EMMANUEL OJO writes about graduates, who unable to secure admissions to study medicine, found relief in related courses but now earn a living in non-medical professionsbig picture for Adeyemi Olaosebikan was to become a medical doctor. But after being unable to secure an admission to study Medicine and Surgery after attempting the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination thrice, he settled for anatomy which his UTME score eventually met.
In another vein, another graduate of biological sciences, Adeyemi Ilori, wanted medicine but ended up as an anatomy graduate. He noted, “Anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, botany, zoology and other courses in biological sciences are seen as lesser to Medicine. I told myself that if I am not in Medicine, I am not fit for medicine.
Unlike Aladejare, Tolani Ajao had a differing experience as an anatomist. Ajao, who graduated from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, said she was not excited when she found herself in the department after admission.“I didn’t bother to think about the limited options as I found succour in cloth designing after graduation. I must say that I find it more exciting than struggling with the limited options anatomy offers.
“I applied to many places for job but couldn’t find one. The unemployment situation in the country then dawned on me. It pushed me to learn a cloth designing and that’s what I do at the moment.’’ She noted that when she couldn’t get medicine as a course after the selection process in the university she eventually chose, she was offered physiology as a second choice. She said, “I struggled through bachelor’s programme in physiology and after graduation, I took up a career in education as a teacher.’’
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