THE
Vice-Chancellor, Babcock University Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Professor Kayode
Makinde, on Sunday drew the emotion of the audience at the graduation ceremony
of the university, when he invited one of the best graduating students from the
School of Nursing Science, Miss Margaret Okwuikpo, to the podium for special
prayers on the death of eight members of her family who died in a motor
accident.
According to report, Miss Okwuikpo
lost her father, grandmother, sisters, brothers and cousin in a motor accident
which occurred on Friday in Port-Harcourt, on their way to Backcock University,
for her convocation ceremony slated for Sunday.
According to the report, the family
hired a Lagos bound 14- passenger bus from Port-Harcourt but the bus was
involved in an accident 15minutes after it left the park, allegedly due to over
speeding. Sources further informed that her mother, brother in-law and other
two persons are currently on danger list in the hospital.
Meanwhile, Professor Makinde has
commended the National University Commission (NUC) for its efforts to pass a
regulation to outlaw the award of pass degrees in Nigerian universities.
Professor Makinde made this
declaration while speaking during the presentation of 1,059 students for the
award of certificates for first bachelor degrees of the institution, for
the 2013 academic session, out of which 52 of them had first class honours.
He condemned the award of third and pass certificates in Nigerian
tertiary institutions and lauded the NUC for its efforts to pass a regulation
to outlaw the award of pass degree.
The Vice-Chancellor, said the step is
a commendable one on the road to repairing the fallen standard of education
that generated unemployable university graduates into the workforce. Acording
to him “The next step is to cut out third class from the university system and
begin the reconstruction of vocational training to provide medium level highly
skilled artisans, technicians and craftsmen and women to fill the indispensable
vacuum in production and maintenance created by years of neglect and over
certification of mediocrity,” he said.
While commending the host community
and the Parents Consultative Forum of the university for their collaborations
toward the growth and development of the institution, Professor Makinde stated
that the medical school would present its pioneer Bachelor of Medicine and
Surgery (MBBS) graduates for induction in 2016.
He said the preliminary contracts
have begun with the Nigerian postgraduate Medical College, the West African
College of Physician and West African College of Surgeons being expected for
accreditation exercise which will in return enpower the Babcock University
Teaching Hospital to begin medical residency in the hospital.
This
year, 71 students had their Masters degree with 40 postgraduates students who
had successfully completed their Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degrees in various
disciplines
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