonsense. I study in a top rated university in US and I have never taken a course without getting an A (even though A starts from 92).

What I have come to realize is that First Class is more of a personal thing and has nothing much to do with where you graduated. It is driven by continuous zeal to excel and ability to present a superlative explanation where you peers are just comfortable with mere norms and standards. Besides, you must be equally good in all areas of your discipline. Really, it's a personal thing.

IRAPADA:

student dont read to understand rather they read to pass their exams and 4 u to pass 8-10 courses at a time u cram.All first class and distintion student are crammer

If you even need to read in order to pass an examination, you don't deserve to have a First class. Most top guys understand what is being taught right in class and are voracious readers, not to pass, but to have a more profound understanding of the concept beyond what the lecturers have to offer. That's why many a First class script end up being the marking scheme. Passing an examination has never and will never be the problem of a First class student, the aim has always been to write the marking scheme for the lecturer.
Re: Uniport No Be School by KokoBeware: 9:47am On Mar 04, 2012
From your user name, i dont think you deserve the First class, WisePluto wisdom doesn't come by declaring it on yourself, btw: what did you finish with, you didnt really mention: is it 2.1 or 2.2,

If its 2.2 this thread should be deleted, You cannot be a first class material and fall to 2.2,

Don't come here and discourage people from UNIQUE UNIPORT It gives you a whole package from academics to them social life,
Re: Uniport No Be School by DerMeister: 9:55am On Mar 04, 2012
I agree with the OP one 1 issue, uniport is not a school; it is a waste of 4-5 yrs of anyone's life. I advice anyone NOT to send their wards, children to that place. It does not deserve to be called a university.

BTW; The Chem. Engr dept in uniport has not produced a 1st class since it was started circa 1973 because the lecturers feel no 1 is good enough to get a 1st class,  

1st class or 3rd class is not the end of the world. I know a 3rd class grad who's doing better than a 1st class grad from that school. I was fortunate to get a good job were I was trained in different parts of the world and have not used anything I learnt from School at work.  I'm doing way better than those lecturers who said I/we would be failures and losers.
Re: Uniport No Be School by vizion: 9:58am On Mar 04, 2012
Thanks very much for this Thread

this should go to tell ppl that Uniport is not a school that awards grades anyhow

ppl who have never seen the school think that the degrees are cheap and any dullard can afford them.

have seen education in and outside the country, I can tell u that a serious Uniport graduate can hold the forte anywhere in the world.
Re: Uniport No Be School by MyVicky: 10:03am On Mar 04, 2012
Having a First class is not enough as 'NL Forumites' have advised you and a First class in itself is not a determinant of your success in life, YOU determine your direction in life. In retrospect, I had class mates back then in the University who deserved to finish with a first class but could not. The department produced just six first class graduates; not because the 1st class guys were better but because they were smarter, more focussed, more determined and had a bit of the luck-factor or God-factor. The pure truth is that, today, the 1st class guys ain't more successful than the rest of the class and as a matter of fact, some of the 2.1 and 2.2 guys are better placed than the 1st class guys - though, we can't rule out the prevalent nepotism, god-fatherism or favoritism in the country. The First class degree is just an opportunity and one must not stop there. One thing I know is that if you are intelligent and work smarter, not only harder, making a first class isn't a big deal. You shouldn't also feel frustrated for not being able to make a 1st class.
Re: Uniport No Be School by TonySpike: 10:27am On Mar 04, 2012
@ Irapada, your conclusion that all first class and distinction students are crammers is an hasty generalization. I won't waste time arguing the unnecessary with you. Graduating with a first class requires discipline and a nitty-gritty knowledge of your course of study. While it is generally difficult to finish with a first class in most Science and Engineering courses, it might be much more easier for humanities and management courses. For example, I have met first class Accounting graduates from a particular University (name withheld) who cannot think indepth and logically. The truth remains that the teaching philosophy in Nigeria needs to be reviewed. Meanwhile, I have lots of friends who graduated with first class in Nigeria and went ahead to graduate with distinctions in their M.Sc in the UK. These guys came top of their classes in their PG programmes ahead of Chinese, Indians, Europeans e.t.c. Someone once told me that Nigeria alone accounts for about 60% of the outstanding African students in the UK. Could this be true? [b][/b]
Re: Uniport No Be School by otokx(m): 12:39pm On Mar 04, 2012
I have good news for the poster; inter university transfer forms are now available to you can get one and move to UNIBEN if you will.
Re: Uniport No Be School by otokx(m): 12:41pm On Mar 04, 2012
otokx:

I have good news for the poster; inter university transfer forms are now available so you can get one and move to UNIBEN if you will.
Re: Uniport No Be School by Nobody: 12:46pm On Mar 04, 2012
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