Published Nov. 9, 2024
By Newspointer
Gov. Agbu Kefas of Taraba on Saturday ordered all tertiary institutions in the state to make a mandatory the annual convocation of their graduands.
Kefas issued the order at the Combined Convocation Ceremony of the 1994 to 2023 graduands of the Taraba State College of Education Zing.
He rues the idea of delaying convocation of graduands by institutions, adding that he would query any head of institutions that would henceforth delay convocation.
The governor said that his administration would develop the capacity of the institution for the retraining and training of all teachers in the state.
He vowed to deal with any official who were sabotaging his free and compulsory education policy in the state.
According to him,I can tolerate any unwholesome conduct anywhere but not in education.
He congratulated the graduands and encouraged them to be good ambassadors of the institution.
Earlier, Prof. Ejika Sambo, Provost of the college said that the collage was convocating 19,700 graduands across various departments and courses.
Sambo announced that the collage which had 70 lectures with doctorate degrees was running National Certificate in Education (NCE) and degree programmes respectively.
He said that all courses were duly accredited in the college.
He thanked the governor for his support in ensuring the accreditation of all the programmes in the college.
He gave assurance that the college would maintain it’s capacity in training teachers.
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