The administration of Ogbonnaya Onu Polytechnic, Aba, Abia State, says it has abolished the issuance of statements of outcomes and gross sales of handouts.
The polytechnic rector, Christopher Okoro, stated the choice was meant to streamline processes and scale back scholar exploitation.
The Information Company of Nigeria stories that the establishment was previously often known as the Abia State Polytechnic, Aba.
Mr Okoro made this identified when the brand new govt of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Abia State Council, paid him a courtesy go to in his workplace on Wednesday.
He stated the establishment had digitalised its processes to make sure effectivity and transparency. In line with him, the brand new course of would allow college students to entry their outcomes on-line, and all outcomes have to be uploaded six weeks after examinations.
“As soon as the examinations are over, all outcomes have to be uploaded six weeks after. So, college students don’t must go and meet the lecturers,” he stated.
Mr Okoro, who stated that the polytechnic had outlawed the sale of handouts, emphasised that college students have been not compelled to purchase textbooks.
He defined that the certificates now include QR codes, which permit employers to confirm their authenticity.
Mr Okoro stated that the transfer was a part of the establishment’s efforts to boost its tutorial integrity and scale back pointless paperwork.
He stated, “How will a scholar end up after 5 years for those who give the individual a paper and name it a press release of outcomes?”
“The individual will carry it, most likely pay for the clearance, and are available again after years for certificates.
“And you continue to gather cash once more from the identical individual, and begin in search of the recordsdata once more. I stated that’s not proper.”
Mr Okoro disclosed that the polytechnic had additionally made vital strides in clearing wage arrears for workers members and bettering the establishment’s infrastructure.
In line with him, 36 months of wage arrears gathered by earlier administrations have been cleared.
The rector stated the establishment, which was de-registered by the Nationwide Board for Technical Schooling, had gained full accreditation for all its 33 programmes, with the board’s approval for 17 new ones, reminiscent of synthetic intelligence, cyber safety, mechatronics engineering, and trend design expertise.
He thanked Governor Alex Otti of Abia State for his help to the establishment, saying that “his management thinks not only for the now however for the long run.”
‘Keep away from quacks’
Earlier, Steve Oko, the brand new chairperson of the Correspondents Chapel, stated the go to was to discover methods to determine a symbiotic relationship between the group and the establishment.
Mr Oko described the rector as a “phenomenal agent of change” and counseled him “for remodeling the establishment from obscurity to stardom” in only one-and-a-half years.
He urged the rector to maintain the tempo and attempt to take care of harmonious working relationships along with his administration workforce and the establishment’s employees members.
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He challenged the establishment to introduce programmes that align with society’s up to date wants and embark on analysis that brings options to humanity and society’s issues.
Mr Oko urged the rector to all the time take care of skilled journalists and keep away from quacks, significantly the untrained social media practitioners.
