Professor Igbekele Ajibefun is the Vice-Chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State. He talks about the challenges facing higher education among other issues with PETER DADA
How has it been serving as the Vice-Chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University in the last two years?
The last two years have been challenging but also rewarding in the sense that we have been able to make progress on what I met on the ground. On assumption of duty, I promised to build on that and I want to say that God has been helping me to do that to move the university forward. There have been challenges, especially in the area of finances, but we have been able to cope and the government has been able to give immense support to ensure that the university makes progress.
What is your take on the conflicting policies about admission into universities in Nigeria?
I see Nigeria as an unserious country where things are done wrongly and you see people agitating that they should continue to do it that way. These days, everybody is qualified to enter the university because there is no Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. I was at Abuja for a meeting of VCs. We met at the National Universities Commission and the road to the venue was blocked by youths carrying placards with the inscription, “Cancel Post-UTME.’’ People prefer to take certificates without even going to the university. Our system is bad and unserious. We know what is right and we will never do it and you will see people agitating for the wrong thing.
The National Assembly approved that JAMB result should last for three years. If a candidate doesn’t read anything, it means that the knowledge the candidate acquired three years ago without going to school is still the same. It will destroy the university system. People want free things. They don’t want to make effort.
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