The College of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), Adeyemi College of Education (ACE) Ondo chapter, has given reasons why it decided to embark on the construction of a multi-million naira hostel accommodation in the institution.

Speaking after the foundation laying ceremony of the building was performed by the Provost of the institution, Prof. Olukoya Ogen on Wednesday March 22, 2017 in the College, the Chairman of the Academic Staff Cooperative Multi-purpose Society ( ASCOMS) in the institution, Dr. Rasheed Oloyede, stated that the Union decided to embark on the project, withthe views of adding values to the College, and partnering with other stakeholders, in their effort at tackling problem associated withaccommodation in the Citadel of learning.

Oloyede, a Chief lecturer in the Department of Physical and Health Education (PHE), also stated that the hostel construction initiative was undertaken by ASCOMS, in order to provide succor to female students, who he said are more populated than their male counterpart, and sometimes face challenges, in their bid at securing accommodation outside the College campus.

While reiterating the commitment of ASCOMS towards early completion of the first phase of the project, which he said comprised of 20 self-contained rooms and designedto accommodate 80 students, Oloyede appealed to the College Management, Corporate organizations and public spirited individuals for support, and assured that all financial donations received, would be judiciously utilized.

In a short remark while laying the foundation stone of the building in the college, the Provost of the institution, Prof. Olukoya Ogen, lauded the initiative of COEASU, stating that the construction of the hostel would go a long way, in motivating and driving development process in the institution.

Prof. Ogen expressed happiness over the development, and announced a personal donation of 500 blocks, towards the construction of the first phase of the project.

The Provost lauded the leadership of COEASU, and expressed optimism of early completion of the project, stating that it would be the desire of his heart to come back for the commissioning of the building in few months time.

He, however, charged the contractor handling the project to use quality materials and expedite action in its completion, so that the building would stand the test of time, and achieve the purpose for which it was meant.

Describing the project as a step in the right direction,  and additional blessings which God has added to the institution,  since his assumption of duty in the institution, the College Administrator said the move has opened door for greater achievements that would come the way of theCollege in no distant time, as many private organizations both in Nigeria and abroad from countries which include Spain,  had indicated intension to undertake projects in the College, that would add values to it,  and move it to the next level.

Prof. Ogen commended members of COEASU for their zeal, foresight and personal sacrifice towards the project, and gave assurance that the College Management under his leadership, would continue to support the body in the actualization of the project.

The brief ceremony held at the building foundation laying site, featured delivery of goodwill messages by the Deputy Provost, Dr. Samuel Akintunde; Member of ASCOMS hostel building committee, Dr. Olagunju Samuel Olu; President of ASCOMS, Dr. Oloyede Rasheed Owolabi as well as the Chairman, COEASU ACE chapter, Dr. Oziegbe Rufus Tope.

Eminent personalities who graced the occasion include members of COEASU, ACE chapter, staff of the College from the Information and Public Relations Unit led by their head, Mr. Moses Akinfolarin among others.

The National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) has stressed the need for public and private Colleges of Education in Nigeria, to comply with the minimum standards set for their operation, in order to meet the requirements needed for full accreditation of their courses.

This advice was given by officials of the Commission, in a paper delivered at a 3-day sensitization workshop, on the 2012 edition of Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) Minimum Standards, and the use of Quality Assurance Toolkits for institutional assessment, held for staff of Adeyemi College of Education (ACE) Ondo, between Monday April 3 and Thursday April 6, 2017 in the institution.

Speaking on the topic entitled: ‘’ Reforming Pre-Service Teacher Education: Rationale and implications,’’ contained in a sensitization workshop packaged inside thenew NCE Curriculum, College Re-structuring and Use of Quality Assurance Toolkit for Institutional Self-Assessment, the team leader of the NCCE officials from Abuja, Mr. Chukwuma Ugwuanyi, explained that the restructuring exercise embarked upon by the Commission, was targeted at addressing crisis affecting teacher education in the country.

He listed some of the crisis to include poor quality of Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) graduates, abysmal performance of pupils in public examination, mounting public outcry on the quality of NCE graduates and inappropriate NCE syllabus.

Others are inability to fashion out systematic approach at matching teachers demand and supply, lack of linkages and partnership between Colleges of Education and State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEB) among others.

While commending the Federal Government for the introduction of reforms in the education sector, and the implementation of National Teacher Education Policy (NITEP), Ugwuanyi said the move was aimed at producing specialist teachers for basic education, which include Early Childhood Care, Primary and Junior Secondary Schools (JSS). 

