Many Nigerian students these days often move quickly to
queue for private universities when
making a choice of institution.
I agree that private universities have advantages like the
absence of strike, easy access to
lecturers… Well, that’s about all.
Public universities, federal and state, have a lot of
advantages, from cheaper school fees, to the
freedom to be an adult. Public universities expose you to the
real world, introduces you to the
hustle of life unlike private universities that consist of a lot
of brats who are literally spoon-fed.
They are so pampered, making difficult to face the real world
when they become graduates.
So here’s my case for choosing a public university.
1. Public universities allow for freedom and independence:
Students in public universities enjoy the freedom to make
decisions for themselves and learn to
be almost independent. Private universities keep students
within the four walls of their campuses
and under certain rules more suited for teenagers than young
adults. The laws in public
universities are not imposed on the students; they are just
the basic principles a normal student
is meant to follow. It’s funny when I see pictures of private
university students being punished or
hear of certain rules like compulsory attendance of chapel,
feeding time tables, dress codes,
e.t.c. It is absurd; these are adults!
2. Cost of education:
It is a lot cheaper to attend public university than a private
one and this is not limited to school
fees. Cost of living on public universities is also cheaper.
Students cook their own meals and hav
e access to shops on campus and in town where prices of
goods and services are competitive.
On the other hand, the cost of living on a private university
secluded campus for one semester is
enough to build a house.
3. Public university gives “exposure” to students:
It’s more than obvious that public university students are ”
sharper” than private university
students. Private university students who are often referred
to as “JJC” or “Learners” by public
university students, live what I term “the microwave life”
which is the easy life.
In federal universities you get to meet all sorts: from cultists
to Aristo chicks, people with
different personalities. It makes one exposed to what life
really is. One is exposed to the hustle
and learns how to struggle for things. There are still brats in
federal universities but most of
them get to grow up when exposed to the hustle.
4. Life on and off campus is FUN:
There are so many parties to attend, clubs and events. One
gets to meet real people, one also
learns to be real. There is a lot of gist and gossip, lot of
things to laugh at. Rather than chapel,
it’s clubbing. Dating is even fun in federal schools. Couples
express love without fear as adults.
One gets to see students that are rich and poor mingling as
equals; students who express
themselves through their dressing and not relegated to some
uniform.
5. Hard work is compulsory
Students in public universities have worked through
exceptional odds to succeed; challenges that
help one not take life for granted. Imagine a department of
over a thousand students with a very
small lecture hall or a lecturer who spends only twenty
minutes in a class where he is meant to
spend two hours, or one who only gives handouts. Faced
with issues like these, students work
extra hard to come out with well-deserved results.
6. Public universities produce more mature graduates:
With all the challenges: strikes, nonchalant lecturers, freedom
to express yourself as adult etc,
public universities are more equipped for life after
graduation. They know that things would not
just be handed to them and are used to making decisions for
themselves.
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