A Solution-Based Position Paper of the Nigerian Young Academy on Sex-for-Grades Menace Across Nigerian Tertiary Institutions

M. Ibrahim, Temitope O. Sogbanmu, Oluwasola E Omoju, K. Ukwaja
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The Nigerian Young Academy (NYA) was inaugurated by the Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) at the instance of the Global Young Academy (GYA) based in Berlin, Germany. The Academy is a unified platform for interaction among brilliant young researchers below the age of 45 years in Nigeria from various research disciplines. The NYA promotes the application of collective research findings for the improvement of the Nigerian society and plays a crucial role in building inspirational figures for a new generation of researchers. The NYA has her core values entrenched in integrity and excellence in research, and fostering research collaborations among young researchers nationally and internationally. In line with its mission to use scientific research as a pivot for societal development, the NYA occasionally releases position papers on several issues in the Nigerian society. This current position paper relates to the increasing menace of sex-for-grades in the Nigerian tertiary education system. The important role of universities and academics in shaping the future of a society cannot be overemphasized. They serve as harbingers and producers of knowledge for the advancement of the society and the development of the human race. However, following the recent spike in the incidence of professional misconducts among university academics, especially with respect to sexual harassments in Nigeria, the reputation of the tertiary academic institutions in the country has been called into question. The NYA, as the mouthpiece of upcoming Nigerian academicians, believe that this will have a dire consequence on the future of younger academics, in particular, and the educational standards of the country in general. Therefore, we organized an indepth survey, and in consultation with literatures, a deep dive analysis of the unpleasant trend was conducted and we curated and harmonized workable solutions that could go a long way to address the menace and improve our educational standard and national life. Following our survey questionnaire administered via Google forms to academics and students across Universities in Nigeria, a total of 73 university academics and 183 university students who responded, opined that, professional ethics among university academics in Nigeria is very poor. In fact, 45% of the respondents have experienced inappropriate behaviour, even though over 70% of academics and 60% of students stated that it is inappropriate or very inappropriate for academics and their students to have consensual relationship. It is also very common for academics in Nigeria universities to demand for favours from students to influence their results. Indeed, representative data from the literature have indicated a prevalence of sexual harassment of 77% in two (unnamed) Nigerian Universities, 97% in tertiary institutions of Edo State, 36.7% in an institution of Ebonyi State, 8% in Colleges of North Eastern Nigeria, 7.1% in tertiary institutions of Maiduguri, Borno State, 44.4 % in some faith-based private universities and 32.2% of Nigerian female graduates serving in Oyo State.
尼日利亚青年学院关于尼日利亚高等教育机构性别等级威胁的基于解决方案的立场文件
尼日利亚青年学院(NYA)由尼日利亚科学院(NAS)在总部位于德国柏林的全球青年学院(GYA)的支持下成立。该学院是一个统一的平台,供尼日利亚45岁以下来自不同研究学科的杰出年轻研究人员进行互动。NYA促进集体研究成果的应用,以改善尼日利亚社会,并在为新一代研究人员培养鼓舞人心的人物方面发挥关键作用。NYA的核心价值观是诚信和卓越的研究,并促进国内和国际青年研究人员之间的研究合作。NYA的使命是利用科学研究作为社会发展的支点,因此它偶尔会就尼日利亚社会的几个问题发表立场文件。目前的立场文件涉及尼日利亚高等教育系统中等级性别的威胁日益严重。大学和学术界在塑造社会未来方面的重要作用怎么强调都不为过。他们是社会进步和人类发展的知识的先驱者和生产者。然而,随着最近尼日利亚大学学者的职业不端行为,特别是性骚扰事件的急剧增加,该国高等教育机构的声誉受到了质疑。NYA,作为即将到来的尼日利亚学者的喉舌,相信这将对年轻学者的未来产生可怕的后果,特别是对整个国家的教育水平。因此,我们组织了一次深入的调查,并在查阅文献的基础上,对这一令人不快的趋势进行了深入的分析,并策划和协调了可行的解决方案,这些解决方案可以在很大程度上解决这一威胁,提高我们的教育水平和国民生活。根据我们通过谷歌表格对尼日利亚大学的学者和学生进行的调查问卷,共有73名大学学者和183名大学生回应,认为尼日利亚大学学者的职业道德非常差。事实上,45%的受访者经历过不恰当的行为,尽管超过70%的学者和60%的学生表示,学者和他们的学生发生两厢情愿的关系是不合适或非常不合适的。尼日利亚大学的学者要求学生给予好处以影响他们的成绩也是很常见的。事实上,文献中的代表性数据表明,尼日利亚两所大学(未具名)的性骚扰发生率为77%,埃多州的高等院校为97%,埃邦伊州的一所院校为36.7%,尼日利亚东北部的大学为8%,博尔诺州迈杜古里的高等院校为7.1%,一些以信仰为基础的私立大学为44.4%,奥约州的尼日利亚女毕业生中有32.2%。
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