BY LAW IBITOYE
The Rector of Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Engineer Temitope John Alake has enjoined students of the Institution to shun social vices , saying engaging in; cybercrime, prostitution, cultism, sexual harassment, hooliganism and others ruin lives.
The Rector gave the advice on Friday during the matriculation ceremony of National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) students for 2023/2024 academic session.
The Rector who informed the new intakes that the Institution has zero tolerance for social maladies.
“Federal polytechnic Ado Ekiti has zero tolerance for all anti-social and unethical behaviours such as examination misconduct, prostitution, cultism, sexual harassment, hooliganism, gangsterism, corruption ,yahoo or whatever it is being called and other forms of social vices.”
Advising the new students to make good use of their freedom on campus for their own good.He said, their seriousness and good mannerism would determine their studentship and time of graduation.
While noting that freedom in higher institutions come with consequences.
The Rector who said the Institution placed high premium on vocational skills, urged the new students to embrace vocational skills. He said they would be trained to be employers of labour after their graduation rather than being job seekers. “Entrepreneurship is evolving in the world and as a result, the federal government of Nigeria mandated all Tertiary institutions to establish skill acquisition center for the training and certification of their students.
“Pursuant to this laudable initiative, the management of this Institution established a center called The Centre for Entrepreneurship Development and Vocational Studies (CEDVS) which is poised to execute the National Qualification Framework (NSQF).”
While reinstating the Institution’s commitment towards ensuring that students are certified with vocational skills to make them exceptional after their programmes, he stated that the centre has over 26 skills acquisition programmes that cut across Agriculture, Construction, Events Management and Fashion Design among others.
High point of the matriculation ceremony was presentation of Awards to exceptional students in their various Departments.