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06/03/2019 Why we dare to demand Real Education Ep. 1 As a final year student in the school we popularly would call 'better by far' compared to other universities in Nigeria due to its annual record as the highest sought after University in Nigeria,  though this is not to say UNILORIN is actually the best school in the Country but it suffices to say it is in the very class of the best available tertiary education in Nigeria. This gives me a rare opportunity to examine what Nigerian higher education in its best have to offer and with news and interviews with friends in other universities, i can boast of a comprehensive view of higher education in Nigeria on completion on this investigative series. Being the first episode, it's pertinent to express my very intent in the writing of this articles and then the expected content. My intent being to give a voice to the true experience of the average student in Nigeria, the fate of the average youth and the future of our C...

IBADAN POLY FEE HIKE AND ASSAULT PRESS RELEASE 15/12/2018 Our attention has been brought to the current infamous situation in Ibadan Polytechnic arising from the outrageous hike in the school fees following recent increments in the school and acceptance fees and last session. The information reaching us from the members of our student network in Ibadan through a signed broadcast by the current student union under the leadership of Comr. Akadiri Bayonle Seun, has it that the current controversial increment was as much as 50% and all effort to reach a bearable compromise for the students have proved abortive. To this effect, the student union instructed all its members to suspend all payment until the issue was resolved then they embarked on a peaceful protect to express their grievances as provided for in the Nigerian constitution. To our shock, a report that reached us from a reliable source alleged that the President was slapped by the Chief Security Officer (CSO). We be...

H.E.L.P STUDENTS-LEADERS  CONFERENCE, Dec.9th 2018 H.E.L.P Foundation wishes to announce to the general public its first Student-Leaders Conference holding in Lagos State University , University of Ibadan and University of Ilorin simultaneously on Dec. 9th, 2018 in commemoration of 2018 world's human rights day. Theme: State of Human rights in Nigerian campus; engaging the students' perspective Time: 14:00 prompt Venue: On respective campuses.  Featuring: - A symposium - Open Plenary - Photoshoot - Refreshments Registration window: 21/Nov - 04/Dec 2018. Invitation only open to first 100 leaders. Reg. links: Unilorin    LASU           We urge the progressive students of the LASU, UI and UNILORIN to take advantage of this conference as it promises to be instrumental in giving their experiences and opinions on the state of student affairs a needed voice. Participation is by Invitation. All invited participants will...

H.E.L.P STUDENTS NETWORK  With  GLOBAL ETHICS COUNCIL  Presents Global Ethics Day 2018-Nigeria Theme: Promoting Ethics on Campus; Safe Space For Students. We campaign for: - Due Process on campus -The eradication of the culture of student abuse -The eradication of cultism and other forms of campus violence  -Others What ethics matter most in your space? How to participate -Follow HELP foundation - help_studentsng -Write your Ethical message(s) on a cardboard -Snap them with you and friends -Upload the pictures on social media with # GlobalEthicsDay 2018 # ethicsIn_nigeri aCampus @help_studentsn g

By:  Omole Tabel T. The Tale of my Path. I thought of dropping several things, seeing an ant turn enormous right before me. Becoming unbearable is the word that leaves our mouths. Getting to an end is certain, how to pass is blot. I see the path I was to tread so obscure, All in my thought; I just need to focus and I will be there. To my surprise, the wing of an elephant can not make it fly. Yet, still in my state of dry rain, I drop everything in my hands to embrace the shadow that never comes to my grip. All in the name of one thing. Despite the journey filled with thorns, The slogan remains; Never Give Up All in the name of one thing. At last my journey has come to a bay the best complain, the average prate " the journey is for the strong and the mighty" all in the name of one thing. Whenever you are met, the questions you are asked, and how people relate with you on surface is based on this one thing. *And for you, not to fail though it may...

   The time has come for higher education students in Nigeria to give their feelings a voice.     This survey is designed to collect the experiences and opinions of students on the quality of campus experience in Nigeria which would enable us draw accurate conclusion and choose the best approach to achieving a world-class higher education experience in Nigeria. The survey for year 2018 runs from August 12th till December 12th. click to take the survey      The mode of survey involves more dominantly online google form and partly manual methods. This is designed for a wide coverage for accurate conclusion.      All students as at 2018 are eligible to take the survey including the outgoing finalists.      We urge all participants to be honest with their responses and encourage their mates to participate. We appreciate your support in helping us achieve a more liberal and progressive quality higher education in N...

               MEET ENITAN OSITELU       She is a final year student of computer science in the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State. She is a fashion designer and a model. Enitan started fashion designing in her second year out of a great hobby of arts and fashion which now is a foremost fashion art in Ogun state- HITTY Signature. Why fashion designing?  "Growing up, I was always very interested in dressing well so I would watch a lot of fashion shows, and I was inspired to start sketching even when I didn’t know how to sew .I find inspiration in almost everything – places, music, books, people. I became a designer because I love creating beautiful things". What were the challenges you faced starting up? "My biggest challenges were time, money, competition on price, management skills and availability of fabric and Design copy cats. Fashion is a business where you need money in every step, to make qu...

