82-Year Old Nigerian Journalist Obtains Academic PhD. 82-Year Old Filipino Journalist Enjoys Philosophical PhD

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Dayo Duyile, 82-year-old Nigerian journalist, now has a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) to his name – his story is shared via Facebook. Comparing, Frank A Hilario, 82-year-old Filipino journalist, has had no PhD ambition. Mr Duyile’s educational dream has come true when it comes to personal reputation; my educational dream does not cover a curricular PhD for me. Mr Duyile is bookish & old-fashioned; Mr Hilario is unbounded & digital. Give me digital anytime!

I am reading the news by Treasure Abraham dated 20 Jan 2023: “82-Year-Old Man Celebrates As He Finally Bags His PhD, Says He Still Hopes To Be A Professor” (Allschool, allschool.com.ng):

Dayo Duyile, an 82-year-old journalist has officially bagged his PhD Degree from the University of Lagos. [This is] his inspiring story, from his challenges to experiences and opinions on certain aspects of his life. Mr Duyile, who was one of the reporters who witnessed and reported the official inauguration of the university in 1963, was the center of attention at the institution on Wednesday when members of the university’s management, guests, well-wishers, and students hailed him for the feat.

A PhD like that is mostly for self-fulfillment. Not for me. In contrast, I am an alumnus of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (BSA major in Ag Edu, 1965). I had wanted neither Masteral nor PhD; what I have is PhD5  – that is, “Philosophical Documentation & Dissection for Digital Distribution of Knowledge for Development” in Regenerative Agriculture (RA). I see RA as a major solution to Climate Change.

[Mr Duyile], who described the achievement as a 40-year-old dream, said the ultimate goal is to become a professor of journalism.

My ultimate goal of journalism is now a 47-yearold reality – I called it in 1980 “ComDev” (for “Communication for Development”). I published this in the #2 (Oct-Dec 1980) issue of the quarterly color magazine Habitatthat I founded & was Editor In Chief for the Forest Research Institute (FORI) (see my “Dr Pollisco & I: When FORI Was 5 And The World Lay At Our Feet,” 22 April 2018, Essays For My Family, essaysformyfamily.blogspot.com).

On Innocents’ Day 1985, I started self-learning the digital world, starting with word processing using the earliest software WordStar1. The lower image above, accidentally & automatically created by Windows 10 in my old Lenovo laptop, dated 23 April 2018, shows me on the right. The details are not important – inadvertently, the collage shows my overarching interest, which is Agriculture.

Mr Duyile complained about “the scarcity of relevant historical materials needed for his PhD thesis in Nigerian libraries, saying he had to travel to the United Kingdom.“ That is the problem if you don’t know the digital world! The Internet came to the Philippines in 1991, and I was among the first who applied for digital connection. Results? What I have today is my PhD5  like I told you above.

Today, if you don’t know anything, just open your laptop and search away! Unlike Mr Duyile’s, my PhD5 has ambitions for people knowing more.@517

 

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