Tag: Orientation

The Covenant Polytechnic, Aba, Abia State, has organised an orientation programme for the newly-admitted students for 2012/2013 academic session. The event was held to help the students know the institution’s code of conduct and regulations.

The Rector, Deaconess Bukky Nwoke, reminded the freshers that the polytechnic was a faith-based institution, which, she added, would not tolerate any form of immorality. She said the management had developed zero-tolerance for indecent dressing and misconduct.

Nwoke said any student that fouled the dress code would be arrested by the school’s security outfit known on the campus as school marshal. She listed some of the banned dressing styles to include show back, low waist, sagging and show armpit among other. She also noted that excessive application of cosmetics by female students remained banned in the institution.

Nwoke said the institution had strict regulation against exam malpractice, saying the management had collaborated with the institution’s Students’ Representative Assembly (SRA) to battle the vice. She stressed that any student caught in the act would be sanctioned accordingly.

Ending her speech, Nwoke advised the students to be focus and take their studies seriously, adding that discipline was a virtue every student must work hard to acquire.

The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Lagos State University (LASU) chapter, welcomed and orientated its freshers last Friday. The programme, which was anchored by Abdullahi Jimoh, was held for new students admitted into Mass Communication at Adebola Adegunwa School of Communication, Surulere.

In his welcome speech, the president of the society, Musbaudeen Shekoni, said the orientation was aimed to make the new students adjust to academic life of the university. He urged the freshers to abide by the rules and regulation of the institution, stating that a good Muslim would respect constituted authority.

He stressed that journalism was a profession that must be practised with prestige, selfless advocacy, independent investigation and respect for human rights.

Fatimah Abdul, a former member of society, lectured the students on broadcasting, which, she said, was not about appearing on television or speaking grammar on radio. She told the freshers that hard work, focus and personal development would make them to achieve their aim, advising the students to dress decently at all time.

The guest speaker, Dr Ridwan Adeyemi, who spoke on Toward academic breakthrough: Tools and strategies, advised the students on the need to share information between themselves, citing Quranic verses to support his exhortation. He said lecturers of the faculty were ready to support the students through academic and personal counseling.

Musbaudeen thanked the speakers for talking to the students in his closing remark.