Education
Exams Ethics Gear Up Campaign Toward Ending Campus Cultism by 2023
A delegation of the Implementation Task Team of Campus Sense Project has donated 624 anti-cult books and exam ethics books to the Ministry of Education for implementation of action plans to end cultism by 2023.
The team from the Exam Ethics Marshall International (EEMI), an NGO made the donation in Abuja on Tuesday to assist the 104 Federal Unity Colleges and higher institutions across the country.
Mr. Ike Onyechere, the leader of the delegation said the Campus Sense project was an early-warning anti-cult counseling and security guidebook which profiles the prudential laws student must obey to navigate and escape the dangers of campus cultism.
Onyechere, who is also the founder of EEMI, said the Exam Ethics Excel Guidebook and Promoting Best Practices in Education books would equip students with prudential guides for excelling in exams based on ethics-compliant principles in order to discover their true talents and ultimately achieve their destiny.
” Specifically, the delegation is here to present 624 anti-cult and exam ethics books donated to Federal Unity Colleges to the Federal Ministry of Education.
” The 624 books include 104 copies each of: Campus Sense-the Anti-Cult Early-Warning Guidebook for Students, Exam Ethics Excel Guidebook, Letter from Necropolis Warning Students about Dangers of Cultism, Safe School Manual, Promoting Best Practices in Education and Technical and Integrity Skills for Administration of Credible Exams.
” Campus Sense is the early-warning anti-cult counseling and security guidebook which profiles the prudential laws student must obey to navigate and escape the dangers of campus cultism.
” Letter from Necropolis is a book written in the form of a letter by an ex-student cultist to his father telling him about his horrible experience as a cultist and appealing to him to warn his siblings and other students never to experiment with cultism.
Onyechere added that the guidebooks, to be distributed to libraries of Federal Unity Colleges, are important components of Campus Sense Project (CSP) being implemented by Exam Ethics Marshals International to end campus cultism.
He added that it would also promote campus safety and save the lives of students and as well as support initiatives already being implemented by various governments and institutions.
He said that cultism had spread across the country’s primary as secondary schools hoping that if the books were well studied by students, it would reduce cultism on campuses by 2023.
” Successful implementation of Campus Sense Project is a matter of urgent national importance of life and death dimensions.
” Campus cultism is now a major source of insecurity, criminality, violence, deviant behavior, exam malpractice, and killings in institutions.
” Cultism has spread from campuses to creeks and streets. Cultism is fast spreading to primary and secondary schools.
” Over 10,000 students and other stakeholders have been killed in cult-related incidents within and outside campuses between 1996 and 2019,” he said.
Onyechere pledged the organization’s readiness to follow up the donation with the training of teachers and principals of basic and secondary schools on how to use the anti-cult early-warning identification and intervention toolkits to forestall the spread of cultism to Unity Schools.
In her response, Mrs. Helen Mbakwe, Director, Unity Schools who received the books on behalf of the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, expressed optimism saying that the books are life-transforming.
Mbakwe said that exam malpractices and cultism had derailed students from achieving their goals in life.
She pledged that the ministry would disseminate the books through the principals to the students to redeem them from any act capable of destroying them and the society at large.
” When students are cultists, there is no peace for us as a teacher and also as a nation.
” These books are life-transforming and we will make sure the students read them and bring back the society to what will benefit all of us,” She said.
Education
NELFUND assures students of smart system to improve loan access
Mariam Abeeb
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has assured students it was working assiduously towards building a technology driven system that would improve easy access to its loans.
This was as the FUND disclosed that no fewer than 320,000 students have thus far been paid with many more currently undergoing verification process to enable their payments.
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer NELFUND, Mr. Akintunde Sawyerr gave the assurances in Abuja, while addressing Polytechnics , Monotechnics and Institutes at a Stakeholders Engagement Session/ Technical Workshop on NELFUND System Automation and Loan Application Processes.
Sawyerr noted that the FUND was targeting a platform where students could access loan with confidence and without stress in a manner that was transparent and accountable.
He said: “At NELFUND our mission goes beyond giving loans. It’s about opening doors, it’s about making sure every young Nigerian who is willing to learn and grow has a real shot regardless of their background, location, or chosen path of study.
“For too long, many students, especially in technical institutions, have faced steep financial barriers; some drop out, others have never even applied. This is the gap we at NELFUND are here to close. But we know we can’t do it alone.
“This is a shared mission. It belongs to all of us, government institutions and the private sector alike. This technical workshop marks a major step forward.
“We’re not only providing financing, we’re building a technology-driven system that makes it easier for students to apply, for institutions to verify, and for funds to be disbursed with speed, fairness, and accountability.
“We’re aiming for access without stress, a platform students can use with confidence; transparency and trust so that no one is left wondering where their application stands; partnership with purpose because your feedback, your data, and your cooperation are critical to making this work. We rely on you as our institutional partners to help us bring this vision to life.”
Sawyerr who commended the institutions for providing technical expertise, practical hands-on training that fuels industries and empowers communities over the years, said besides teaching skills, they have built careers, created employers and strengthened economies.
“You know your students, you understand their struggles, your insights will help us tailor this system to reflect the realities on ground, not just assumptions on paper.
“To NBTE, we value your steady leadership in shaping and regulating technical education. Your collaboration is key as we move forward fully.”
The NELFUND boss urged the institutions to partner with the FUND to deliver a system that was not just functional or sustainable, but one that was transformative
“As we move forward fully, integrating NELFUND processes with institutional systems and standards, let us remember at the heart of all of this is a student, a young Nigerian with dreams, with ambition, and the courage to pursue them. Everything we do must serve that student.
“The only way to make it happen is by working together, listening to one another, and staying grounded in real-world challenges. I encourage you all to engage fully today share what’s working and what is not, and together let’s build something that lasts.”
NELFUND ‘s Executive Director, Operations, Mr. Iyal Mustapha, disclosed that apart from the 320,000 students who have so far been paid, more verifications are currently ongoing.
Mustapha, who explained that the failure of not having the number of registered students tally with the number of students whose application process was deemed successful was from the part of students and not NELFUND, said there was an urgent need to bridge the gap.
He also disclosed that the FUND was considering connecting directly to institution’s portal to get the data they need, and how student could apply to their institutions portal without necessarily reaching out to NELFUND.
“One other thing that we’re trying to do going forward is to send some of our IT to all the institutions so that we can see how possible it is we connect directly to your portal instead of saying please send us data. How can we connect using an API which makes it easier to get the data of any student coming to us directly from your portal and not from our portal. So we don’t need to be collecting any data again.
“At the same time, we’re thinking of seeing how is it possible that a student can apply to your portal without coming to us. So it makes it so easy for the student when they’re doing registration, when they’re doing payments, they can select either to apply for NELFUND loans and the process will go through your portal. So you have all the data without ever reaching to NELFUND. All we need is for you to give assurance these are your students and if we have that, we pay you directly. It makes it simpler and faster for all the students.”
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