By Amaechi Agbo and Joseph Joy

A university don, Dr Andrew Apeh of Department of Mass Communication, Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), has advised students if the institution not to see carryover as the end to their academic career.

Dr Apeh gave the advice at the orientation programme of first year students of the department on Thursday.

Speaking on the topic: “Grading System of Courses, Degree Classification,” Dr Apeh who is a product of the department informed the students that carryover is an opportunity for them to study the course better and come out with improved grade.

“Many of you see carryover as a sin, but that is untrue. Why would you have a “D” or a an “E” in your results? These grades bring down you grade point and should be avoided. In fact, if you aspire to graduate with good grades, you should have no business with any grade lower than “B” at all times.

“Carryover is not a crime neither those it show that you are not intelligent. Rather, it is an opportunity for you to know the course better and get Excellent Grade thereafter,” he said.

Dr Apeh provided more insight in an exclusive interview with ESUT Monitor.

“Summarily, the essence of this orientation is to acquit them with the system, to educate them on the does and don’t of the department. With this orientation the department will embrace them and let them know the rules, that guide the department because without being informed they would be mislead and they might begin to act in error.

“So we want to avoid any thing that would bring ‘had I known at last’. That is the reason the department is telling them this is the school rules and regulations, this is what they ought to do and ought not to do and in that orientation everything about what they would meet as they progress from year one to final year were explained to them.

“I spoke about grading and told them the grade points and how they are calculated and from first semester to second semester what they are expected to see. Registration of courses and the need for that. There are persons that talked about ethics while others talked about examination conduct.

” I told them that, the success that they ought to record starts from the first day they stepped their legs into the university because you are talking about first class. It means the person have to add extra ordinary input into whatever effort he or she may be making and that starts from the first semester, from their first year ensuring that the seriousness would begin to show itself to their second semester till their final year. The person supposed to maintain certain grade point that would give him that.

“For some students who may be aiming for a First Class, my message to them is that the success they want to achieve starts from the first day they stepped feet into the university,” he concluded.

Another lecturer, Mr Sebastine Okafor admonished the students to always love in peace amongst themselves.

Mr Okafor who knows that no progress is recorded in a atmosphere of rancour, urged the students to be their brother’s keeper at all times.

Earlier in her presentation, Mrs Ijeoma Ukwueze, also a lecturer in the department took the students through the names of teaching and non-teaching staff in the department.

With Dr Chidiebere Ezinwa as the Head if the Department, Mr Ikwueze enjoined the students to respect all staff maximally and urged them to always approach any if the staff meme ers each time they have issues.

The 2024 orientation programme for First Year Students in the department was held at the final year classroom with over 180 students in attendance.