The Minister of Schooling, Dr Tunji Alausa, on Friday, mentioned President Bola Tinubu has permitted the conversion of the Yaba School of Know-how, YABATECH, to a college.
The Minister, who was on a working go to to some federal establishments in Lagos State, disclosed the information to the administration, workers and college students of the School.
“The Rector mentioned some minutes in the past that the workers, college students and administration of the School have been praying and fasting that it’s transformed to a college.By some means, you have got form of ambush me, however I need to let you understand that once I mentioned the problem with President Bola Tinubu, he didn’t waste time in giving approval. I’m simply ready for the memo and different essential protocols from the suitable quarters.
“This faculty is a legacy and with over 200 workers members holding Doctorate in varied fields, it’s greater than prepared and match to grow to be a college.
“All of the credit score about this could go to the President who loves training and is worried about giving the perfect to the youths who’re our future leaders,” he acknowledged.
Alausa, who went around the School to inaugurate and examine some tasks, expressed satisfaction with the upkeep tradition of the administration that has stored a lot of the amenities in good condition regardless of their age.
“I commend you for pursuing excellence and we’d like innovation and investments in know-how for growth and I can guarantee you that the federal authorities would again you up,” he added.
He confused additional that one of many causes the Tinubu administration is specializing in technical and vocational training and including entrepreneurship to it’s to stem the Japa Syndrome.“We’re not taking the problem of Synthetic Intelligence, robotics, coding and others with levity. We all know that if our youths are good at these issues, they are often in Nigeria and be working for companies in lots of components of the world and they are going to be incomes international trade. That can assist stem this Japa of a factor, the place individuals would journey overseas to do menial jobs,” he acknowledged.
He famous that for over three many years, Nigeria deserted technical and vocational training and centered on producing graduates who’re at all times after white collar jobs, however that the main target has now modified.
“In Europe and different locations, the main target has been on incorporating TVET to grow to be a core facet of their training system and that’s what we’re doing now. We want training that will assist manufacturing and technological improvements and that will additionally result in a strong non-public sector which is able to drive societal development and growth, ” he opined.
He urged the administration of the School to accommodate extra college students from its current 30,000 to about 50,000 to 80,000 college students inhabitants, saying the premier establishment has the capability.
Earlier, the Rector, Dr Ibrahim Abdul, mentioned with over 200 PhD holders in its companies, YABATECH was greater than certified to grow to be a college.
“Whereas we’re praying that we grow to be a college, we don’t need to grow to be simply a type of universities. We need to be a college of Technical and Vocational Schooling that will deliver innovation and in addition resolve societal issues and challenges and contribute drastically to the development of our pricey nation. We have now the manpower and we simply want the help of the federal government on this regard,” he acknowledged.
Abdul reeled out the assorted achievements of his administration and mentioned the administration wouldn’t relent in elevating the stakes increased.
The Chairman of the Governing Council, Prof. Funso Afolabi, thanked the minister for the go to and solicited his help in getting their calls for met.
The invoice that will state the change in standing of the School and the brand new title it will bear is predicted to the despatched to the Nationwide Meeting for passage and presidential assent.
