Why We Don’t Delay Post Graduate Programmes At FUOYE — Bakare

The Federal University Oye Ekiti ( FUOYE ) , Ekiti State , said it has tackled challenges of infrastructure deficit in the institution by partnering sister universities who have such facilities .

Dean of the Post Graduate School, Prof . Ojo Bakare , who disclosed this , said in less than eight years of existence , the school is well equipped to offer one of the best postgraduate educations in the country .

He said at a time , the institution waited for the Tertiary Education Trust Fund ( TETFund ) alone to provide facilities needed , but when the current Vice Chancellor , Prof . Kayode Soremekun came , coupled with expansion in population of students , he was able to generate more Internally Generated Revenue ( IGR ) to spport the provision of facilities , classrooms and to sustain the expansion .

Bakare revealed that the institution would graduate its first postgraduate ( Masters ) set before the end of the year. “ Some of our Masters students must have graduated by year end because we have mechanisms to make sure that nobody ’s time is wasted , except the candidate is not serious , otherwise they will finish at the right time .

“ For programmes in Humanities and Liberal Arts, the students can finish in 12 months and if you are able to complete your course works and write your dissertation , we would allow you to face the External Examiners and if you pass , you go. For those in the sciences and Technology – based programmes , it is 18 months . So it is left in the hands of students because we make sure that on the part of the lecturers , nobody should waste anybody ’s time .”

He said the institution has blazed the trail as the first of nine universities co -established that has successfully commenced a full- blown Post Graduate Programme ( PGP ) , at both the Masters and Ph .D levels .

“ We now run PG in 30 programmes , following last week ’s approval by the National Universities Commission ( NUC) of fresh six programmes .”