The College of Calabar (UniCal), says it has developed a 25-year plan to strengthen its workforce, and curriculum.
Prof Florence Obi, Vice Chancellor of the establishment, disclosed this on Tuesday in Calabar, throughout an interplay with media.
The media interplay is a part of actions lined up for the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment and the thirty seventh convocation ceremony.
Obi famous that paucity of funds was a serious problem of any public college, including that, it was the rationale for the elevated in cash paid by college students.
She defined that that is to allow the administration to satisfy up with the rising price of operating the establishment.
“The Federal Authorities pays our personnel price, they don’t give us cash to run the college; in truth, UniCal receives N13 million month-to-month as subvention which doesn’t cowl our electrical energy invoice earlier than photo voltaic was launched.
“So, we rely on the funds from the scholars; that’s the reason we have now to broaden our scholar base by introducing the Open and Distant Studying Programme, which can give us extra college students with out affecting the establishment’s amenities.
“College of Lagos has greater than 30,000 college students on campus however nicely over 100,000 college students off campus by way of the Open and Distant Studying Programme which has no impact on the amenities on campus,” she mentioned.
The VC whereas noting that they may not proceed operating the establishment as an on campus programme alone, mentioned that with 50,000 Open and Distant Studying Programme college students, the college would come up with the money for to take care of amenities.
She appealed to the media to assist the establishment promote its Open and Distant Studying Programme, noting that the graduates additionally take pleasure in the advantage of the on campus college students such because the one yr Nationwide Youth Service Corps.
“We have now additionally launched the highest up programme which is for individuals who graduated from a college with a go or third class or who graduated from a polytechnic with a Larger Nationwide Diploma (HND).
“The programme which is permitted by the Nationwide Universities Fee will see these college students are available, spend one yr and get a bachelor’s diploma; we have already got 63 graduands on this yr’s convocation.
“We have now additionally automated our examination and end result portal in order that college students can see their outcomes from any a part of the world in a single month; these have been issues I by no means loved once I got here in as VC, however have put in place for my successor,” she added.
The Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) reviews that Obi, the eleventh VC of UniCal and the primary feminine to carry the place was appointed on Sept. 10, 2020 and her tenure will expire in Sept. 2025.
