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  • Shun cultism, UNIUYO VC Warns matriculating students

    Shun cultism, UNIUYO VC Warns matriculating students

    The Vice Chancellor of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO), Akwa Ibom State, Prof. Enefiok Essien, has advised the 8,120 matriculating students to live within the dictates of the school’s rules and regulations, warning that management would not hesitate to wield the big stick against non conformists.

    “…You are to submit to duly constituted authorities of the University, to shun cultism and to obey the rules and regulations governing the University,” he warned.

    It was at the 23rd matriculation ceremony of the Institution for the 2015\16 academic year held at the town campus of the University along Ikpa Road, Uyo, the State capital.

    Essien, a Professor of Commercial Law, while declaring the ceremony open, assured the new students that the university as the centre for teaching, research and manpower development was committed to the social contract of training them to become experts in various fields.
    He asked the students to reciprocate by adhering to the norms, values and ethical standards put in place in the University community, as part of the regulatory regime -to check the excesses of students and other members of the institution.

    Besides, Essien, who presided over the first matriculation ceremony since he took seat as the 5th Vice Chancellor of the institution on December 1, 2015, indulged the new students against unruly behaviours under the cover of unionism, saying dialogue remains the best option in dispute resolution.

    “Our target is quality service delivery at all times irrespective of who is involved. We treat you as very important persons and we hope you will never give us cause to treat you otherwise. The management of University of Uyo is prepared to listen and dialogue on all issues affecting you; it maintains an open door policy for such purposes,” he stressed.

     

  • Season of matriculation

    Season of matriculation

    Freshers admitted into the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) and Obong University in Akwa Ibom State have matriculated. OLAWALE ODEYEMI (400-Level History, University of Ilorin) and BORONO BASSEY (Obong University) report.

    It is the season of matriculation in higher institutions. Many have been agog for the ceremony, which signifies the official acceptance of freshers.For the freshers, matriculation is memorable because it comes with the excitement of being bonafide students.

    That was the scenario at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), last week, when 11,051 took the oath of matriculation before the institution’s principal officers.

    The Vice-Chancellor (VC), Prof Abdulganiyu Ambali, congratulated the new students for being lucky among 103,000 applicants, who chose the institution as school of choice.

    In his speech titled: Character and learning, Ambali advised the students to work hard to make good grades.

    He said: “Today marks your official transition from being ordinary students to bonafide students. The matriculation numbers assigned to you show that your destinies and that of the University of Ilorin have become permanently inter-connected. This is why you must guide your admission jealously.

    “Your academic is based on two factors, which are doing what is right and eschewing what is wrong. What is right is to take your studies seriously as well as obeying the rules and regulations of the school.  What is wrong are violation of the school rules and engaging in bad conduct.

    Good character and readiness to learn will lead you to success. With bad character, all learning is futile. This is why it is important that you remain good ambassadors of your families and the school.”

    Ambali advised the freshers to make positive marks as they started their academic journey.

    •Prof Ekanemesang
    •Prof Ekanemesang

    Giving his speech at the 9th matriculation of Obong University in Obong Ntak, Akwa Ibom State, the VC, Prof Udoudo Ekanemesang, told freshers to prepare for rewarding life from the school. He said the students must embrace the institution’s core values of hard work, discipline and dedication to succeed in their endeavour.

    Describing the freshers as future leaders, Ekanemesang advised the students not to join groups that would destroy their future, pledging that the management would ensure the students acquire knowledge that would make them compete globally.

    His words: “All the facilities required to enhance efficient and effective delivery of a modern learning experience to our students are on ground. The university has well-equipped laboratories for teaching and research, conducive classrooms fitted with modern teaching facilities and internet access on the campus.  Our Library is stuffed with modern reading materials in all disciplines and it is enhanced with free e-books.”

    In the matriculation lecture titled: Education for sustainable development: The Obong University experience, Prof Efana Usua stressed the importance of quality education, noting that it would be out of place for government to leave the burden of imparting quality education on students to private investors alone.

    The lecturer urged the government to review education policy to accommodate private universities in the funding to tertiary institutions to eradicate illiteracy.

    Timothy Toluwalase, a 100-Level Human Kinetics student of UNILORIN, said: “It has been a great experience since I was admitted into the university. I will work hard to achieve academic excellence.”

  • Season of matriculation

    Season of matriculation

    Freshers admitted into the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) and Obong University in Akwa Ibom State have matriculated. OLAWALE ODEYEMI (400-Level History, University of Ilorin) and BORONO BASSEY (Obong University) report.

    It is the season of matriculation in higher institutions.  Many have been agog for the ceremony, which signifies the official acceptance of freshers. For the freshers, matriculation is memorable because it comes with the excitement of being bonafide students.

    That was the scenario at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), last week, when 11,051 took the oath of matriculation before the institution’s principal officers.

    The Vice-Chancellor (VC), Prof Abdulganiyu Ambali, congratulated the new students for being lucky among 103,000 applicants, who chose the institution as school of choice.

