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From Lateef Dada, Osogbo
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, yesterday, inaugurated the implementation committee for the upgrade of the College of Education, Ilesa, to a full fledge university.
He said the university has been carefully conceived as a thoroughly entrepreneurial and innovative institution that would be funded through a mix of sources such as the government, community, industry, and other stakeholders without exerting unnecessary pressure on the finances of the state.
He said the idea of Ilesa University was to further expand access to qualitative education, among other opportunities, for the young population.
Our goal is to increase access to quality and equitable education at all levels to empower Osun citizens to realise their full potential.
“The decision to upgrade the College of Education, Ilesa, I must note, is not a product of mere fanciful effort, but one that is a product of thorough and rigorous interrogation, characteristic of the culture of deep engagement for which this administration is noted. Among others, we also took into copious consideration, the college of education, its existing infrastructural and human resource assets as the state’s oldest college of education,” he said.
Chairman of the committee, Olu Aina, commended Oyetola for responding to the yearnings to rescue the College of Education, llesa, which, he said, has recently been plagued by a decline in enrolment – a situation which is also true for colleges of education all over the country.
He promised the committee would carry out this assignment timely and diligently in the best interest of the state.
