Nursing students of the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus (UNEC) taking a quiz under the sun appeared in a video which surfaced online has gone viral.
Some of the students in the footage could are seen kneeling on the floor while others are standing in groups.
The students, it was gathered, were writing a test on a general studies programme (GSP) course.
It remains to be seen if the video is recent or old.
GSP courses are usually taken by most, if not all, departments in tertiary institutions thereby resulting in overcrowded lecture halls.
Those filming the incident could be heard condemning the treatment of the students while reflecting on the country’s poor educational system.
“Just imagine. Nursing students writing open test under the sun in UNN. How these people go take pass? Nigeria is messed up,” they could be heard saying.
Okwu Omeaku, the institution’s spokesman, in his reaction, said he could not comment because he was yet to see the video.
Said he: “I am yet to see the video so I cannot comment on what l haven’t seen”.
The video has continued to ignite mixed reactions across social media platforms, with some calling out the Federal Government over neglect of the country’s education sector.
Overcrowded lecture hall in tertiary institutions, particularly government-owned ones, is not a new thing due to infrastructure deficit.
Such dearth of adequate facilities, among other issues, had informed the over nine-month strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) last year.
