Adeyemi College Ondo, Marking Excellence in Education

 

Adeyemi college of Education, Ondo has been identified as institution noted for excellence in academic, performance and building future leaders.

The Provost of the college, Dr. Samuel Akinriola Akintunde attributing all achievements made in the College to God, commended the efforts of the institution’s founding fathers, his predecessors, staff and students of the institution for valuable contributions  to its growth and development. 

Noting that the College has been at the forefront in the training of teachers for this nation and the West African sub-region".

Saying "So since 1964 that the college was established with just few hundreds of students,  probably not even up to two hundred for a start, the institution has gone so far that as of today, have over 18,000 students, this shows that the college has transformed tremendously’’ he remarked.

Dr. Akintunde also lauded founding fathers of the college for their vision in establishing the institution, and his predecessors for sustaining  the hallmark of excellence for which the College is known stating that the development has brought glory to the College making it to be rated as one of the leading teacher training College in the country and internationally.

On challenges facing the institution, the College Chief Executive Officer, identified finance which he said is not peculiar to the institution. He however, expressed appreciation to the Federal Government for financial support given to the College stating that the government through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund ( TETFund), Normal and Special Interventions, has made huge contributions to the physical and academic development of the institution.

In addition, Dr. Akintunde lauded the Federal Government for various capital projects being executed in the College listing some to include construction of perimeter fence, laying asphalt on roads and construction of students hostel in the College.

Commenting on Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) drives in the institution, the Provost commended staff of the College stating that their initiatives had yielded positive dividends as good sources of income generation which assisted the institution to meet some of its financial needs.

Speaking on his expectations as the College prepares for transition to a University of Education, the erudite scholar, expressed optimism of great achievements and transformation to higher level as Centre of Excellence in Teacher Education. 

He equally expressed the hope that when the University takes off,  it would enjoy full autonomy that would assist it to attract international partners for exchange programmes through which its staff and students would be exposed to best practices as done in other parts of the world.

Meanwhile, to mark the Founder's Day, the Management in collaboration with the Alumni has lined up activities which started with Jumat service at College Mosque on Friday; Interdenominational service at Christ Chapel in the College on Sunday and special session of the Alumni at the Alumni event center on Sunday evening by 5pm at the Alumni Event Centre.