In order to promote academic advancement at private universities, Igbasan also urged the government to provide private organisations access to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund.
He made the plea at a news conference on Monday to mark the 8th and 9th joint convocation, which is set for Friday, at the institution’s conference hall.
He said, “Our major challenge is funding. Although we receive regular financial support from the institution’s proprietor, Foursquare Gospel Church, it is not enough. Private universities have been appealing to the Federal Government to include us as part of TETFund.
“The students we produce also contribute to the country’s workforce and economy. There is no justification for excluding private universities—it is an injustice. Even if we benefit from TETFund once every two years, it would help us improve our infrastructure and better train our students.
“The same applies to NELFUND. Only public university students currently benefit from it. I see no reason why private university students should be excluded. These students are also citizens of this country and have a right to financial support for their education.”
According to the vice chancellor, private universities are being unfairly excluded from the NELFUND and TETFund.
“We are set to graduate 281 students, distributed as follows: 24 earned first-class honours, 116 obtained second-class upper division, 65 secured second-class lower division, and 13 graduated with third-class degrees.
“For the first time, we will also be awarding degrees to 21 postgraduate students and 42 diploma students.”
He emphasised that insufficient finance is one of the main issues private universities face, and that this might be resolved if they were given access to these money.
The Vice-Chancellor announced during the impending convocation that 24 of the 281 graduating students received first-class honours.
He added that all admitted students must complete four years of vocational training in addition to their academic studies since the institution has created a specific curriculum on entrepreneurship.
A tour of the recently built 5,000-seater auditorium, the anatomy lab, the live radio studio, and the entrepreneurship training facilities were among the highlights of the press briefing.
CREDIT: ALLSCHOOL ,Allschoolabs
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