In a communique issued after its 148th regular and resumed meetings of the Governing Council of the university held on Thursday, the 16th and the 20th of December 2021, under the chairmanship of the Pro-Chancellor, Adolphus Wabara, the ABSU council-in-session ratified the dismal of Ukaegbu, a former Acting Head of the Department of Mass Communication.
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The Exam Ethics Marshall International, an NGO, says it has forwarded a list signed by 15,550 petitioners to the Senate to facilitate the passage of the Sex-for-Grade Prohibition bill.
The Issue of sex for grades in tertiary institutions across West Africa has been disheartening to say the least. It is a corrupt practice usually by lecturers of these institutions, they demand for sex in order to pass the student. They go as far as intentionally failing the student knowing that the student will be at their mercy, thereby taking advantage of the student’s helpless situation.
Benson made this known at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja after the house honoured the best teachers in the country.
According to the university, there is no evidence showing that some lecturers have slept with students to give them better grades.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has called for thorough investigation and appropriate sanction for lecturers indicted in the alleged “Sex for Grades” scandal in order to sanitise the university system.