- A Nigerian lecturer has melted hearts on social media after offering to help one of his tutees

- Frederick Bassey offered to babysit her student's children while she was seating for an exam

- Bassey shared photos of himself babysitting in the exam hall

A lecturer at the University of Calabar in Nigeria, Frederick Bassey, is being celebrated on social media for assisting one of his students, a mother of twins.

The lecturer saw it wise to assist his lady student by offering to babysit her twin babies as she sat for her exam.

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Sharing his experience on Twitter, the lecturer disclosed that he knew the student would need help taking care of her children.

Bassey explained that it would have been stressful for her to write her exam and look after the kids at the same time.

He stood in front of the class holding the baby in his arms while at the same time supervising the tutees.

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The lecturer praised mothers who juggle parenting and school claiming they were the real heroes.

"These women who juggle parenting responsibilities and school responsibilities are the real heroes. I don’t know how you lot do that," he wrote on Twitter

He was praised on social media for his show of kindness.

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