- Universities
- Delta Government has said that the three proposed universities, that would bridge the gap in the educational needs of the state, would take-off in the 2021/2022 academic session.
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Prof. Patrick Muoboghare, Commissioner for Higher Education, told journalists, on Wednesday, in Asaba, that the universities would provide quality education for the people, pointing out that the exigencies of the times made the state government to transform three existing higher institutions, to universities.
“Federal Government, by a deliberate policy, has gradually phased out the HND diplomas,’’ the commissioner said, adding that this created the urgent need to upgrade one of the colleges to university of education, given the poor attraction of students to Colleges of Education, in spite of government’s expenditures to sustain the institutions.
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He recalled that the state government, on Tuesday, transmitted an Executive bill to the House of Assembly, seeking to upgrade the College of Education, Agbor, to a University of Education.
“Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro, to become a University of Science and Technology, while Delta State University, Anwai Campus, Asaba, to be upgraded to a University of Science and Agriculture.
“We are hoping that for 2021/ 2022 academic session, we shall take off the new universities and gradually phase out programmes that are in the existing institutions.
“It will make for efficient, effective and qualitative delivery of service and funds management,’’ Muoboghare said.
He noted that upgrading the institutions would provide opportunities for qualified Delta youths seeking university admission, but were edged out due to quota system and limited available spaces.
“In 2019/2020 academic session, over 25,000 candidates took Delta State University, Abraka, as first choice.
“Out of this number, over 22,000 candidates qualified and applied for and wrote the post UTME examination, but only 4,854 could find space, leaving the remaining 21,042 candidates stranded and almost hopeless.
“These are the ones, who, in an attempt to avoid staying idle at home, find themselves in various expensive sub degree programmes in the universities, polytechnics and college of education.
“So, we need to provide for qualified and ambitious children and this we are doing through the establishment of new universities, by upgrading three existing tertiary institutions to full-fledged universities,’’ he said.
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