Abia College Plans Skills Acquisition Programme

Abia State College of Education Technical, Arochukwu (ASCETA), is set to commence certificate programme in skills acquisition in various fields.

The provost of the college, Dr Philip Ntoh stated this while speaking to newsmen in his office at the college in Arochukwu local government area of the state.

He said the programme is part of the college’s efforts to impact skills on the youths, make them self-reliant, and able to create employment for themselves and others.

Ntoh further said the programme is also in line with the situation in the country where the need for the people to engage in multiple streams of income has become necessary.

He explained that under his over seven years leadership of the college, it has achieved huge successes in infrastructure develoment, reduction of salary arrears, and staff development.

However, he listed decline in student registration as one of his drawbacks as a conseqent of the federal government’s upgrading of minimum teaching qualification above National Certificate of Education.

“Hope has not been lost completely. There are plans by the state government to transform the college to a University of Education. We believe it will happen very soon,” according to him.