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The Nigeria University Commission (NUC) on Monday began collation of data towards accreditation of seven new degree courses in the College of Education Ilorin in affiliation with Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti.
The courses are ; Biology, Chemistry, English, French, Economics, Social Studies and Early Childhood care For duration
Speaking on behalf of the NUC team, Professor Oyaziwo Aluede, said the accreditation is a process and the team was at the institution for inspection and collation of data towards accreditation of the seven courses.
Giving remarks, the acting provost of the College, Dr. Jimoh Ahmed Ayinla said “Today is unique because history is been made that the first ever accreditation exercise
for the ful1-time degree programme is taking place. As an institution, we have gone through different stages of scrutiny before we got to the point of this accreditation. In 2018, a Resource Assessment Visit was conducted by the NUC and based on the visit, the Management Committee of NUC, during its meeting on Friday, 31st August, 2018, approved the Afiliation arrangement of this College with Ekiti State University and seven programmes were approved for studies in our College”
Noted that “Course accreditation by the National Universities Commission is germane to the credibility of degrees awarded by a University. Taking or studying a non-accredited course in any Tertiary Institution is tantamount to a colossal waste of resources. Hence, the need for what we are starting today. I wish to reiterate the commitment of the College Management and other officers to the success of this very important academic exercise”
“As a Teacher training institution of long standing, I am proud to inform you that our College is blessed with learned and ever-learning scholars in various fields. Our teaching staffs are research inclined and ever ready to do more to ensure standard”
The institution, is the oldest state owned College of Education in Nigeria, established in 1974.
Speaking further, the provost said “Our College has all it takes to go into this accreditation exercise; human and
infrastructure. We have well-equipped laboratories and a main Library stocked with up-to-date reading materials. Our e-library is equally of international standard. We have enough lecture halls that are conducive for learning and we are still putting up more to take care of the ever increasing demands by admission seekers into our institution for their degree programmes”
The Provost, however, appreciated the state government led by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and the Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Barrister Senior Ibraheem Suleiman for giving the institution all needed support towards ensuring that the accreditation exercise is being carried out successfully.
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