33 obtain first class degrees from LAUTECH

                                                          LAUTECH Vice-Chancellor
                                                            Prof. Adeniyi Gbadegesin

No fewer than 33 students obtained first class degrees in the 2013/2014 academic session from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, the authorities announced on Monday.

The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Adeniyi Gbadegesin, stated this in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, at a briefing to herald the institution’s 12th convocation.

According to Gbadegesin, the 33 candidates are part of the 4,697 candidates who will graduate from the university this week.

He added, “A total of 4,697 first degrees and over 9,000 higher degrees would be awarded during this convocation. The breakdown is: 33 first class; 1,144 second class upper; 2,575 second class lower; 692 third class; 140 nursing students.”

The VC explained that the convocation ceremonies starting on April 23 would coincide with the 25th Founder’s Day ceremony of the university.

He, however, said the ceremonies would not be elaborate because the university needed money to execute some other necessary projects.

Gbadegesin, who said graduates of the school were doing well, pointed to a Computer Science and Engineering graduate, Mr. Olaolu Ayoola, who recently produced a surveillance drone he designed during his National Youth Service Corps programme in Osun State.

The VC, who hailed the support of the governments of Oyo and Osun states, noted that the university was on the verge of a major expansion.

He said, “As I speak to you, work is at an advanced stage at the university’s proposed Institute of Software Engineering. A Memorandum of Understanding between a leading mechanical engineering/automobile company, RT Briscoe, and LAUTECH has been signed to provide hands-on training ground for our students.”

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Traders’ daughter emerges Spelling Bee winner

A pupil of Araromi Primary School, Orile-Agege, Lagos State, Miss Boluwatife Tijani, has emerged winner of the primary school category of the annual Spelling Bee competition.

Boluwatife, 12, was named the overall best pupil at the end of a keenly contested competition at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Alausa, Lagos, on Wednesday. She was rewarded with a cash prize of N150,000 and a plaque for her efforts.

The contestants, who were drawn from public primary schools in the six education districts in the state, had an intriguing time spelling tricky words such as barracuda, casserole, quarantine, igloo, acapella and others.

At one point, a contestant spelt the world ‘aisle’ as ‘high.’

                                                                   Boluwatife Tijani

 Before finally bursting into tears, Boluwatife, whose parents are traders, said, “I feel so happy and excited. I prepared by reading the dictionary and my teachers also helped me. I would like to be a medical doctor in the future, but I don’t know how the money will be spent.”

In her address, Director-General, Office of Education Assurance, Mrs. Ronke Soyombo, said the Spelling Bee Competition was “conceived to encourage academic excellence.”

She added that the annual programme, which was initiated in 2001 by a former first lady of the state, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, through her New Era Foundation, has since been adopted by the Lagos State Ministry of Education.

“The competition helps pupils to improve their spelling skills, increase their vocabulary and develop correct English usage. It also creates good reading habits that will lead to better academic performance and boost the confidence of the participants, with a view to preparing them for future endeavours,” Soyombo said.

According to the Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, the secondary schools’ category of the competition, which has produced 14 One-Day Governors, will soon hold.

She said winners at both primary and secondary school categories would benefit from government education scholarship.

“The success of the winners at the competition, over the years, has continued to motivate our pupils to greater heights, as manifested in their achievements in their chosen careers.

“This is buttressed by the achievements of past winners who had graduated with distinctions and are now in enviable professions nationwide,” she said.

Ifaniyi Iretiola, a pupil of the Methodist Primary School, Ibeshe; and Jonathan Awobodu, a pupil of Abesan Primary School, Ipaja, emerged second and third position winners respectively.

They were also rewarded with plaques and cash prizes of N100,000 and N75,000 respectively.

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NUT writes Buhari, says education sector needs turn-around

The Nigeria Union of Teachers has congratulated the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, on his victory at the recent presidential elections.

Describing him as the last hope of the teachers, the union challenged him to use his mantra of change to “turn-around the education sector.”

The President of NUT, Mr. Michael Alogba; and Secretary-General, Mr. Ikpe Obong, said this in a letter to Buhari and obtained by The PUNCH and ROTHMYTEMMYPress TV on Thursday in Abuja.

The NUT said it was particularly happy that Buhari would be “coming on board to make a difference in the governance of our country.

“The fact that you continually profess to change the circumstances of Nigeria if given the opportunity, gives us hope that Nigeria is on the verge of rapid development and signals the beginning of the journey towards an enviable future.

                          General Muhammadu Buhari President-Elect Federal Republic of Nigeria

“The fact that you continually profess to change the circumstances of Nigeria if given the opportunity, gives us hope that Nigeria is on the verge of rapid development and signals the beginning of the journey towards an enviable future.

“Our dear President-elect, if there is any sector in Nigeria that needs a drastic change and turn-around, the education sector is the one, particularly the remuneration, welfare and status of Nigerian teachers.

“You remain the last hope of the teachers; for, if you, as a person known for action coupled with your avowed resolve to ensure equity, justice and fairness to all Nigerians would fail to raise the status of teachers of Nigeria and that of the education industry of our country, then no one else will do it.