H.E.LP START-UP INITIATIVE Workshop in University Of Ilorin, June 22nd - June 23rd 2018. From left: Benson Egwu(member of HSN); Olympus Ade-Banjo(convener of H.E.L.P Foundation; Obafemi Obed and Obafemi Jesse (O'tim graphics Facilitators) and Toheeb Olabanji (member, HSN).  From left: Olympus Ade-Banjo (convener, H.E.L.P Foundation), the facilitators, Obafemi Obed and Obafemi Jesse; Olabanji Toheeb and the beneficiaries of the workshop in the photo shoot session.Excitement!!!

The question of why digital creativity workshop out of many other skills with which students can be empowered' may have crossed the minds of many and we deem it worthy of address. As we all know the prevalence of Internet scam among the youth in our day is on an alarming increase by the day and it's no better even among tertiary students. We've come to understand that many reasons ranging largely from the level of poverty, to lack of employment but largely among students is : Lack of legitimate self-sustaining opportunities coupled with lack of Purposeful orientation for the use of Computer system. You will see the idea of START-UP self-sustenance campaign expecially in digital creativity is one way to give nigerian students a better orientation as to the use of Computer system in a way that benefit both them and their immediate society. Are there plans for other skills? Yes! we are definitely incorporating more skills as we go from school to school including en...

As a part of our START-UP INITIATIVE, H.E.L.P sets to organize a Capacity building exercise in 10 campuses across Nigeria in the year 2018.      The first beneficiary of this programme is UNILORIN as we are in collaboration with OTM Graphics- a foremost graphics design and animation company in Kwara State- will be holding a 2-day workshop on: -GRAPHICS DESIGN -3D ANIMATION -MOTION GRAPHICS DATE: 22nd - 23rd Of June, 2018. VENUE: College Of Health Science, UNILORIN WHY GRAPHICS DESIGN AND 3D ANIMATION? 1. It has low or no capital requirements (since almost all students have laptops but do not just make earnings with them) 2. It involves no physical hard labor 3. It is highly mind engaging (and that is good for students) 4. It is very lucrative. We urge all interested students of Better by far University and its environs not to miss this opportunity for self-sustenance and always remember to START-UP their dreams. click here to register NB. Registrati...

MEET OLAMIDAYO OLADAPO ELIZABETH STUDENT OF THE WEEK #1 The first recipient of H.E.L.P STW recognition is a 300l student of human anatomy in the university of ilorin. She started shoes making in December 2017 and now she has rapidly grown into a major shoe line in Ilorin -BLIC WEARS- the producer of the popular 'blic sandals'. In an interview with our correspondent:     What's the idea behind the 'Shoe making'? "I developed a passion for shoe making when a went for "STEP" program I basically wanted to learn something new but along the way I fell in love with shoe making".   What were the challenges you faced starting up?  "The fact that it's not common for ladies and capital. But then I realized its what I love to do and I'm ready to start small".  How has it progressed so far? "Well, the business is growing fast and i'm encouraged but I'm working to get better". How has it been combini...

INTRODUCING H.E.L.P START-UP INITIATIVE  Bill Gates in his second year in Harvard devised an algorithm for pancake sorting as a solution to one of a series of unsolved problems presented in a* combinatorics class by Harry Lewis, one of his professors. Gates' solution held the record as the fastest version for over thirty years  Mark Zuckerberg in his third year in the university created Facebook which is the largest social community in the world and one of world's richest enterprise  Wole Soyinka as an undergraduate in UI started the first movement against campus corruption and student rights abuse in Nigeria Then we can go on and on but the list should not be over until it reaches your name among these individuals who started their success stories with their young and vibrant minds -on Campus H.E.L.P START-UP INITIATIVE is designed to inspire and educate undergraduates on need to see beyond the four walls of campus no matter how BIG or impact their immedia...

      NEED FOR WELL-REGULATED TIMING ON CAMPUS By Olympus Ade-Banjo "Time is what a man has to start his vision with when he has nothing else"        I like to talk about individual and national cumulative development but the essence of time is most pivotal in all physical consideration with regards to Success.         I remember before Campus, my friends and I had lots of prospects to life, gifts we wanted to explore but then something changed, we gained admission and the dreams early turned from 'getting good grades' to 'not failing' and finally  'getting outta here'.        The present campus culture of lack of order and accurate time management is one of those factors that undermines the potential, productivity and survival of students. My childhood friend, Lekan, who schooled in Cyprus told me "when class is scheduled 10am -12noon on the timetable, you can plan your day accordingly because it ca...

