Crescent varsity matriculates new students
…bridges unity between North and South
From ZION ZADOK, Abuja
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
•A cross section of Crescent University students take their Oath of matriculation
Crescent University, Abeokuta, has matriculated 242 students of College of Information and Communication Technology (CICOT), College of Natural and Applied Sciences (CONAS), College of Environmental Sciences (COES) and College of Social and Management Sciences (COSMAS) for the 2011/2012 academic session.
In his address, the Vice Chancellor, Professor Hassan Okeleye, congratulated the students on their admission into the university, stressing that “the advantages of studying here include a high teacher-student ratio, which, in virtually all our programmes, is below the National Universities Commission (NUC) recommended ratio, well-equipped laboratories and studios, NUC accredited programmes, stable academic calendar and serene learning environment.”
Prof. Okeleye said the university was in the process of starting the fifth college, College of Law (COLAW), which has been visited for resource verification by the NUC.
Congratulating the students, he said they were particularly lucky to be admitted to the Islamic faith-based university that ensures delivery of personal discipline, integrity and promotes positive societal values.
Prof. Okeleye told the matriculating students that their journey of four years begins with a step and that such step should be in the right direction. He said “class tests, course attendance, tutorial grading as well as laboratory scoring” would contribute to their final marks for each course.
He observed that in line with the institution’s philosophy of encouraging girl child education, 49% of the new intakes are females, thanking Zamfara State Government for sponsoring some students on scholarship to study different degree and sub-degree programmes in the university. He added that this is a way of fostering unity between the North and Southern parts of the country.
In his remarks, the Director, Higher and Technical Education, Zamfara State, Mallam Ahmadu Abdullahi admonished students from the state to be good ambassadors, stressing that any of them caught with examination malpractices would not only be expelled by the university but would be further prosecuted by Zamfara State government.
