Unilorin VC canvasses support for science, ICT education

Date: 2017-09-05

The out-going Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali, has called for greater support for science and ICT courses in the country.

He noted that science students often battled challenges such as inadequate lecturers and laboratory equipment as well as epileptic power supply.

Ambali's views were supported by the Provost, College of Education, Ilorin, Dr. Isiaka Opobiyi; a lecturer at Unilorin, Dr. Abubakar Aliaga, a former Kwara State Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Raji Mohammed and The President, The Third Estate, Alhaji Ahmed Bolaji-Nagode.

They spoke on Monday on the sidelines of a summit by the Third Estate in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.

Ambali said, "While Arts students can manage to read with torchlight, science students need facilities for practical classes. The challenge is that you cannot have practical classes without power supply."

In his remarks, Bolaji-Nagode stated that the group had awarded scholarship to indigent students and provided boreholes to communities.

He added that the association would train some indigenes on ICT to become self-employed.

Nagode said, "We are alive to the need to shift attention from white collar jobs to self sufficiency and employment. We intend to sponsor the training of select young graduates from the emirate to acquire skills in information technology.

"The objective of this initiative is to make them self-employed upon the completion of their programme and also to become potential employers of labour in the IT market."

The Director, Test Administration and Evaluation, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Dr. Yusuf Lawal, said that more candidates applied for Arts and Management courses than Science courses. Lawal, who was the guest lecturer at the event, said it was imperative to encourage more candidates to study Science courses to attain technological advancement.

He said, "There should be concerted efforts at implementing the 60:40 per cent Science: Arts ratio. There should also be improved teaching and learning of science at the Junior Secondary School level. There should be scholarship/bursary for science students; it is also important to have a science graduates research scheme. The Degree/Higher National Diploma dichotomy should be removed."

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ajase-Ipo     Matthew Babaoye     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Sherif Sagaya     First Lady     Onilu     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Yusuf Aiyedun     UNIFEMGA     Amuda Musbau     Tanke Flyover Bridge     High Court     Ijagbo     Split Diamond Interchange     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Pakata     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Maryam Ado Bayero     Quareeb     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Flights To Ilorin     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Lithium     Hakeem Idris     VADA     TIC     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Akeem Lawal     Gbugbu     Segun Olawoyin     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Femi Oladiji     Twitter     Babaita     IESA     Ayodele Olaosebikan     ASUU     Earlyon Technologies     SSUCOEN     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Sun Qing Rong     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Amada Jidda     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Ilorin East     A.E. Afolabi     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Amasa     Oja-Oba     Saka Saadu     Oko     Hussein Olokooba     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Kwara State Football Association     KWIRS     Sheikh Ariyibi     Omupo     Oko-Olowo     Yakub Ali-Agan     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Olayinka Are     Mahee Abdulkadir     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Lai Gobir     Maryam Nurudeen     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     A.O. Belgore     Moro     Frootify     AbdulGafar Tosho     GGDSS Pakata     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     National Information Technology Development Agency     MalHub     Yomi Adeboye    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Doyin Group     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Rachael Obisesan     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Oko Erin     Peter Amogbonjaye     Ajase-Ipo     Abatemi-Usman     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Farouk Salim     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Abubakar B.M     Abioye Bello     Saka Onimago     Charcoal     Pategi     Mohammed Danjuma     Kisira     Tunde Kazeem     Oniwa     Halimah Perogi     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     TETFUND     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Buari Edun     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Hassan A. Saliu     Bello John Olanrewaju     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Saad Omo\'ya     3MTT     IHS Towers     RTEAN     COEASU     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Local Government Pension Board     Shola Odetundun     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Wahab Abayawo     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Kwha.gov.ng     Logun     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Curfew     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Lanre Badmas     CACOVID     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Dasuki Belgore     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Sherif Sagaya     Sarkin Malamai     Garba Ado Sanni     Mansur Alfanla     Asa LGEA School     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Local Government     Eleja     Yahaya A Paniyaro     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     NTA Ilorin     Kwarareports     Amule     CUTI     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Salman Suleiman     Dauda Adesola     Yusuf Aiyedun     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Yahaya Seriki     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     CACOVID Palliatives     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Doyin Agbamu