Main Page11 Major Reasons Why Phd Take Too Long To Study InNigeria
Yes you will ask "why the multiple thread on P.h.d?" But
I think the frustration involved is worth discussing. Why
do P.h.d take too long to finish? Why do some people
get frustrated out after freezing their account? Though
Phd involves a lot of cross examination but there are
some other annoying factors that contribute to such
delays and duration which I try as much as possible to
compile here using Nigeria situation.
Possible causes
1. Nigeria Professor/Lecturers are Wicked
Please if you are a lecturer here, don't be offended but
the bad egg are more than the good eggs. Take for
example in the school I graduated from (name withheld)
a particular lecturer will come to the class with this
abnormal and infuriating quote "Nobody can have A's in
my course because A" belong to God, B" for extra-
ordinary student and C" for brilliant student". Yes! Infact
the highest in the class is usually "46, 47 or sometimes
"50", he made everyone look dull and silly. I took a bold
step one day to challenge him which was later a
detriment to my final result "he said when he was in
school, the lecturer that thought him that course Never
give anybody A". Sorry I digress from the main topic but
that is the major problem of Phd in Nigeria. A professor
will tell you that before he can get to the level he his
now, he know what he pass through, so "a reprisal
attack". The truth is, if I get Phd through pain and stress
and someone want to get same through me easily, I
remember the past and do same to him/her(that is the
way we think). I remember one of my favourite lecturer
back then in school, after spending 2years studying this
unfinished Phd, he was frustrated out after spending
money, I ask him what happen "he said he was surprise
that after spending energy on his thesis, his supervisor
said he cannot find is research work, he should start all
over. All over, lol..after 2years..with just 1year is almost
through now in australia
2. Professors will explore you
Quote me wrong if you did not face same at your
undergraduate level. The high rate of corruption in
Nigeria has affected every affairs of the nation including
our university system, now adays you can be sleeping at
home and be passing your exam if you have what my
igbo brother will call "ego". I remember a lecturer too
from another school, he said this particular supervisor
has been procrastinating the correction of his research
work, this very day he thought to himself with frustration
"what on earth can I do?" And that Nigeria sense came
back to him, he went aftermath to change the four tyre
of the supervisor's car including the fueling. He continue
by saying "My brother, after doing this, the supervisor
look at me on my face and say "you have not been
serious with your thesis, have not been seeing you! Let
me see what you have done so far. The name of that
university is in Lagos (I didn't mention any name now).
3. Phd involves money
Aside the corruption aspect, Phd as to do with an
indepth knowledge of a particular problem you are trying
to solve. Some research thesis might involves you
traveling from state to state, out of the country and do
forth, this depend on the nature of the research though,
and most of this research work are exploratory in nature.
Another fact is that before you can start any Phd work
you must atleast publish 3 conference paper in a
reputable country and publisher. I remember receiving a
mail some month ago inviting me for a conference in
paris, that is, I should submit my research work for a
conference paper. I try and check the authencity of the
mail and confirm it to be genuine but attached to the
mail is a pdf file showing the break down in payment "
300 pounds(without accomodation), 450 pounds( with
accomodation), if I cannot come due to transportation
but still submit my paper(250 pounds). Though some
will say is cheap but how about some that cannot afford
the money, that is why most P.hd programme in
advanced countries are based on scholarship.
4. The assessment of Phd thesis is a large and serious
undertaking, it requires a substantial period of
uninterrupted time
Our examiner, supervisor too are human not machine,
they are busy people with many calls in their time and
unforeseen circumstances which may arise in their lives
which may delay their assessment and submission of
report within the usual time frame
5. I too know syndrome/ Not taking correction
This stuffs affect me a lot when I was in school, no
lecturer or supervisor or professor will ever accept that
they are wrong especially from those they are
supervising or teaching. P.hd in Nigeria is regarding as
"I'm an expert in my field" which mean you are to learn
from them and not to correct them, even though you are
so sure that you are very crystal correct, you need to
pretend that you are massively wrong if you want to
graduate or get your thesis approved or assessed.
Majority of us may this argue this point but I think is also
a key factor in Nigeria
6. Spiritual connection
Like it or not it is one of the disease in Nigeria. Let me
give you an example " I was listening to a tape by pastor
olukoya( a respected man of God, mountain of fire) and
he gave an example of a man that has been writing a
professional exam for more than 30 years but to no
avail, each time he try, something will happen, the
invigilator coming might have an accident, a crisis might
occur which will make the paper impossible to write
(postponed) meanwhile affecting others. When he
examine himself he went abroad to write the exam, that
same problem keep occurring until when he seek
spiritual help and discover that is family is behind him.
