- •Don’t exclude private varsity students from loan’
The management of Redeemer University, Ede, Osun State has appointed Prof. Shadrach Akindele as the fourth substantive vice chancellor.
The appointment followed the expiration of the tenure of Prof. Anthony Akinlo.
A statement by the Deputy Director, Corporate Affairs Directorate of the university, Mr Adetunji Adekeye, said Prof. Akindele would serve for a single term of five years.
The Vice Chancellor, KolaDaisi University (KDU), Ibadan, Prof. Adeniyi Olatubosun (SAN), has decried exclusion of students in private universities from the Federal Government student loan scheme.
He said education should be for all, hence the need for Federal Government to extend the scheme to state and private universities.
Speaking at a news conference to herald the third convocation of the institution, Olatubosun said the loan should be given to students who desired higher education, but lacked the financial means.
He said expected at the convocation is the former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Julius Okojie, who will deliver the convocation lecture titled: ‘Nigeria education system at the crossroads’.
The statement said Akindele attended University of Ibadan where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Forest Resources Management in 1985,
earned a Master of Science degree and Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Biometrics in 1987 and 1990.
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The Vice Chancellor, KolaDaisi University (KDU), Ibadan, Prof. Adeniyi Olatubosun (SAN), has decried exclusion of students in private universities from the Federal Government student loan scheme.
He said education should be for all, hence the need for Federal Government to extend the scheme to state and private universities.
Speaking at a news conference to herald the third convocation of the institution, Olatubosun said the loan should be given to students who desired higher education, but lacked the financial means.
He said expected at the convocation is the former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Julius Okojie, who will deliver the convocation lecture titled: ‘Nigeria education system at the crossroads’.
“One hundred and twenty-three students are graduating, 12 of them made first class, 50 got second class upper, 39 passed out with second class lower and 22 finished with third class,” Olatubosun said.
He said besides 24 accredited courses being run by the institution, NUC had also given the university accreditation for five more courses, which included Nursing, Laboratory Science, Public Health Science, Human Physiology and Human Anatomy.
