Thomas Adewumi College (TAU), Oko-Irese in Irepodun Native Authorities Space of Kwara State, has within the final two years secured about N285m in analysis grants, each in money and credit, from “strategic partnerships.”
The Vice Chancellor (VC) of the college, Fransisca Oladipo, who disclosed this to newsmen on the weekend on the establishment’s campus to herald its maiden convocation ceremony subsequent Tuesday, described the grant as transformative.
She additionally hinted that Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State would ship the convocation lecture titled, “The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Way forward for Work: Implications for Nigerian Graduates.”
Fransisca added that the Excessive Commissioner of the Republic of Namibia in Nigeria and ECOWAS, Humphrey Geiseb, would give the Convocation Graduation Tackle, whereas Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq could be the Particular Visitor of Honour.
Based on her, the over N280 million in grants have fueled groundbreaking analysis and bolstered tutorial excellence in computing analysis.
“Our analysis initiatives have secured a complete grant of USD178,000 in precise money and over USD50,000 in analysis credit and different help for school, workers, and college students from our strategic partnerships,” she acknowledged.
Fransisca added that her management additionally has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with an Vitality Consortium in the US of America (USA) for inventive funding of as much as $105 million.
“Additionally, by the beneficiant help of our founders, we’ve achieved report funding ranges which have supported state-of-the-art services and infrastructure. These milestones usually are not simply investments in our campus however in the way forward for our college students, empowering innovation, fostering inclusivity, and setting a sturdy basis for generations to return,” she mentioned.
She hinted that the college, which was formally licensed in April 2021, started tutorial workout routines on Could 16 of the identical yr with 13 tutorial programmes throughout three schools, and is steadily dedicated to excelling throughout the fields of Science, Expertise, Engineering, Drugs, and Improvements (STEM-i).
“Since then, we’ve expanded to supply 27 tutorial programmes in 24 departments underneath seven schools, with a strong report of accomplishment, together with 100% full accreditation by the Nationwide Universities Fee (NUC),” she mentioned.
Based on her, between 2021 and now, we’ve doubled our tutorial programmes from the unique 13 permitted by the NUC for take-off to 27, and established 4 new schools (Arts and Humanities, Engineering, Regulation, and Nursing Sciences), bringing the entire to seven schools from the unique three as permitted for take-off. We achieved 100% full NUC accreditation in all our tutorial programmes.
“Moreover, our LLB Regulation Programme is permitted by the Council of Authorized Training, whereas our Bachelor of Nursing Science Programme is totally accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria. Earlier this month, we offered our first set of Nursing college students for the Council’s qualifying examinations, and we achieved a 100% cross.
“We’re deeply dedicated to creating a significant contribution to all 17 Sustainable Growth Targets (SDGs). We’re undoubtedly one in every of Nigeria’s most sustainable college campuses, with a 214KW photo voltaic farm,” she defined.
The VC, who’s the Secretary Basic of the Consortium of Universities in Kwara State (KU8+), acknowledged that levels could be conferred on 26 graduands from two schools and 9 tutorial programmes, with six graduating with First Class Honours, 14 with Second Class Honours (Higher Division), 4 with Second Class Honours (Decrease Division), and one with a Third Class.
In the meantime, other than convincing the media practitioners in regards to the faculty’s landmark success since inception, the VC additionally led them on a tour of many services throughout the 300-square-metre premises, stating that the majority the uncooked supplies are both produced or made domestically.
