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  • We won’t bend the rules, Ogitech vows

    We won’t bend the rules, Ogitech vows

    Ogun State Institute of Technology   (OGITECH) Igbesa, Ogun State, has said the institute would continue to open her doors for criticism in as much as it would make the management sit up. The institution also said it would not compromise on its mandate of being technology-oriented with graduates ranking among the best in engineering and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Nigeria.

    The Rector of the institution, Dr. Olufunke Akinkurolere, addressed a delegation from the National Board for Technical Education, (NBTE), who were on resource inspection to the institution.

    Earlier, the heads of the NBTE team, Mr. Felix Ogbonna and Ogoh Ngbede, advised management to have additional office space to ward off lecturers being lumped in a single office.

    Presenting the courses for accreditation and resource inspections, Akinkurolere assured that the Institute would abide by the standards set by the regulatory body.

    She said: “As regulatory requirements are ever changing, we see your coming as a process to acquaint, challenge and give us hope in our quest for enduring lifelong learning processes for the teeming youths”

    “The modest achievement we have recorded here was due to support of the state government.

    “I also wish to give credit to my predecessors, who worked tirelessly to ensure that this institution attained a place of pride among its contemporaries by virtue of her efforts and zeal to produce the best for industries and the labour market through infrastructural and staff development.”

    The Rector maintained that the constant monitoring by NBTE has kept the Institute on her toes, stating that the Institution will not rest on her oars in terms of teaching, research and best practices to ensure its graduates are to beat in employment opportunities.

    The exercise, which held from Monday November 28 through to Saturday, had Ogbonna and Ngbede, urging management to tap more into TetFund in order to consolidate on existing facilities.

    “You cannot have this kind of land and facilities yet allow them remain fallow. You need to explore more opportunities that TetFund offers. If that is also done, I believe there will be further improvement as regards infrastructural development and staff training,” the team said.

    Some of thye HND programmes presented for reaccreditation include: Accountancy, Architectural Technology, Business Administration, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Electronics (Telecommunication Option), and Statistics.

    At the Department of Sceince Laboratory technology, Microbiology was for full accreditation while Environmental Biology and Chemistry were presented for verification.

    At the National Diploma, The following National Diploma programs presented for reaccreditation include: Accountancy, Business Administration, Statistics, Computer Science, Electrical Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Estate Management and Marketing. The following new National Diploma programs were also presented for resource inspections-Welding and Fabrications, Building Technology, Civil Engineering, Public Administration as well as Taxation.

     

  • NBTE, OGITECH battle quacks

    The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has praised the Ogun State Institute of Technology, Igbesa (OGITECH) Ogun State, for closing of its satellite campuses and study centres to ensure students get quality education.

    Musa Abdullahi, an engineer, praised the institution when he led a team from the NBTE on a courtesy visit to OGITECH.

    The Ogun State Commissioner of Education, Science and Technology, Mrs. Modupe Mujot, who was also in attendance, reiterated the need for stakeholders in education to make concerted effort in the war against operators of other illegal centres which she said are turning out half baked graduates.

    The Rector Dr Olufunke Akinkurolere assured the NBTE Team of the institution’s resolve to expose any centre operating in defiance to the NBTE directives.

    She said Governor Ibikunle Amosun has expended about N40 billion on education in the last five years in the saddle, which has helped to improve the state’s and the country’s economy.

  • SSANIP-OGITECH lauds Management

    The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics (SSANIP), Ogun State Institute of Technology (OGITECH), Igbesa Chapter, has lauded the Rector of the Institution, Dr Olufunke Akinkurolere, for prioritising workers’ welfare.

    This was contained in a communiqué at the end of their meeting held in the school premises.

    SSANIP Chairman, Mr. Muideen Fatai, praised management for being sensitive to workers’ yearnings such as prompt payment of salaries, payment of deduction to pension administrators, and encouragement of staff development through training.

    Others are timely promotion, and infrastructural provision with adequate security/offices renovation.

    Fatai, therefore called on workers to support the present management.

     

  • OGITECH inaugurates SSANIP

    OGITECH inaugurates SSANIP

    The Ogun State Institue of Technolgy (OGITECH), Igbesa, has inaugurated the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnic (SSANIP) chapter.

    Also, the first SSANIP executive, of the chapter took their oath of office under the supervision of the union Zonal Coordinator and Secretary, Mr Adebanjo Ogunshipe and Mr Adeyemi Adebbiyi.

    Rector of the Institute, Dr Olufunke Akinkurolere, admonished them not to use the union to foment trouble. She urged them to priortise their employment at OGITECH.

    Akinkurolere, an engineer, appealed to the new association to foster a mutual relationship with other unions in the school to move the institution forward.

    She promised to accord equal representation to all associations without bias.

    She reminded the executive members to consult their members before any decision is taken on things that will benefit the union and the school.

