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At the end of the 2-day working visit of the World Bank Implementation Support Mission Team (mid term review) of the activities of the Lagos State University Africa Centre of Excellence For Innovative And Transformative STEM Education (ACEITSE), the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, told the team that the university was committed to giving its students, at all levels, the best of learning, skills acquisition and create opportunities for them to compete with the best globally.
Prof. Olatunji-Bello made the remarks at the exit meeting, after the completion of the team’s mission to Lagos State University ACEITSE, at the Vice Chancellor’s Conference Room, Senate Building, Main Campus, Ojo, Lagos.
The host, Prof. Olatunji-Bello, responding to the World Bank Team Lead, Dr. Ekua Bentil’s observations, thanked the team on its 2-day review of the project. She gave assurance that the university management would work on the areas that needed attention.
She was equally excited on the improvement made, since the last meeting, ststing, and “I sincerely thank the World Bank Team for coming for me, this is an exposition. When we met in Banjul, the Gambia, I made some commitments and here we are, we have made tremendous improvement. For our students, at all levels, we are committed to giving them the best of learning, skills acquisition and create opportunities for them to compete with the best around the World. On ACEITSE, we are good around 50% and we will keep improving”.
Furthermore, the VC stated that the university management would look into other part of the recommendations, especially, the areas of human resources for the Centre, generation of funds, the admission of foreign students, from the francophone region of Africa, as well as, other recommendations as suggested by the team.
The VC was particularly excited that the team observed the quality of education the students were getting from the Africa Centre of Excellence.
“The university is owned by the state government, we will always work together. We will continue to work with the government, especially for support, the Private sector and link up with the industry.
On Students’ career support, we used to have a Lagos State Government career programme for students, we can design something around that, Curriculum Vitae (CV), Resume writing as well as supporting the students’ career. Once again, thank you, so much. Good to have you around”, Professor Olatunji-Bello, ended her remarks.
Earlier, the Team Leader, World Bank, Dr. Ekua Bentil harped on the team’s findings and observations. She gave the Centre a clean bill of health and advised on one or two areas to improve on.
Bentil thanked the Vice Chancellor and the University Management for the warm hospitality. She ended her speech by wishing the Centre and the University well, in all its endeavours.