A STUDENT! What else? By Olympus Ade-Banjo At 13, he enrolled in the Lakeside School, a private preparatory school. When he was in the eighth grade, the Mothers' Club at the school used proceeds from Lakeside School's rummage sale to buy a Teletype Model 33 ASR terminal and a block of computer time on a General Electric (GE) computer for the school's students. Gates took an interest in programming the GE system in BASIC, and was excused from math classes to pursue his interest. He wrote his first computer program on this machine: an implementation of tic-tac-toe that allowed users to play games against the computer. Gates was fascinated by the machine and how it would always execute software code perfectly. After the Mothers Club donation was exhausted, he and other students sought time on systems including DEC PDP minicomputers. One of these systems was a PDP-10 belonging to Computer Center Corporation (CCC), which banned four Lakeside students -Gates, -Paul All...

HELP FOUNDATION COMMENDS THE MANAGEMENT OF OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY PRESS RELEASE 20/04/18 We hereby commend the Management Of the Obafemi Awolowo University for the proactive steps they have taken since the release of one Professor Richard Akindele's sex-for-mark scandal. In the press statement released by the school management, the committee set up for the investigation of the case gave their recommendation which led to the indefinite suspension on the Professor who was found culpable in sexual harassment audio with the victim who was identified to be one Miss Monica Osagie. This is a good development, however, we demand that the lecturer faces the full length of the law. Furthermore, we believe Professor Akindele's case is just one out of thousands that never see the light of the day and destinies of lots of students get shattered on a daily basis. We hereby call on the Government and relevant regulatory bodies to adapt campus regulatory policies as in developed co...

STUDENT RIGHTS ABUSE Article by: Bajela Oluwadamilare. Student Rights  are those rights, such as civil, constitutional, contractual and consumer rights, which regulate students rights and freedoms and allow students to make use of their educational investment. These include such things as the right to free speech and association, to due process, equality, autonomy, safety and privacy, among others. However, it is unthinkable that these rights which are supposed to be the priorities of teachers, lecturers, school management and government are being despised, disregarded, vilified unjustly and in other words, abused.  I see it a matter of necessity to look into this key aspect of the Nigerian Educational System as it is an important factor which undermines the  attitude-to-education  of students nationwide. Research has it that many institutions worldwide engage in Student Rights Abuse but more emphasis will be made on our dear country. Effor...

INTRODUCING H.E.L.P STUDENTS NETWORK(HSN) At H.E.L.P FOUNDATION, we've come to believe that the war against anti-student culture cannot be won in Nigeria and neither can we achieve the goal of ideal tertiary education (as it is in ideal societies) without the support and contribution the students themselves.  To this effect we created HSN as a platform for brave, revolutionary and peace-oriented students across the country with the same goal which is 'RESTORING SANITY TO OUR CAMPUS'.  It is evident that nigerian campuses have lost sanity as cases of Sexual abuse, extortion, fee hikes , physical abuse, lack of due legal process, lecture-time mismanagement, examination mismanagement, cultism, indiscriminate arrest by security agencies etc are the norms of our campus society leaving Nigeria with an annual turn-over of bastardized, dehumanized, insecure and worst, unemployable graduate. Silence has allowed this culture to thrive for so long but not anymore as HSN studen...

ANNOUNCEMENT H.E.L.P FOUNDATION For Students Rights is CALLING ON THE GENERAL STUDENT POPULACE FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST STUDENTS ABUSE, CULTISM AND POOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. ARE YOU A/AN; Student-Writer Student-Reporter Student-Activist Education enthusiasts Graduate but furthering Etc. This is an opportunity to leave the Complaint Seat and Contribute your part of the Change. WHAT DO WE DO? 'We SPEAK UP & STAND UP' REGISTER HERE Contact us on helpstudentsright.gmail.com www.facebook.com/helpstudentsright Or +2348162332709.  Thank You.

Beginning*  Beginning, we've been here. Waiting earnestly for your end Our Tradition says you are short And after you, we can get alot But here we are, waiting for your end. Beginning, I remember the greetings None of us knew the gritty We've been watching, add looking Remove Seeing, nice cufflinks Warm greetings, empty feeling We don't mind being called Stupid After all we are something We are captured, found guilty We are happy, this is Activity We know we are Vulnerable Some drag to be honorable _I laugh! Since we're all dogs_ _I'll be called Honorable dog_ Beginning, tell me the truth! Will you ever end? Oh! I know, You are not who we thought you were You are not the Beginning Of Campus experience! You are the beginning of Our National Disease! No wonder you never end *WRITTEN BY OLYMPUS ADE-BANJO ©2⃣0⃣1⃣8⃣ Together Let's say #notoCampusSlavery #notoMindenslavement #notoStudentabuse