By Christy Anyanwu
•In the middle is the Rector Dr Stella Mofunanya to my left is the Dr Timothy Olaniyan the deputy rector admin,the bursar Mr Felix Oyewole the Liberian Mr Timothy Ayonda Mrs Yetunde Alonge the acting deputy rector academics and Dr Sunday onjewu the Director of Entrepreneurship
The rector of the Redeemer’s College of Technology and Management (RECTEM), Dr. Stella Mofunanya, has announced the third and fourth combined convocation of the institution, billed to hold at RECTEM, Redemption Camp, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The college, she said, had successfully implemented five academic sessions from inception in 2018 to 2023, and the current 2023/2024 academic session was the sixth.
“I am pleased to inform you that the forthcoming convocation, on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, is to enable the college award National Diploma to 396 graduates of the polytechnic from four schools, namely, School of Management: Department of Accounting and Department of Business Administration and Management; School of Environmental Design Technology: Department of Architectural Technology, Department of Estate Management and Valuation, and Department of Quantity Surveying; School of Science and Technology: Department of Computer Science and Department of Science Laboratory Technology; School of Engineering: Department of Computer Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering and Department of Electrical/Electronics Engineering,” Mofunanya said.
The rector also stated that the occasion would include awarding certificates in vocational training to deserving individuals in skills such as Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Cakes and Pastries, Artworks, Web Design, Computer Software Development, Carpentry, Welding Technology, Electrical Installation and Auto Servicing.
Mofunanya and her management, who took journalists on facility tour of specific workshops, laboratories, wellness and entrepreneurship centres of the college before the press briefing, explained that the tour was to enable the press have first-hand information about the state-of-the-art equipment, tools and apparatuses available in the various schools of the polytechnic.
The rector said, “These teaching aids, machines and devices were procured through the benevolent nature of the proprietor of the college, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor E.A. Adeboye, to ensure that the institution meets the requirements to function adequately as a technologically-based centre of excellence as laid down by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE).”