The first thing to consider about private unis is that there is
obviously no federal or state budget allocations; this means they have
to generate funds internally. I will just go straight to the point using
CU as my case study;
Source for funds; I know that CU generates everything within the school from student fees. I find it absurd that we can even compare them with federal schools. The first point to note is that the overall school student population is about 7000.
1.Generation of power: Most private school have electricity generated through out the night everyday for halls of residence and for CU includes 24 hours at weekends, of course, for this to be sustainable a lot of power has to be generated for the thousands of laptops plugged, the irons and cooking. Also note that for CU, the departments always have light at any time of the day either the PHCN cooperates or not. There are also internet facilities in all the areas of the school.IT enthusiast will agree that this will be an expensive infrastructure to maintain
2.Construction Projects: The new senate building is valued at 353million naira and in the last two years, CU had about 3 major constructions like such
3.Maintenance and Payment of staffs: All the workers have to be paid. CU is swept daily and every part of the school is included and toilets are also washed on daily basis. For any major event in the school, the hole school will be cleaned before 10am the next morning, you can imagine the manpower. You also can imagine the amount that will be paid to these workers including security men and lecturers. Will all these amount fall from the sky?
Hence, to whom much is given, much is expected. With all these things in place with the fact that the lecturers are mandated to teach and you are examined on what is taught as it is done in every normal setting in the world, there is no reason for hardworking students not to be rewarded. Also, the system is transparent and this makes it easy for you to seek for re-appraisal of your grades.
I would just like to say that the corrosion in the public sector should not be something to celebrate. We all deserve fair operation in the institution. The truth remains that either private unis are hated or loved, they are here to stay and they are getting the job done. So there is really no joy in boasting about how hard it is to get a first class in your uni. Every other part of the world rewards diligence. When it comes down to it,out of 200 first class candidates across 25 universities considered for Presidential Special Scholarship Scheme for Innovation and Development, 9 came from CU which is the highest number from a school and they topped a year before also.
Call it any name you want, these schools are making progress in their short time of being around. I am sure I missed some other vital points , I just felt issues like this should be addressed.
Source for funds; I know that CU generates everything within the school from student fees. I find it absurd that we can even compare them with federal schools. The first point to note is that the overall school student population is about 7000.
1.Generation of power: Most private school have electricity generated through out the night everyday for halls of residence and for CU includes 24 hours at weekends, of course, for this to be sustainable a lot of power has to be generated for the thousands of laptops plugged, the irons and cooking. Also note that for CU, the departments always have light at any time of the day either the PHCN cooperates or not. There are also internet facilities in all the areas of the school.IT enthusiast will agree that this will be an expensive infrastructure to maintain
2.Construction Projects: The new senate building is valued at 353million naira and in the last two years, CU had about 3 major constructions like such
3.Maintenance and Payment of staffs: All the workers have to be paid. CU is swept daily and every part of the school is included and toilets are also washed on daily basis. For any major event in the school, the hole school will be cleaned before 10am the next morning, you can imagine the manpower. You also can imagine the amount that will be paid to these workers including security men and lecturers. Will all these amount fall from the sky?
Hence, to whom much is given, much is expected. With all these things in place with the fact that the lecturers are mandated to teach and you are examined on what is taught as it is done in every normal setting in the world, there is no reason for hardworking students not to be rewarded. Also, the system is transparent and this makes it easy for you to seek for re-appraisal of your grades.
I would just like to say that the corrosion in the public sector should not be something to celebrate. We all deserve fair operation in the institution. The truth remains that either private unis are hated or loved, they are here to stay and they are getting the job done. So there is really no joy in boasting about how hard it is to get a first class in your uni. Every other part of the world rewards diligence. When it comes down to it,out of 200 first class candidates across 25 universities considered for Presidential Special Scholarship Scheme for Innovation and Development, 9 came from CU which is the highest number from a school and they topped a year before also.
Call it any name you want, these schools are making progress in their short time of being around. I am sure I missed some other vital points , I just felt issues like this should be addressed.
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