From Kehinde Adewole
As part of the Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina led administration’s laudable efforts to expand admission oppurtunists to the teeming Nigerian youths and working class citizens seeking qualitative University education, the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), will, this month, commence admission excercises into 20 departments of the programmes recently approved by the National Universities Commission (NUC) for the Ivory Tower.
A statement by the Special Adviser on Media Matters to the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Wole Balogun, which was made available to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti at the weekend, disclosed that the Director of the FUOYE Institute of Part Time Studies, Prof. Abiodun Ajiboye informs the general public in a statement made available to the VC’s S.A Media’s office that admission excercises into the 20 approved Part Time academic programmes shall commence in the second week of May, 2021.
Prof. Ajiboye’s statement reads in part: “The Institute of part time studies is the brainchild of the VC, Prof. Abayomi Fashina who sees this as an opportunity to expand admission opportunities to our teeming admission seekers and working class people in order for them to have access to tertiary education in Ekiti State and beyond.
“The appointments of Prof A A Ajiboye and Dr Adeleke Omolade as the pioneer Director and Deputy Director respectively is a round peg in a round hole going by the tremendous achievements recorded by the duo within the shortest possible time.
“Firstly, approval had been obtained from NUC for 20 programmes in the university. Secondly , curricular have been developed for all the programmes and Coordinators had also been appointed for each programs in the various Departments. Thirdly, the application forms will soon be available online for the prospective students.
“FIOYE’s Part Time programmes mode of operation is unique and quite flexible in that there are two major types of the programmes that would be run by the Institute :
First is the regular daily Part Time undergraduate degree programmes where students will be having their lectures between 1pm and 8pm on a daily basis (7 contact hour).
” Second is the weekly part time undergraduate degree programmes where students will be having lectures on weekends, that is, Fridays and Saturdays
“The two programs will be domiciled on the main campuses of the institution in Oye-Ekiti and Ikole-Ekiti for now. The Regular daily part- time undergraduate degree programmes have the same duration of years corresponding with full time program (i.e 4yrs to 4yrs or 5yrs to 5yrs) while the weekly undergraduate part time program has one year extension to the corresponding full time program duration ( i.e 4yrs to 5yrs or 5yrs to 6 yrs)
“Application into both programs will commence second week in May, 2021. The institute hopes to start the academic programmes in the next 2020/2021academic session. The Director and his deputy are very grateful for the support of the VC and the University management. The VC has a vision to transform the university to an enviable height among universities in the country and across the globe.
Consequently, all stakeholders in the university are enjoined to key into and support this vision.”
Furthermore, the S.A’s statement further reveals that the 20 approved programmes for the part time studies included B.SC Agric Economics and Extension, B.SC Food Science and Technology; B.SC Soil Science and Land Management; B.SC Sociology, B.SC Banking and Finance ; B.SC Political Science and B.SC Psychology.
“Others are B.A English and Literary Studies, B.A History and lnternational Studies, B.A Religious Studies, B.A Theatre and Media Arts, B.SC Demography and Social Statistics , as well as B.SC Peace and Conflict Resolutions.
“Also approved are B.SC Public Administration; B.SC Water Resources Management and Agro Meteorology, B.A Linguistics and Languages, B.Sc Animal Production and Health, B.Sc lnternational Relations; BSc Economics and Development Studies, B.Sc and Sociology”.