Some of us are coming from a polygamous family where
you are the only one thriving among others such can
bring a discord and you discover that a Phd of 2yrs is
taking you 25years.
7. Jealousy
This apply to those in the academics already(I mean
lecturer). Take for example the polytechnic where I
graduated. Every other lecturers in that department have
only masters degree while there is this particular one
running his Phd programme. This create a serious hatred
and backbitting that you will even see in the open, some
will even come to the class telling everyone without no
shame that "look at him, he is bragging with ego
because his doing Phd and talking to his superiors with
no respect". My brethren this lecturer never complete
that P.hd, they even went ahead to report him for not
attending his class for his own personal interest. Let me
give you another example, a particular lecturer in a
university in the north was also facing similar problem to
the extend that no nigeria university want to accept him
for Phd because his colleague have blackmail him. He
took a wise decision, without informing anybody in the
department, he applied in a university in malaysia, the
malaysian professor was so surprise that a man they
have been reading his journal, textbook never even have
a Phd, they told him not to worry that he will give him
the Phd in due time. Till now nobody in his school knew
his was during a Phd.
8. Research Topics (Thesis Topic)
Majority of us give ourselves an headache of picking a
topic you cannot handle, why not pick a narrow topic
that you can easily handle and finish in time. This factor
contribute to reasons why supervisors keep canceling
and canceling till you are frustrated.
9. Lack of proper research guidance given by the
research
Without guides, a candidate cannot register for PhD itself
10. Lack of experience of the Researcher pursuing PhD
which lead to Lack of interest
Before you embark on any phD programme is better you
seek advice from those that have pass through it before
you are frustrated out
11. Lack of Grant of permission from the organization
you work for.
Not only your organization, quote me wrong "How many
Nigeria university have a grant for scholarship?
This are just my own perceived causes which I'm very
sure are more than this, should in case you have done
your phD thesis you can account your experience here,
so that others with such ambition will learn..thanks I
remain kinibigdeal
I think the frustration involved is worth discussing. Why
do P.h.d take too long to finish? Why do some people
get frustrated out after freezing their account? Though
Phd involves a lot of cross examination but there are
some other annoying factors that contribute to such
delays and duration which I try as much as possible to
compile here using Nigeria situation.
Possible causes
1. Nigeria Professor/Lecturers are Wicked
Please if you are a lecturer here, don't be offended but
the bad egg are more than the good eggs. Take for
example in the school I graduated from (name withheld)
a particular lecturer will come to the class with this
abnormal and infuriating quote "Nobody can have A's in
my course because A" belong to God, B" for extra-
ordinary student and C" for brilliant student". Yes! Infact
the highest in the class is usually "46, 47 or sometimes
"50", he made everyone look dull and silly. I took a bold
step one day to challenge him which was later a
detriment to my final result "he said when he was in
school, the lecturer that thought him that course Never
give anybody A". Sorry I digress from the main topic but
that is the major problem of Phd in Nigeria. A professor
will tell you that before he can get to the level he his
now, he know what he pass through, so "a reprisal
attack". The truth is, if I get Phd through pain and stress
and someone want to get same through me easily, I
remember the past and do same to him/her(that is the
way we think). I remember one of my favourite lecturer
back then in school, after spending 2years studying this
unfinished Phd, he was frustrated out after spending
money, I ask him what happen "he said he was surprise
that after spending energy on his thesis, his supervisor
said he cannot find is research work, he should start all
over. All over, lol..after 2years..with just 1year is almost
through now in australia
2. Professors will explore you
Quote me wrong if you did not face same at your
undergraduate level. The high rate of corruption in
Nigeria has affected every affairs of the nation including
our university system, now adays you can be sleeping at
home and be passing your exam if you have what my
igbo brother will call "ego". I remember a lecturer too
from another school, he said this particular supervisor
has been procrastinating the correction of his research
work, this very day he thought to himself with frustration
"what on earth can I do?" And that Nigeria sense came
back to him, he went aftermath to change the four tyre
of the supervisor's car including the fueling. He continue
by saying "My brother, after doing this, the supervisor
look at me on my face and say "you have not been
serious with your thesis, have not been seeing you! Let
me see what you have done so far. The name of that
university is in Lagos (I didn't mention any name now).