    Akinkurolere urged them to abide by the rules and regulations guiding the institute, warning that management would not tolerate any act of indiscipline.

    Adebiyi advised the new executive to engage in a meaningful and constructive dialogue with management on issues bordering the union.

    Chairman of the SSANIP OGITECH chapter, Mr Fatai Nurudeen, promised to collaborate with other unions to uplift the standard of the school.

    The new elected officers are: Chairman, Mr Nurudeen; Mr Adedapo Adedotun, (Vice Chairman); Lawal Adebiyi (secretary); Ifatumo Olubukola, (assistant generals Secretary) Oamen Cecilia, (treasurer), Mrs ledina Alkabel (public relations officer), and Mrs Yusuf Muyibat (Financial secretary).

  • OGITECH resumes March 30

    OGITECH resumes March 30

    he management of the Ogun State Institute of Technology (OGITECH) Igbesa Ogun, State has announced that the institution will resume of its second semester for the 2014/2015 academic session will commence from Tuesday March 30.

    A statement from the institutions says registration will commence immediately and run for two weeks, after which lectures begin in earnest.

     

  • OGITECH floats new programmes

    Barely one week after the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN) okayed the standard of accounting of Ogun State Institute of Technology (OGITECH) Igbesa , Ogun State, the school again presented four programmes for accreditation to its regulatory body- National Board for Technical education, (NBTE).

    The new courses are: National Diploma in Mass Communications, Banking and Finance; Higher National Diploma in Chemistry/ Bio-Chemistry and Environmental Biology

    NBTE’s team also visited for accreditation. The purpose of the board’s visit was to inspect OGITECH’s facilities, infrastructure and the personnel and its preparedness to begin the new programmes.

    Rector of the institute, Dr Olufunke Olanike Akinkurolere, said the four new programmes, if accredited, would increased the totality of programmes run by the school to 23.

    Akinkurolere, an engineer, praised NBTE for unalloyed support to the school, saying that OGITECH would reciprocate the gesture by aspiring to becoming a reference point in driving technology among polytechnics.

    Akinkurolere said two OGITECH undergraduates enjoyed a full sponsorship by the school to participate in the Children- in- Science and Technology contest held in University of Iringa, Tanzania.

    She assured that the Institute will continue to use the advantage of the Guangdong Free Trade zone to add practical knowledge to her students by way of working relationship.

    She promised to rectify all grey areas, appreciating the efforts of the team in ensuring that standard is maintained for all academic in polytechnics.

    Mrs. Sarah Salamatu Gami, a Deputy Director NBTE, who spoke on behalf of the team, praised cooperation of workers for their conduct and hospitality. She said though the team is satisfied with the with respect to staffing, lecture rooms and books, nevertheless it would still submit its report with recommendation to the council whose report would be communicated to the institution soonest.

    The NBTE team was led by Thomas Adekunle, NBTE Director of Programess, Kaduna. Other members include: Mrs Serah Salamatu Gami , Mr. Amin Ado,  Prof Mudi Sulaiman, Mr. Charles Agbuke. Others were: Messrs. Y.D. Yakubu, Alex Onukogu, Chidi Ezenwa, and Philps Inuola, Mrs Stella Adetola, Mrs. Fatima Kabiru, and Mrs. Aslem okay.

  • ‘OGITECH remains hqtrs of Ogun ICT poly’

    The decision of the Ogun State government to make the Ogun State Institute of Technology (OGITECH), Igbesa, Ogun State the main campus of the four ICT (information and Communication Technology) polytechnics in the state remains sacrosanct; therefore, the budget of the other three polytechnics should go through OGITECH before being finally presented to the state for approval, the government has announced.

    This was reaffirmed by the Ogun State Commissioner for Education Segun Odubela, at the matriculation of the new intakes held at the institution last Tuesday.

    A panel setup by the Governor Ibikunle Amosun-led Ogun State government to review tertiary education in Ogun two years ago, had recommended that OGITECH be the headquarters since it was far ahead of the other three polytechnics in the development of ICT.

    Odubela said: “Today, we have no regret over that decision. We visited the four ICT polytechnics and in all fairness, OGITECH dwarfed the others with its ICT development. Besides, it also had more of its programmes accredited by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE). The government holds the institution dear, and with its pace of development, we see it as the polytechnic of the future.”

    In his speech, the OGITECH Rector, Prof Godwin Ejodame, noted that the institute has recorded remarkable achievements in the last few years, including the accreditation of 17 courses by the NBTE and recognition by professional bodies.

    He also said seven students of OGITECH received Ogun State slots for the Federal Government scholarship in the 2011\2012 academic session. He added that with the recent accreditation of additional courses, the school now runs six Higher National Diploma (HND) courses, while hoping for more courses before the year ends.

    Ejodame said the proposed collaboration between OGITECH and Greenwich University, UK has reached advanced stage saying “it will soon commence.”

    About 1,462 of National Diploma (ND) and HND took oaths of matriculation.