Having a carry-over is something nearly
every student has probably experienced
at a point in his or her academic life,
either at primary or tertiary level while
some students are very lucky that they
have never being a victim of this
circumstance.
This means that they have never had
missing scripts and perhaps, they
don’t merit failure.
In Nigerian institutions, carry-over
comes with a lot sigma and the victims
are often stereotyped “dull and
unserious” .
In this write-up, we are going to
critically consider the reactions of
students when they become victims of
carry-over
Note: This is not an hasty generalization
of all carry-over students
So, sit back, take a chill pill, lessen your
grasp on the worry of the content of
the post and read along some of the
disgusting reactions portrayed by
carry-over students in Nigerian
universities, polytechnics and college of
education
1. They tear the result
At the end of the semester, after seeing
that they have woefully failed, they will
go to their hostel and will return back
to the school at night with their torch
light, straight to the departmental
result board and will tear the whole
results.
2. They start Aluta
All the dull students in the class will
form a committee and will plan to
cause chaos in the school. They will
hold a meeting and the thrust of their
plans will centre on aluta. They might
go to their departmental or admin
block and will set it ablaze It happened
in Ekpoma sometime this year..
3. They will assault the lecturer that
failed them
The ones who are cultists will lay
ambush for the lecturer that failed
them and will give him some lashes.
This is done to scare the lecturer to
pass them for their subsequent re-sit
4. They will strike their names out
Some of them will come with black
markers and will strike their names out
because they don’t want friends and
other classmates to see them as olodo..
This is common with students who are
in the realm of probation
5. They resort to Runs their exam
This is common with the male
students. They will associate
themselves with those marking the
scripts so that their scripts can the
swapped
6. They blame the lecturer for
Incompetence
They will start raining curses on the
lecturer that failed them that he will
never know peace in his life for dishing
them carry-over despite providing
precise answers to the questions. They
will blame the school management to
have employed such an incompetent
lecturer.
7. They pay Machinery for re-sit
If the course they failed is a little bit
difficult and the handout is a bit
voluminous to read to pass when they
re-sit for it, they will look for
somebody that will impersonate them
and re-sit for the exam.
8. They ask the class rep to Refund their
Money
The ones who paid the class rep for
runs yet failed, will confront the class
rep to return their money . When the
class rep fails to refund their money,
they will resort to physical combat.
9. They stop coming for lectures
I know of peeps that reduced their
attendance in class just because their
results were very bad and could not
stand the humiliation
10. They will burst into treacherous
tears
This is very common with ladies cos
I’m yet to see a guy crying after
checking his result. Even if situation
warrant he cries, he won’t do that in
public and will do that behind closed
doors.
