When rumours emanated from the school of Human
Resource and Development that we were to resume for the next academic year in
April, many students dismissed that as an impossibility. The reality come when
the Academics director released a memo informing the students of the proposed
resuming dates. This did not go down
well with some students. The memo outlined that the fate of resuming dates was to be decided by the senate.
This is where drama started. The MUSO Chairman and
secretary General then called a meeting in LT 3 to foster way forward on the
issue. The meeting was attended by a
handful of students with most of the student leaders skipping the meeting .The
student fraternity were divided on the issue , some supported the resuming
dates while others opposed.
There was no big deal with students resuming in
April . After all everybody wants to complete their degree and go their way.
The question is, were they prepared? Had it been made clear early at the start
of the semester that the students were
to resume in April, then what a number of students have undergone this semester
would have been unheard of.
We are now approaching mid-semester and there is no
clear communication on when the second semester starts. This is a recognized
Higher Institution of Learning with student leaders duly elected by the
students, uncertainty is not the best way out for this institution. It has come
out clearly that with this institution anything is possible. So there could be
no surprise if a memo is served to
inform the students that the second
semester starts a day or three days after the completion of the first semester.
In fact there could be no problem with that but prior notice is always
important to make everybody to prepare psychologically and financially.
With all the comrades have undergone this semester
uncertainty on the resuming dates for the second semester could not be the best
way out. The student leaders should take up the responsibility of inquiring and
informing the students on the resuming dates for the second semester. If the
students know the resuming dates in advance it will enable them to coin ways of
surviving next semester. The student leaders should not wait for a crisis to
erupt is when they start acting.
Uncertainty on the resuming dates is not the best
way out for a higher institution of
learning like this University. Enjoy your day. Won’t you?