“In that case, Nigeria would continue to lag behind and wallow in abject poverty, following the weak foundation bestowed on it consequent upon the neglect of our education industry. Herein lies the great challenge of your Presidency and you must not fail.”

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Breaking: Abducted Nigerian Schoolgirls ‘Seen Alive’

More than 50 of the chibok schoolgirls abducted by militant Islamists in Nigeria last year were seen alive three weeks ago, a woman has told the BBC.
She saw the girls in the north-eastern Gwoza town before the Boko Haram militants were driven out of there by regional forces.
The Nigerian woman, who lived under Boko Haram’s rule in Gwoza, told the BBC she saw the girls in Islamic attire, being escorted by the militants.
“They said they were Chibok girls kept in a big house,” said the woman, who asked not to be identified for fear of reprisals.
“We just happened to be on the same road with them,” she added.
‘Treated better’

Three other women also told the BBC they had seen the girls in Gwoza.
Boko Haram was believed to have turned Gwoza into its headquarters after it captured the town in August 2014.
Nigeria’s military, backed by troops from neighbouring countries, recaptured the town last month.
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Pay Us Our Salaries– ASUU Cried Out

The Cross River University of Technology Academic Staff Union Chapter on Monday, called on the state government for their immediate payment of arrears of the four month (December, 2014 – March, 2015) salaries.
The union, in a statement on Monday, decried the inability of the state government to meet the demands of the CRUTECH lecturers six months after they embarked on a strike.
It would be recalled that Workers of the university down tools last November in protest over unpaid bonuses and salaries by the state government.
The action had paralysed academic and social activities in the school.

In the statement signed by the ASUU Zonal Coordinator, Dr. Nsing Ogar; Chairman of ASUU, CRUTECH, Dr. Stephen Ochang; Chairman, ASUU, University of Uyo, Dr. Aniekan Brown; his University of Calabar counterpart, Dr. Tony Eyang; and the Chairman of ASUU, Abia State University, Mr. Ochi Ejimofor, the union blamed the Cross River State Government for crisis plaguing CRUTECH.
The ASUU leaders, who noted that lecturers at CRUTECH withdrew their services due to non-payment of their salaries, said academic activities would not resume in the school until the authorities paid their outstanding four months salaries.
The statement read, “We demand the immediate payment of arrears of the four month (December, 2014 – March, 2015) salaries. The union is also demanding the release of a special grant of N2.3bn to enable the university to pay sundry arrears owed staff as well as increase the monthly subvention to the university from N169m to N250m for effective running of the university.
“Other demands include the release of adequate funds to the university for NUC accreditation visit while staff salaries (including deductions) should at least be paid latest by 30th of every month.”
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I Never Gave Room For Distractions— LASPOTECH Best Graduating Student

Evelyn Nenuwa has emerged as the best graduating student of Lagos State Polytechnic 2013/2014 academic session in the Higher National Diploma (HND) programme. She obtained a Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.92.
She Graduated from the Department of Science Lab Technology with option in Chemistry.
Following her onerous feat, the Edo State-born Nenuwa got a cash reward for being the best graduating student in her department and also cash prize for emerging the best graduating student of the session by the LASPOTECH administration.

Evelyn Nenuwa

Nenuwa who was actively involved in politics while in school, explained that she never allowed her post as the Speaker of the National Association of Technology Students, School of Technology, LASPOTECH chapter to distact her studies but rather studied more.
Also, the counselling she got from her parents and church leaders, also helped her a great deal. She explains that her father who is an ex-Navy Officer, counselled her to avoid peer pressure, manage her time judiciously and above all, move closer to God.
According to her, achieving such laudable feat is the fruit of lot of sacrifice and self-denial. Nenuwa said she avoided distractions on the campus, including having any romantic relationships with males, attending parties and succumbing to peer pressure to indulge in frivolities.
In her words: “I never gave room for distractions. One, I did not get involved in any amorous affair with the opposite sex. Again, I developed a workable reading time table for myself; and I kept to it. My parents advised me to avoid peer presure but have a strong relationship with God and they provided all I needed to succeed in my academics because they know the importance of education.
“I developed a workable reading time table for myself; and I kept to it. Studying in Lagos State Polytechnic is not an easy thing if truly one wants to come out with high grade because there are series of assignments to battle with and you have to be in class before 8am and all the students live off campus. I did not joke with my studies, I always made use of the school library even on weekends since I could not study at home because the environment is noisy and not conducive for studying.”
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola urged the graduands of the institution to be confident and create job opportunities, not only for themselves but for others too.
Fashola who was represented by his Special Adviser on Education, Chief Fatai Olukoga stressed further that the Polytechic has impacted on students what will make them stand on their own during their stay in the institution.
He said: “The unemployment rate in Nigeria is quite high with a great pointer to half of the youth population being unemployed, yet, thousands more graduate from our tertiary institutions every year widening the figure. We want our students to leave school as well rounded people that will be able to stand on their own, able not only to work but create job for others.
“However, for decades, the mentality of Nigeria has been go to school, get good grades and get a job when you graduate, instead preaching to our children to aspire to create jobs from all indications.”
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