Who Is An Ideal Mentor?

This paper discusses on mentoring, a topic that receives little attention in the academic world of developing societies, like Nigeria. Obviously maintaining the indispensability of mentor in contemporary societies, and at the same time, worried with the wrong mentoring trend, especially in universities, which the scarcity of ideal mentors is number one element, the paper takes mentoring work a step ahead by attempting to construct who an ideal mentor is on the basis of exhibiting eleven number qualities, including being just, ideological, strict for righteousness, and not abusing authority. Having a good mentee ultimately means having a good, and secured society, because they train the future leaders of the society. Bad mentor is a polar opposite of an ideal one. The two, therefore, have contrasting, and often clashing features. The work recognizes that, youth are those in dire need of mentor. It is essential for any mentee to be wary of such bad mentors, lest s/he falls into the trap of remorsefulness in the long run. The paper sees the presence of intellectuals, and valuing education as two major things for checking the dangerous mentoring trend in Nigeria, especially in universities. 

This paper discusses on mentoring, a topic that receives little attention in the academic world of developing societies, like Nigeria. Obviously maintaining the indispensability of mentor in contemporary societies, and at the same time, worried with the wrong mentoring trend, especially in universities, which the scarcity of ideal mentors is number one element, the paper takes mentoring work a step ahead by attempting to construct who an ideal mentor is on the basis of exhibiting eleven number qualities, including being just, ideological, strict for righteousness, and not abusing authority. Having a good mentee ultimately means having a good, and secured society, because they train the future leaders of the society. Bad mentor is a polar opposite of an ideal one. The two, therefore, have contrasting, and often clashing features. The work recognizes that, youth are those in dire need of mentor. It is essential for any mentee to be wary of such bad mentors, lest s/he falls into the trap of remorsefulness in the long run. The paper sees the presence of intellectuals, and valuing education as two major things for checking the dangerous mentoring trend in Nigeria, especially in universities.