A student of Nasarawa State University, Linda Pwok, condemned the NUC for initiating the policy, which she believed would introduce unhealthy competitions among students.

She said, “Before the abolishment of Pass grade, students engaged in all forms of dirty deals like sleeping with lecturers, stealing to sort lecturers and even buying recharge cards for the lecturers to, at least, get 40 marks in a course not to talk of now that the pass mark will be pegged at 45.

She pleaded with the federal government through the NUC to seek better ways of introducing reforms in tertiary institutions to avoid students wasting four years in school only to be expelled due to their inability to obtain at least a third class degree.

Another student of the university, Jerome Okafor, condemned Pwok’s position but rather commended NUC for coming up with a bold initiative aimed at strengthening tertiary institutions in line with their counterparts abroad.

He said, “It is a good step in the right direction so that foreigners will recognise certificates awarded to Nigerian students and not just rate their years of academic struggle as a mere jamboree”.

“It beats my imagination to hear that Nigerian graduates are not employable, yet; we spend huge amount of money in school trying to acquire the certificate. The abolition of Pass degree will introduce healthy competition among the students and many that came to school to mess up will be disappointed at the end.

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