FEATURE:Handout;A Blockage-Opening Book
By Victor Olubiye
Handouts are printed documents, notes, or printed materials given to people, especially in a classroom, meeting, or presentation.
In Nigeria Tertiary education system,apart from paying huge amount of tuition fee and payment of some other levies;students are enjoined to purchase their educational materials (handout) in order to have a full knowledge of the various courses they are studying.
Students have seen this material as a really helpful one that expatiate more on different topics being taught in class by Lecturers.As 'Lecturers are not Teachers',they most times brief syllabus topics and inform the students to consult their materials for a full knowledge.Students that use to be absent during class lectures consult handouts during the exam period so as not to fail woefully.
However,as it(handout)is a knowledge OPENING book for students and it merits are encouraging so also the Sellers are making use of it to block the road to success of some other students.
Over the years,the Sellers (Lecturers) who may also be the writers has been enforcing handouts on students even to the extent of not purchasing it may result into carry-over for students that are financially-cripple to purchase it.
Lecturers also use it as a BLOCKAGE to the success of some poor-intellingent students that would be unable to purchase it because they(Lecturers) will say "If you don't have handout number, don't do my assignment (s)", "If you don't have handout number, I won't mark your test";thereby resulting into reduction of result score or having carry-over in the course and these anecdotal evidences would be agreed by you, my beloved readers that have heard or experience this issue.
I,as a final year Student had experienced and still experiencing this issue with the way I've been restricted to participate in individual assignments, group assignments and tests because of my financial instability.Lecturers and Students know me to be an intelligent and hardworking Student since my first year in school but, it's a pity that most of them now see me as an unserious one because of the way I've been unable to purchase handouts that will give license to assignments and tests.My prayer point is just that it won't affect my final year result.
Nevertheless, being the Student's man and the man that understands the economy issue in the country,the Rector of my school released a memo last year(2024) that Lecturers should stop making handouts compulsory for students in the institution but it's a pity that the memo didn't get to the concerned audience (Lecturers) because the issue still remain the same.
Please,we are not working and are we to kill our parent when they don't have ? or we should partake in illegal means to get money just because we want to pass ?.
On behalf of Nigeria Tertiary Students, especially Polytechnics;I hereby raise the motion that handouts purchase should be made OPTIONAL and not COMPULSORY for Students as it is seriously affecting us academically and financially.
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