    In his speech titled: Character and learning, Ambali advised the students to work hard to make good grades.

    He said: “Today marks your official transition from being ordinary students to bonafide students. The matriculation numbers assigned to you show that your destinies and that of the University of Ilorin have become permanently inter-connected. This is why you must guide your admission jealously.

    “Your academic is based on two factors, which are doing what is right and eschewing what is wrong. What is right is to take your studies seriously as well as obeying the rules and regulations of the school.  What is wrong are violation of the school rules and engaging in bad conduct.

    Good character and readiness to learn will lead you to success. With bad character, all learning is futile. This is why it is important that you remain good ambassadors of your families and the school.”

    Ambali advised the freshers to make positive marks as they started their academic journey.

    Giving his speech at the 9th matriculation of Obong University in Obong Ntak, Akwa Ibom State, the VC, Prof Udoudo Ekanemesang, told freshers to prepare for rewarding life from the school. He said the students must embrace the institution’s core values of hard work, discipline and dedication to succeed in their endeavour.

    •Prof Ekanemesang
    •Prof Ekanemesang

    Describing the freshers as future leaders, Ekanemesang advised the students not to join groups that would destroy their future, pledging that the management would ensure the students acquire knowledge that would make them compete globally.

    His words: “All the facilities required to enhance efficient and effective delivery of a modern learning experience to our students are on ground. The university has well-equipped laboratories for teaching and research, conducive classrooms fitted with modern teaching facilities and internet access on the campus.  Our Library is stuffed with modern reading materials in all disciplines and it is enhanced with free e-books.”

    In the matriculation lecture titled: Education for sustainable development: The Obong University experience, Prof Efana Usua stressed the importance of quality education, noting that it would be out of place for government to leave the burden of imparting quality education on students to private investors alone.

    The lecturer urged the government to review education policy to accommodate private universities in the funding to tertiary institutions to eradicate illiteracy.

    Timothy Toluwalase, a 100-Level Human Kinetics student of UNILORIN, said: “It has been a great experience since I was admitted into the university. I will work hard to achieve academic excellence.”

  • EKSU holds matriculation tomorrow

    The Ekiti State University (EKSU) has scheduled the matriculation of fresh students for the 2015/2016 academic session for tomorrow.

    The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof Samuel Oye Bandele, will preside over the ceremony holding at the Main Auditorium of the university, while the Registrar, Mr. Emmanuel Ogunyemi, will administer the Matriculation oath.

     

  • Protest: UI suspends Matriculation ceremony

    The authorities of the University of Ibadan (UI), has suspended its planned Matriculation ceremonies for the 2015/2016 academic session earlier scheduled for Thursday.

     

    This followed the protest staged by non-academic staff union over non-remittance of deductions and unpaid agreed allowance.

     

    ‎The University of Ibadan had reportedly received shortfall from federal allocations ‎leading to problems with meeting domestic welfare issues of staff.

     

    ‎It was gathered that the shortfall of the university since November 2015 is now close to N1billion.

     

    The unions had mobilized members and shut entrance gates into the university.

     

    Reacting, Vice Chancellor University of Ibadan, Prof Idowu Olayinka said that the university management has been transparent by announcing to all unions that the university is having a shortfall in its personnel cost since December 2015, making payment of some allowances difficult.

     

    Olayinka informed that while the total personnel cost of the university is about N932million monthly, the university received N663million in December, 2015 from federal government, and N782 million in January and February 2016 respectively.

     

    While stating that it was regrettable to find the university at the present condition, Olayinka appealed to the federal government to assist the premier university in meeting her needs in order to be focused on research, capacity building and development.

     

    He noted that the allowances being clamored for by the unions amounted to about N76 million naira monthly which is outside the allocations to the university and unrealistic in view of the present financial strain facing the institution.

     

    While regretting that some students while trying to run away from the orientation venue got injured, Olayinka said it was better to have students over 3,500 safe and sound than going ahead with the matriculation and risking their lives.

     

    A major victim of the protest was the orientation programme for the new student holding at the International Conference centre of the University which was disrupted as the unions stormed the venue and switch off the power supply to the hall.

     

    While the union members moved into the hall, students who were already seated were chased out of ‎the hall with chairs turned upside down.

    The unions were protesting ‎non-remittance of deductions from salaries, and lack of democratic ethos from the University Management.

     

    The SSANU Chairman, Wale Akinremi had criticized the administrative style of the management saying it was not democratic enough asking it to be alive to the welfare of staff and remit deductions.

     

    Although the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) were not part of the protest, it’s members had to park their vehicles outside the campus and forced to trek to their offices.

     

    As at the time of filing this report, the Vice Chancellor, Principal officers were in a meeting with security agencies on the situation.

     

  • Littoral varsity holds Matriculation

    Littoral University, Porto Novo, Republic of Benin will hold its 2015/2016 matriculation on Saturday.