3. Phd involves money
Aside the corruption aspect, Phd as to do with an
indepth knowledge of a particular problem you are trying
to solve. Some research thesis might involves you
traveling from state to state, out of the country and do
forth, this depend on the nature of the research though,
and most of this research work are exploratory in nature.
Another fact is that before you can start any Phd work
you must atleast publish 3 conference paper in a
reputable country and publisher. I remember receiving a
mail some month ago inviting me for a conference in
paris, that is, I should submit my research work for a
conference paper. I try and check the authencity of the
mail and confirm it to be genuine but attached to the
mail is a pdf file showing the break down in payment "
300 pounds(without accomodation), 450 pounds( with
accomodation), if I cannot come due to transportation
but still submit my paper(250 pounds). Though some
will say is cheap but how about some that cannot afford
the money, that is why most P.hd programme in
advanced countries are based on scholarship.
4. The assessment of Phd thesis is a large and serious
undertaking, it requires a substantial period of
uninterrupted time
Our examiner, supervisor too are human not machine,
they are busy people with many calls in their time and
unforeseen circumstances which may arise in their lives
which may delay their assessment and submission of
report within the usual time frame
5. I too know syndrome/ Not taking correction
This stuffs affect me a lot when I was in school, no
lecturer or supervisor or professor will ever accept that
they are wrong especially from those they are
supervising or teaching. P.hd in Nigeria is regarding as
"I'm an expert in my field" which mean you are to learn
from them and not to correct them, even though you are
so sure that you are very crystal correct, you need to
pretend that you are massively wrong if you want to
graduate or get your thesis approved or assessed.
Majority of us may this argue this point but I think is also
a key factor in Nigeria
6. Spiritual connection
Like it or not it is one of the disease in Nigeria. Let me
give you an example " I was listening to a tape by pastor
olukoya( a respected man of God, mountain of fire) and
he gave an example of a man that has been writing a
professional exam for more than 30 years but to no
avail, each time he try, something will happen, the
invigilator coming might have an accident, a crisis might
occur which will make the paper impossible to write
(postponed) meanwhile affecting others. When he
examine himself he went abroad to write the exam, that
same problem keep occurring until when he seek
spiritual help and discover that is family is behind him.
Some of us are coming from a polygamous family where
you are the only one thriving among others such can
bring a discord and you discover that a Phd of 2yrs is
taking you 25years.
7. Jealousy
This apply to those in the academics already(I mean
lecturer). Take for example the polytechnic where I
graduated. Every other lecturers in that department have
only masters degree while there is this particular one
running his Phd programme. This create a serious hatred
and backbitting that you will even see in the open, some
will even come to the class telling everyone without no
shame that "look at him, he is bragging with ego
because his doing Phd and talking to his superiors with
no respect". My brethren this lecturer never complete
that P.hd, they even went ahead to report him for not
attending his class for his own personal interest. Let me
give you another example, a particular lecturer in a
university in the north was also facing similar problem to
the extend that no nigeria university want to accept him
for Phd because his colleague have blackmail him. He
took a wise decision, without informing anybody in the
department, he applied in a university in malaysia, the
malaysian professor was so surprise that a man they
have been reading his journal, textbook never even have
a Phd, they told him not to worry that he will give him
the Phd in due time. Till now nobody in his school knew
his was during a Phd.
8. Research Topics (Thesis Topic)
Majority of us give ourselves an headache of picking a
topic you cannot handle, why not pick a narrow topic
that you can easily handle and finish in time. This factor
contribute to reasons why supervisors keep canceling
and canceling till you are frustrated.
9. Lack of proper research guidance given by the
research
Without guides, a candidate cannot register for PhD itself
10. Lack of experience of the Researcher pursuing PhD
which lead to Lack of interest
Before you embark on any phD programme is better you
seek advice from those that have pass through it before
you are frustrated out
11. Lack of Grant of permission from the organization
you work for.
Not only your organization, quote me wrong "How many
Nigeria university have a grant for scholarship?
This are just my own perceived causes which I'm very
sure are more than this, should in case you have done
your phD thesis you can account your experience here,
so that others with such ambition will learn..thanks I
remain kinibigdeal
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