“Him village people don work overtime” – Reactions as abroad university withdraws students PhD scholarship over plagiarism

A postgraduate student has reportedly lost an opportunity to pursue a doctoral degree abroad for plagiarism.

It was gathered that the victim had gained a scholarship to pursue his PhD degree at the University of Marquette in the United States of America.

However, the university management detected that the essay he submitted with his scholarship application was plagiarised.

As a result, he was withdrawn from the institution.

A Twitter user who shared a snapshot of the letter the student received from the school revoking his admission wrote,

“Dear scholarship hopefuls, do not plagiarise your essay or writing sample. It is a big crime and has no place in academia. This person submitted a plagiarised writing sample, and his PhD admission was revoked!”

The news stirred varied reactions from social media users. While some netizens blamed the student for plagiarizing, others blamed evil forces working against him.

Reacting an Instagram user @phemmypoko wrote, “A lot of people plagiarize in their documents. This one na real village people work.”

@sir_eltee, “Copy and paste at PhD level  You may get away with it at undergraduate level but not PhD. Village people currently organizing a large party ”.

@drcona, “Why would you submit a plagiarized piece of work for a scholarship application? Hello?”