See What a UNIZIK Lecturer Did to Catch Absentee Students

A lecturer at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Dr. Taiwo Oluwaseyi, came up with an unconventional way to keep students honest, by using photographs instead of the traditional attendance sheet.

Dr. Taiwo, who lectures in the Faculty of Education, now requires students to pose for a group photo at the end of each lecture, declaring that if you’re not in the photo, you were never in class.

“No more signature attendance. Signature forging is real,” he posted alongside a now-viral video on TikTok under the handle @taiwo_2222. “It’s either you show in the class picture or not.”

The footage shows students gathering tightly after class, some struggling to squeeze into the camera frame to ensure their faces are captured, a modern-day roll call in the era of digital accountability.

According to Dr. Taiwo, the method is working. Class turnout has improved, and students now make more deliberate efforts to attend lectures, knowing there’s no room to cheat the system.

“If you’re not in the photo, you weren’t in class. That’s the rule,” he wrote.

Watch the video below:

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While some students applauded the move as creative and effective, others admitted the strategy had caught them off guard. Still, innovation is being hailed as a clever way to promote fairness and accountability in the classroom.

Whether this idea catches on beyond UNIZIK remains to be seen, but for now, it seems students in Dr. Taiwo’s class won’t be skipping lectures unnoticed any time soon.

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