Kwara To Establish University Of Education

The Kwara State government has set in motion machinery for the establishment of Kwara State University of Education.

Consequently, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has constituted an 11-man committee to pilot the take-off of the university.

The committee comprises a former vice chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Shuaib AbdulRaheem (chairman), Pastor Afolayan Babatunde (secretary), Prof. Medinat Salman, Prof. Sidikat Adeyemi and Prof. Umar Gunu.

Other members are Engr Sa’ad Belgore, Mrs. Mulikat Lawal, Femi Aina, Alh Abdul-Razaq Jiddah and a representative each of the Ministries of Housing and Urban Development and Justice.

A statement signed by the governor‘s chief press secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye, said.

The administration has since started preliminary efforts to birth the university of education using one of the three existing Colleges of Education as the launchpad.

“The state is similarly pulling the strings to have Abuja adopt one of the CoEDs as a Federal College of Education, while the third one adopts dual-mode that empowers it to issue bachelor’s degrees in line with the recent laws governing Colleges of Education in Nigeria.

“The 11-person committee will work out the modalities for the establishment, workings, and funding of the school. It will, among other things, develop the rationale and justification for a state-owned specialised university of education, including an assessment of the existing conventional, non-degree awarding -NCE/Diploma – colleges or university which limited facilities may fall short of the eligibility for automatic registration with the Teachers’ Registration Council.“