    The event which holds at the institution’s auditorium in Agbokou, Ansarudeen in the morning, would be followed by a Carol service same day at the Musee Da Silva, Porto Novo.

    The Vice-Chancellor, Prof Ayeni Oyebode, said the matriculation would be preceded on Friday by a dinner for the new students at Buvette Labota, Housoumede, Avant Cimetiere Musulmane, Porto Novo.

     

  • 6,443 swear oath at UI distance learning matriculation

    The University of Ibadan (UI) on Monday matriculated  6,443 students for its Distance Learning (DL) undergraduate degree programme.

    At the ceremony which held at the International Conference Centre of the university, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Isaac Adewole said the students were lucky to be the first to be admitted to study full degree programmes through distance learning.

    “By this matriculation, you occupy an eminent position in the history of Distance Learning Centre and UI by being the first set of students to study on a full complement of Open Distance Learning platform. This platform is the result of the centre’s repositioning agenda that commenced over three years ago,” he said.

    Adewole said a total of 7,716 applications were received for the 2013/2014 academic session into the six programmes but only 6,443 were admitted.

    The programmes are: Economics, Psychology, Political Science, Social Works, Philosophy/Public Affairs, and English.

    Counseling them not to feel inferior, the Adewole explained that the students are the same with their regular counterparts, stressing that the programme uses the same workers and facilities of the university, and runs the same curriculum. He said the only difference is the mode of study.

    “You are all bona-fide students of the university with the same rights, privileges and responsibilities. At the last convocation, UI graduated six first class students from its distance learning mode. Many have even continued to pursue higher degrees up to PhD level.

    “Your curricular, interactive sessions, examinations and assessment would be handled by the same facilitators who handle these courses for regular students. You also have the benefit of real time online academic support. The university does not discriminate between certificates of students in the two modes,” he said.

    Adewole warned the new students to abstain from anti-social activities.

    He also said student unionism is alien to the mode under which they would study in the university.

    The immediate past Director of the Distance Learning Centre (DLC), Prof. Francis Egbokhare, delivered the matriculation lecture.

  • Matriculation for sandwich students

    The newly-admitted students of the Contact Session Sandwich programme for 2014/2015 academic session have been warned to adhere strictly to their matriculation oath.

    The ceremony held at the university auditorium, was presided over by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Patrick Aina, who was represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic, Prof Ibiyinka Ogunlade.

    He cautioned them to eschew bad character and disobedience to constituted authority which could jeopardize their academic life.

    He however commended the students for their tenacity and love for education.

    Administering the oath, the Registrar, Mr Emmanuel Ogunyemi, told the students that the oath is binding on them and they must live up to the expectation of the university which is repositioning to become a world-class institution.

     

  • UDUS matriculates 4,024

    UDUS matriculates 4,024

    No fewer than 4,024 fresh intakes for the 2013/2014 academic session took the matriculation oath of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS).

    With 1,394, Faculty of Science had the highest number of new students, while the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, with 34 students, had the lowest. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Riskuwa Shehu, said the successful students were admitted out of over 9,000 applicants from both the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct entry.

    He said priority was given to Science-related programmes during the admissions exercise. He said the school will also prepare potential students through its School of Matriculation Studies

    “This is our response to the desire of the country for rapid advances in Science and Technology. To further guarantee this, we have been able to reposition, strengthen and sustain our School of Matriculation Studies. This is to continuously prepare science students for eventual placement into our various Science and Science-related programmes,” he added.

    He called on the students to be hard working and adhere strictly to the rules and regulations of the university.

    Shehu also urged them to ensure high moral standards, respect for authorities, shun extremism and contribute to nation-building, among others.

    Similarly, Dean of Students’ Affairs, Dr Ibrahim Magawata, said that the Institution has recorded minimal social vices, while it is free from cultism and examinations misconduct.

     

  • Poly matriculates freshers

    Poly matriculates freshers

    The Rufus Giwa Polytechnic ((RUGIPO)) in Owo, Ondo State, has matriculated no fewer than 3,000 freshers admitted for the 2013/2014 academic session.

    They included students in the National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) programmes.

    The event was held at the poly’s Sports Complex.

    The Rector, Prof Igbekele Ajibefun, urged the freshers to pay attention to their studies and abide by the school’s rules.

    “In this institution today, we have responsible students who prefer to channel their grievances appropriately instead of taking the laws into their hands. As new students, you are expected to key into this laudable resolve and abstain from acts which are capable of tarnishing the good image the school,” the Rector stated.

    Prof Ajibefun commended the Ondo State Government for prompt release of fund, saying it had helped in expanding the infrastructural base of the institution in the last three years.  He noted that his administration was committed to the welfare of staff and students and the promotion of sound academic culture through strict adherence to professional ethics and rigorous research.

    Students who spoke to CAMPUSLIFE, Oyeleye Opeyemi, Mass Communication and Lawrence Sandra, Public Administration, expressed joy for being admitted into the polytechnic. They promised to be of good behaviour throughout their stays in the institution.