In a heart-wrenching revelation that has stirred emotions on social media, a Nigerian lady Chioma China has narrated how she missed a golden opportunity to secure a prestigious scholarship due to administrative lapses from her school.
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According to her account, posted on her Facebook wall, the incident dates back to 2010 when she successfully passed a highly competitive aptitude test organized by the Nigeria Society of Petroleum Engineers, Port Harcourt Section 103. The next step required verification of her academic records, particularly her CGPA, from her institution.
However, despite several email correspondences sent by the scholarship body to her school and department, no response was ever received. The person overseeing the scholarship personally contacted her to inform her that the delay from her institution was the only thing holding her back from being awarded the scholarship.
“An email was sent to my school to confirm my CGPA. Till today, there is no reply. The person in charge of the scholarship called me to tell me my school and department have not responded to series of emails sent to them,” she recounted painfully. “To cut the long story short, I missed the opportunity.”
Her story has sparked a fresh wave of concern about the administrative inefficiencies in some Nigerian tertiary institutions, with many questioning how many other brilliant students may have lost life-changing opportunities due to similar negligence.
“Are we really productive?” she asked, leaving many social media users reflecting on the systemic issues affecting academic advancement and career development in the country.
This incident adds to the growing list of complaints about bureaucracy and poor communication plaguing higher institutions in Nigeria a challenge that continues to cost students and graduates valuable opportunities both locally and internationally.
This post attracted several reactions with neizens blaming the Nigeria’s educational system.
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