Ayra Starr’s Hit Song ‘Rush’ Featured In University Exam In Kenya

Nigerian singer Ayra Starr has made a surprise appearance in an exam at The Catholic University of Eastern Africa in Nairobi, Kenya.

News About Nigeria gathered that her hit song “Rush” was used as a compulsory question for second-year students in the Department of Marketing and Management.

In the exam, for the course CMH 221: Human Resource Management, the lyrics from the song were presented and students were instructed to analyze the implied theory that young people are only motivated by money to work.

The students were then told to answer the first question and any other two in the exam.

The first question on Ayra Starr with subcategories read; “From the above “lyrics” it seems the youth are only motivated by money to work. Based on your understanding of motivational theories discuss this assertion.

b) Describe the Human Resource Planning process and show its relevance to the effectiveness of business strategy in an organization.

c) Job analysis creates internal integration among HRM activities”. Discuss this statement illustrating the linkages between job analysis and any four (4) HRM functions.

d) Job Design is critical in enhancing work life balance. Discuss this statement.

Taking to the microblogging platform, Twitter, a Kenyan student, @muregzzzz, shared a snapshot of the exam paper, of which he seemed disappointed with their lecturer based the questions on a musician’s song despite studying the other parts of the syllabus intensely.

He wrote; “Imagine this, you’ve studied the whole semester for a unit depriving yourself of any form of entertainment even music and hujawai skia rush by ayra starr, you walk into an exam room and this is what you see.”

See the post below:

Imagine this, you've studied the whole semester for a unit depriving yourself of any form of entertainment even music and hujawai skia rush by ayra starr, you walk into an exam room and this is what you see pic.twitter.com/BKp8ougZEi

— killua (@muregzzzz) April 27, 2023

This unexpected inclusion of a popular song in an academic exam has sparked conversation online. Many have praised the creative approach of the lecturer in making the exam more relatable to students.

Others have expressed surprise at the choice of a song with explicit lyrics being used in an exam.