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  • Amosun rescinds decision on TASUED

    Amosun rescinds decision on TASUED

    Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle  Amosun, may have rescinded his government’s decision to scrap the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, saying that the institution “will continue to exist.”

    Speaking at the prayer session to mark the 80th birthday of the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, at the Central Mosque, Ijebu-Ode, Amosun said the controversy surrounding the government’s action in February 2012 has been resolved.

    “TASUED has come to stay. The school is back to life and will continue to exist. Very soon than you expect, the Governing Council of Tai Solarin University of Education will be constituted to enhance its smooth running,” he said.

    The government had announced that the institution would be affiliated to the Faculty of Education of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, a decision which was greeted with divergent views.

    The governor thanked the Awujale for his fatherly intervention on matters relating to the existence of the institution  which is the first university of education in Nigeria.

    The governor, at the prayer session which had Oba Rilwan Akiolu of Lagos and the former governor of Lagos, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu among other prominent dignitaries in attendance, described the Awujale as a lover of Ijebu race “who will do anything without looking back for the sake of his people.”

    “Kabiyesi’s fatherly counsel by extension on both state and national issues cannot be overemphasized,” Amosun added, while also praying God to grant him many more years of impacting on the nation.

  • Ex-VC calls for national summit on education

    Ex-VC calls for national summit on education

    Former Vice Chancellor of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Prof. Tunji Oyeneye, has called for a national summit to address the falling standard of education in the country.

    He attributed the rot in the education sector in the country to all stakeholders, whom the don described as hypocrite.

    Oyeneye, who is also the former Pro-Chancellor of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), made the call yesterday at the 4th international conference of the Centre for Development and Policy Issues in Africa (CEDPIA) held at the Conference Centre, University of Ibadan (UI), Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

    “Nigeria is not a pariah state; we live in the comity of nations and as their educational practices influence us, ours must also influence them. We must have a national conference on education where all educational stakeholders will be present and discuss these following issues: What can be regarded as the best practices on education? What are the yardsticks for measuring best practices in education?

     

    “What future do we want to build with the type of education we are giving to our children?

    “These are questions that we should ask and it is not about the issue of allocating trillions of naira to the sector. We should focus on a type of education that will benefit our country,” Oyeneye posited.

    On the way out of the crisis, the university don said the government has to decide if it has the resources to fund education, adding, “If the government cannot fund education alone, they should tell the whole world and let all the stakeholders contribute.”

  • New VC takes over in TASUED

    New VC takes over in TASUED

    The new Vice Chancellor of Tai Solarin University of Education ( TASUED) Prof. Oluyemisi Oluremi Obilade, has assumed duty with a promise to ensure that the institution achieve its objectives.

    A statement signed by the Public Relation Officer of TASUED, Gbenga Omilola, said the new vice chancellor sought the cooperation of members of staff of the institution with a view to injecting shared vision and mission, total commitment, endurance, understanding, trust, unalloyed support and spirit of forgiveness among others.

    According to the statement, Prof. Obilade, in her maiden address titled: “TASUED in the Quest for Global Excellence: I Come as a Partner,” said she was happy to know that the university is blessed with a crop of seasoned lecturers and administrators.

    While re-stating her commitment for a better TASUED, she noted that the university must be nurtured to glory.

    “I want this community to know that I have not come as a liquidator or an undertaker, it therefore behoves on all and sundry to join hands together and work to ensure the continued existence of TASUED. It is in this wise that I come as a partner and as a friend”, the statement quoted the new vice chancellor as saying at the forum.

    She highlighted her vision for TASUED and these include building a world-class university with products that have global acceptability; a leader in cutting-edge research with prolific researchers publishing in ‘A’-list journals; a centre of excellence in knowledge production and dissemination and a reference point for best practices; an institution with more than adequate, stable and sustainable financial base; an institution characterised by peace, with good university governance and positive and productive interaction between the town and gown.

    She assured the university community that the institution will be run on the basis of justice, fairness and reward.

    “Where there is a reward system, there is always room for sanctions, for system maintenance,” Prof. Obilade added.

     

  • NANS pleads against scrapping of TASUED

    NANS pleads against scrapping of TASUED

    The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has appealed to the Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun to reconsider the scraping of the Tai Solarin University Of Education (TASUED), Ijebu Ode.

    The call was made in an open letter to the governor titled: PROPOSED DISSOLUTION OF TAI SOLARIN UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION: APEAL FOR RECONSIDERATION signed by the association’s National President, Comrade Yinka Gbadebo .

    The association said that it was compelled to write the governor as part of its commitment to the struggle for quantitative and qualitative education in Nigeria.

    “We have followed with keen interest, the resent impasse surrounding the continuous existence of the Tai Solarin University of Education, vis-à-vis the implications for our students on that campus and the dire need for educational progression and the advancement”.

    The students also urged the governor to consider better and adequate funding of TASUED which according they noted is the only University that specializes in the training of professional educators in the country.

    They condemned the move to by the governor to scrap TASUED when the nation is in dire need of more Universities which is necessary for economic growth and development.

    “Sir, we strongly hope that our request for the continuous sustainability of TASUED will be granted without any unnecessary delay that may result into further actions from the NANS leadership. “

    The students implored the governor to personally visit the institution for an appraisal instead of basing his decision on reports he got about the school.