Earlier today, I was checking online any stories that might interest me when I came across this post on FallTechs that stated that a certain Nigerian University had banned its students from using smartphones.
If you are a returning student or you're awaiting admission into Afe babalola University (ABUAD) then you should be ready to drop your smartphones and tablets at home because the University has just banned the use of smartphones.
Requirements for acceptance into Afe Babalola University (ABUAD), Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State has been released for both fresh and returning students, but the newest of the rules is the prohibition of smartphones.
This new rule has caused serious uproar especially on social media, with everyone expressing their shock.
On ABUAD’s website, the university listed smartphones students as one of the prohibited items.
Actually, this isn’t the first time ABUAD has come under fire for its rule on the use of mobile phones.
Back in May 2011, the school stated that camera phones were prohibited for fresh students in its hall of residence for its 2012/2013 academic session. Only Nokia 5030 'XpressRadio' was to be allowed.
The site said: ”Camera phones e.g black berry, iphone, e.t.c. The only acceptable Mobile phone is Nokia 5030 torchlight phone on which the name of the owner must be inscribed,”.
The rules private universities make for their students have long been an issue in Nigeria.
For example Covenant University, Ota, one of the most expensive Universities in the country, applies a ‘very strict’ dress code to its students, with mobile phones also barred.
The rule made by ABUAD is what the public would call bizarre in this technological age.
The information on the site was signed by its Registrar, Christie Oluborode.
Prohibiting the use of smartphones in a time when various apps are available to assist students with their learning is unacceptable.
If you are a returning student or you're awaiting admission into Afe babalola University (ABUAD) then you should be ready to drop your smartphones and tablets at home because the University has just banned the use of smartphones.
Requirements for acceptance into Afe Babalola University (ABUAD), Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State has been released for both fresh and returning students, but the newest of the rules is the prohibition of smartphones.
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| List of prohibited items at ABUAD |
On ABUAD’s website, the university listed smartphones students as one of the prohibited items.
”the University would allow students to use telephone but limited to non-smartphones. Any TELEPHONE aside the University’s specification, inclusive of TABLETS or IPADS shall be CONFISCATED and the Student shall be SANCTIONED,” - it read on the site.
Actually, this isn’t the first time ABUAD has come under fire for its rule on the use of mobile phones.
Back in May 2011, the school stated that camera phones were prohibited for fresh students in its hall of residence for its 2012/2013 academic session. Only Nokia 5030 'XpressRadio' was to be allowed.
The site said: ”Camera phones e.g black berry, iphone, e.t.c. The only acceptable Mobile phone is Nokia 5030 torchlight phone on which the name of the owner must be inscribed,”.
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| In case you don't know what Nokia xpressradio looked like |
The rules private universities make for their students have long been an issue in Nigeria.
For example Covenant University, Ota, one of the most expensive Universities in the country, applies a ‘very strict’ dress code to its students, with mobile phones also barred.
The rule made by ABUAD is what the public would call bizarre in this technological age.
The information on the site was signed by its Registrar, Christie Oluborode.
Prohibiting the use of smartphones in a time when various apps are available to assist students with their learning is unacceptable.
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