LASU VC blames non-issuance of certificates on students' poor database
(Nigeria) Prof. John Obanfunwa, the Vice- Chancellor, Lagos
State University, LASU, Ojo, on Monday said the mismanagement of students’
database was responsible for non-issuance of certificates to some former
part-time students of the institution.
Obafunwa said at a media briefing in Lagos that the
institution had no database on students in the School of Part-Time Studies
before he assumed office.
Scores of past part-time graduates
of LASU had petitioned the Lagos State House of Assembly over the delay in the
issuance of certificates to them on completion of their programmes.
The Assembly, however, directed the authorities of the
institution to issue the certificates to the affected students.
Obafunwa said the students allegations were baseless as they
must have had issues to resolve at that time which was ignored due to
``improper documentation '' of their database.
The vice-chancellor said most of the students, who lodged
the complaints were either not legitimate students of the institution or
students, who had bundles of carry over courses to still write.
Obafunwa explained that some of the affected students also had
outstanding school fees to pay, while others were not matriculated and did not
have matriculation numbers.
``How can you be a student of a university and you do not
have a matriculation number or did not pay school fees,” he said.
Obafunwa said that the university, under his administration,
had advanced to operate digitally as the data of all the students had been
electronically documented and could be obtained when needed.
``We have also moved from the old mode of the examination
operated to an advanced system where results of students can be generated
within 48 hours.’’
The vice-chancellor said that LASU’s Information
Communication Technology Unit was presently loading the profiles of students in
batches into the system and about 24,000 profiles had been loaded so far.
``This was designed to have adequate and reliable
information of the students to reduce complaints,” he added.
Obafunwa urged students to submit their bio-data and
passports to the ICT unit to enable the authority to print their certificates
for endorsement when needed.
``If a student data cannot be generated from the system, the
authorities will find it impossible to print the certificate which has to be
endorsed before issued,” he said.
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