BY IKENNA ASOMBA

AFTER about five months of delay in sitting for their 2010/2011 second semester examination, students of the Lagos State University External System (LASUES) heaved a sigh of relief as authorities of the university  finally announced May 21 for the commencement of their long awaited exams.

Information from the office of the Acting Director, LASUES, confirmed that the examination  billed to commence May 21 across all its external campuses, will run concurrently for three weeks.

The source also urged concerned students to study earnestly in order to record success in the exams, even as it revealed that backlog of results for graduating students of 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 can now be accessed via www.lasunigeria.org/result-external.

Commenting on the new development, Emmanuel Chukwu, a 300L Mass Communication student at the Ojuelegba campus expressed happiness, but lamented that the delay was unnecessary.

His words: “It is disheartening that I have spent close to five years in the school but still in 300L. The worst part of it is that my employers have been thinking that I’m playing pranks claiming that I am pursuing my Bachelor’s degree.”

Speaking further, Chukwu affirmed that the delay which has kept students away from school since last December, will certainly have a negative impact on their performances in the forthcoming exams.

“Since December 2011, students have been away from class, and probably their books. How do you expect students like this to perform  well in their exams? If I must tell you, some of them may have forgotten where they kept their notes and other reading materials.”

On the position of the management that the delay was due to alleged irregularities and financial improprieties bedeviling the system and transition in the school, the student who works for a media outfit in Lagos said: “Whatever the reason might be, I expect the administration to clean the system holistically, to avoid a recurrence of this academic tragedy.”