How we used computer-based exams to solve sex-for-mark problem in Ambrose Alli Varsity –VC, Prof Onimawo
Published 15 May 2021
Just before bowing out of office on May 11, the Vice-Chancellor of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Prof. Ignatius Onimawo, spoke to ADEYINKA ADEDIPE about his academic career journey, the challenges he faced as VC and the legacies he would be leaving behind
You’ve risen to the pinnacle of your career as an academic. Did you always know you would come this far?
No; far from it. I grew up in a rural community called Afowa. My father was a carpenter and my mother was a farmer who did little trading by the side, so it was tough growing up. Going to school was even tougher but I was lucky to be enrolled in school. After I had got through primary school almost without any stress, getting into secondary school became difficult. At that time, it might take knowing someone who knew the principal for one to be enrolled in secondary school. But I did
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