IAUE advises staff to shun academic fraud

Teaching staff of the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE) have been advised to shun academic fraud and corruption, MySchoolnews.ng learnt 

The Vice Chancellor of IAUE Professor Okechuku Onuchuku gave the advice when he met with teaching staff on Friday October 14, 2022 at the University Auditorium.

He admonished academic staff to desist from asking students for unnecessary gratification and urged them to do the work that they are paid for by teaching and thoroughly supervising the students without attaching monetary value to chapters of project works and examination scores of these students.

The Chief Executive disclosed that the University in collaboration with security agencies is set to monitor and expose those found guilty and appealed to lecturers who on the other hand are enticed by these students to resist and report them.

He advised staff to work towards  accessing  ninety-six million naira TEtfund for conferences, research grants, book publications emphasizing that he is willing to approve good proposals that staff can come up with to access the funds. Professor Onuchuku also encouraged staff to engage in consultancy services adding that these available avenues of making extra money would help staff live above board.

He intimated staff of the forthcoming accreditation exercise for nine programmes of the University and said that all hands must be on deck to ensure full accreditation status for the departments to relax in the next five years. He solicited the support of staff in departments and faculties and urged them not to create problems for themselves.

The VC who announced that staff were in the University by divine intervention frown at the level of acrimony, wickedness in some departments and wondered why some derive joy in setting up colleagues and asked if perpetrators would receive the salary of the staff if they succeed in pulling them down or prevent their growth in the departments.

He asked staff to forgive one another, work together as brothers, help each other grow in the system and not to act as lords or suppress others as it is not the best way to live life.

The staff friendly VC reminded all that he was in the system to provide administrative and academic leadership, transform and make the place better for all to be proud of and not to entertain petition writing, gossips, chase or pursue people around. On promotion of staff, the VC stated that assessment forms would be sent out for those qualified to apply.