UNIZIK Fixes Official Lecture Hours From 8am to 4pm Mondays to Fridays, Warns Against Unauthorised Classes

By Our Correspondent

The Senate of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, has approved 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Mondays to Fridays, as the university’s official lecture hours, warning lecturers against conducting unauthorised classes outside the approved period.

The decision was reached at the 245th meeting of the Senate held at the Zephaniah Madubuko Auditorium, following consideration of the report of the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on Lecture Monitoring.

Under the new directive, lectures scheduled outside the approved hours will be regarded as unauthorised, with lecturers responsible for such classes held liable for any mishap arising from lectures conducted outside the approved period.

The Senate, however, stipulated that lectures or practical sessions that necessarily extend beyond 4:00 p.m. must obtain written approval from both the Head of Department and the Dean of the Faculty.

In an internal memorandum conveying the resolution to the university community, the Registrar, Dr Chinenye Gloria Okeke, further directed that where a lecturer needs to conduct a class outside the normal lecture hours, such lectures should be held virtually through platforms including Google Meet, Zoom or Microsoft Teams.

The virtual lectures must also be recorded and uploaded to the University Learning Management System (LMS) for monitoring purposes.

The university directed all Deans, Heads of Departments, Directors and Course Coordinators to ensure strict compliance with the Senate resolution.