The Origin And Meaning Of Rag Day In Nigerian Universities- Tasued Rag Day fixed

To all student of Tai Solarin University of Education... The Rag Day is on the 28th of this month, 28/05/19!

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Do most student know how rag day came to be? 


The origin of the word “Rag” according to the Oxford English Dictionary is “an act of ragging; especially, an extensive display of noisy disorderly conduct carried on in defiance of authority or discipline”.

Much more recently, monetary donations have been integrated into this activity. Rag Day displays have seen passers-by “ragged” until they made a donation.

In the United Kingdom, Rag Day is an activity carried out by student-run charity organizations and are widespread in Britain. Most universities in the UK and Ireland, as well as some in the Netherlands and South Africa, observe the Rag Day.

The first tertiary institution to introduce the Rag Day in South Africa was the University of Pretoria in 1925. It is referred to as “The Procession” and is still carried out today.

In some universities, Rag Activities are known as Charity Campaigns, Charity Appeals, Charity Committees, or Carnivals, but they all share many attributes.

But what does “Rag Day” mean to the Nigerian student community? Let me describe a typical Rag Day scenario in Nigeria….

If you are a lover of movies, especially the ones produced from this side of the globe (haba! Nollywood…must I say everything?), then this description should fit into one of those movies intended to make people laugh, only that this one isn’t funny at all.

It starts on a very fine morning, as you walk out of your house (going in search of your daily bread, of course), and behold, you sight this group of crazy youths walking towards you, armed with metal tin cans (a.k.a. kom-kom), filled with coins which they shake as they approach you smiling and laughing.

Your first thoughts would be to run back into your room and shut the doors tight so you don’t get mobbed by these “mad” men. But just then, you realize what is actually happening. These are not madmen. They are not crazy at all. These are students from the nearby university; of course, it’s another Rag Day!