University Of Calabar Students Petition National Assembly, Abandon School After VC Asks 400-Level Students To Return To 200 Level
Some students of the University of Calabar, Cross River State, have petitioned the National Assembly over a directive by the school's Vice-Chancellor, Florence Obi, that final-year students in some selected departments should return to 200 level due to non-accreditation of their courses by the National Universities Commission (NUC). The students affected are in their penultimate and final years. One of them revealed that they had sent a petition to the National Assembly requesting a reversal of the VC's directive that they should be taken back to 200 level. He noted that a lawyer had written the petition on their behalf, while every affected student signed the petition. The students are currently awaiting the outcome of the petition. He said, “ Some students have travelled, they are not within the school premises though the school is in session. We can't even tell whether they are still interested in schooling or not, they just travelled. No one can force them t...