Sex for grades documentary is long overdue – Social Media users react
Less than 24 hours after the nation received news of a yet to be premiered BBC Africa Eye undercover investigation that has some statute University lecturers implicated, social media users have reacted to the trailer of the documentary.
The documentary dubbed ‘Sex for Grades’ is an undercover investigative piece into some academic institutions in West Africa which have increasingly been faced with allegations of sexual harassment by lecturers. This type of abuse is said to be endemic, but it is almost never proven.
After gathering dozens of testimonies, BBC Africa Eye sent undercover journalists posing as students inside the University of Lagos and the University of Ghana.
Female reporters were sexually harassed, propositioned and put under pressure by senior lecturers at the institutions – all the while wearing secret cameras.
BBC has already released excerpts of the documentary which highlights University of Ghana and University of Lagos in Nigeria.
Even before it premieres, the title has taken over conversations on social media in both countries with users calling for maximum punishment for those found culpable.
The documentary premieres today at 6pm.
The full documentary will be premiering on our BBC Africa YouTube channel at 6PM GMT.
Some social media users after watching excerpts of the yet to be premiered documentary shared and expressed their experiences and frustration.
“Sex for grades documentary is long overdue,” a user tweeted.
See reaction below:
Waiting impatiently for the lazy and unethical lecturers, who come to class with their notes from 15 years ago meanwhile requesting that the government pay them research allowance, to be exposed. Dirty lecturers… and TAs #sexforgrades #ghana #bbc https://t.co/iHRqFV1WvL
— Myl_da_ afriCan (@Myl_da_afriCan) October 6, 2019
Under no circumstance should a lecturer give grades in exchange for sex. It is disgraceful and such people should be smoked out. #SexForGrades
— Pharmily (@Dahumano) October 6, 2019
The BBC sex for grade #SexForGrades documentary isn’t only happening in Unilag and Uni of Ghana,it happens in every Tertiary Institution.
— Fanu Omolade (@wittygem1) October 7, 2019
Professor sef want be side nigga Eii Ghana really hard 😂 #SexForGrades
— Coke (@edinamkumi) October 7, 2019
kudos to @BBCWorld for the platform at #SexForGrades
— Mc KOFFI from GHANA (@AKAOLU25) October 7, 2019
And also to the lecturers at Polytecnics in Ghana, you not left out; we’ve concrete evidence with Names esp those at Takoradi and Kumasi #SexForGrades #BBNaiija #BBNajia2019 #mondaythoughts #PepperDem #GHToday
— P3 KaKra_Gh (@Nhana_Pant01) October 7, 2019
Watching this brings back so many memories! 😥😥😥 it’s not just a unilag or university of Ghana thing these lectures are in every universities and this act must End!!! #SexForGrades https://t.co/WS12vLSZf5
— Andrea Oduobi- Teke (@andrea_teke) October 7, 2019
University of Ghana lecturers rn 😂😂😂😂:#SexForGrades pic.twitter.com/021K4yWjp4
— Edward Acquaye (@kpakpo_shit0) October 7, 2019
The way some lecturers snatch boys dema girls dier. Today boys go celebrate if dis lecturer appear in the video 😂 big Shame to lecturer n Universities in #Africa #Ghana…#SexForGrades
— Lynn Dickcissel 🇬🇭🇳🇬 (@Rans4Dyckson) October 7, 2019
This #SexForGrades issue reminds me of some years back in Legon when I used to teach a female course mate of mine.
One day I was explaining a topic to her and she said “Nat just teach me the basics. Because you guys wld get the A’s but they’d give your A’s to us”. I was sad!😟
— Nat Tetteh🇬🇭 (@NatTettehGhana) October 7, 2019