Edo State University Not For The Poor – VC
The Management of the state-owned Edo University, Iyamho,(EUI) says
the institution was established to essentially cater for
academically-endowed students and the wealthy in the society.
The Vice Chancellor(VC) of the institution, Prof. Emmanuel Aluyor,
disclosed this in an interview with Newsmen on Monday, in
Iyamho-Uzairue, in the Estako-West local government area of Edo.
He said: “the idea behind the establishment of Edo University by the
founding fathers is neither to replace nor compete with the existing
Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma.
“But rather, to complement it in terms of providing world-class
education with the best of infrastructure to academically-gifted
students and the rich, who can afford the fees.
“People have questioned why former Gov. Adams Oshiomhole did not upgrade AAU, than establishing a new university altogether.
“Apart from its being capital-intensive to either renovate or bring
in the needed infrastructure, the idea was to provide a different brand
of education to the people.
“We are offering world-class infrastructure and state-of-the art facilities at EUI; that is why our fees are high.
According to him, the fees range from between N400, 000 and N450, 000 a session.
“And that depends from which perspective you are looking at it.
“If it is from the perspective of a private university, our fees are
very low indeed, because there is no private university that charges
anything lower than what we offer.
“And only one or two public universities charge the same fees as us
and that also depends on the quality of infrastructure and programmes on
offer.
“The idea of the founding fathers is for anyone to have an ambiance
of everything he desires abroad in any university environment here,’’
Aluyor said.
According to him, the university authority has also assembled first
class academic and non-academic staff to complement the infrastructure
and facilities, to ensure that the students are well groomed in
character and in learning.
The VC added that management had introduced an entrepreneurship
programme for its students to prepare them to “become employers of
labour rather than those seeking for labour.
“We have, therefore, set up facilities for entrepreneurship training for
all our students, irrespective of their course of study, to make them
to become independent on graduation.
“We are proposing a grant of between N5 million and N10 million for
any graduating student with the best entrepreneurship proposal.
“The University Council is still trying to fine-tune the modalities,’’ he said
Gurusloaded News
Comments