On the issue of accreditation, the NCCE senior official listed five key areas where the Commission would focus in its assessment,   to include Leadership, Management and Organisation, Curriculum Organisation and Implementation, Infrastructural and Learning Resources as well as Assessment and Evaluation and Student Support and Progression.

While emphasizing the need for Colleges of Education to achieve minimum standards of satisfactory inthe two key areas of Leadership, Management and Organisation as well as Curriculum Organisation and Implementation, he warned that failure to do so in any of them, could lead to denial of accreditation.

In addition, he also stated that failure to achieve the same in the remaining key areas would lead to interim accreditation.

Also speaking on a paper entitled: ‘’Structure, Content and Methodology of the New NCE Curriculum: A general Overview, another staff of the NCCE, Mr. R.A Badmus,  identified student enrollment as one of the greatest challenge facing Colleges of Education,  and stated that the new Minimum Standards introduced by the NCCE,  was geared towards making NCE graduates become  professionals and specialists in various areas which include Early childhood Care Education ( ECCE), Primary Education, Junior Secondary School Education as well as Adult and Non-formal Education and Special Needs Education.

On ways by which the new school curriculum could be successfully implemented, the NCCE official advocated the need for teachers to shift emphasis from teaching to learning by allowing learners to do more of the teaching, and helping in the preparation of instructional materials, that could promote effective learning.

In his own paper presentation on action required for effective service delivery by Quality Assurance Unit in Colleges of Education, another resource person from the NCCE, Mr. Ayoade Ajao, stressed the need for head of the unit to carry out needs assessment and provide training opportunity for staff of the College.

Other functions listed include studying and understanding of tool kits, involvement of all stakeholders, development of additional assessment instrument, production of teaching attendant template, peer-in-class assessment form, graduate destination survey form as well as Employers and Alumni feedback form among others.

Earlier In his address of welcome, the Provost of the College, Prof. Olukoya Ogen, described the workshop as very important and lauded the NCCE for the initiative.

Prof. Ogen, however, advised staff of the College participating in the workshop, to be attentive, and give cooperation to the resource persons, in order to achieve the purpose for which it was organized.

Similarly, the Head, Directorate of Academic Planning and Quality Assurance in the College, Dr. (Mrs) Folasade Ireti Alao, explained that the workshop was organized in preparation for full accreditation of courses offered in the College  by the NCCEand enjoined participants to make judicious use of the sensitization programme.

The workshop held at the Centre for Educational Technology building featured presentation of papers in various topics which include Curriculum framework as Guide for programme, Pre-Service Teacher Standards, 2012 Curriculum and its implication for staff development, Teaching Practice Supervisor Toolkit as well as Overview of Quality Assurance Toolkit, practical work on calculation of grades, Self Assessment Preparatory to Accreditation among others.

Eminent personalities who attended the programme include the Deputy Provost, Dr. Samuel Akintunde; Representative of College Registrar, Mr. Felix Eniola Aderinboye, Mrs. Olufisayo Fakorede; Bursar, Mr. Ganiyu Abdul and Acting Librarian, Mr. Akinade Awoyemi.

Others were Deans and Directors, Heads of Department and Units, members of the Academic staff as well as staff from the College Information and Public Relations Unit and Directorate of Academic Planning and Quality Assurance to mention but few.

An Educationist, Dr. Festus Oluwole Afolabi, has advocated the need for the establishment of Entrepreneurial centres in tertiary institutions across the countryby the three tiers of government, saying the move would help in tackling unemployment problem, and reduce the effect of current economic recession in the nation.

Afolabi, a Chief lecturer in the School of Education, Department of Educational Administration and Planning, Adeyemi College of Education (ACE) Ondo, gave the suggestion while presenting the 3rd Inaugural lecture organized by the institution in the College on Wednesday April 5, 2017.

Speaking on the concept of Entrepreneurship education, Afolabi using UNESCO’s definition, described it as a form of education, that is made up of all kinds of experiences that give students the ability and vision of how to access, and transform opportunities of different kinds available to them.

He equally stated that their involvement in the programme, would enable them anticipate and respond positively to societal changes.

Emphasizing the important role which education play in national development, Afolabi opined that for it to justify the huge investment allocated to it by government demonstratedthrough the establishment of schemes such asFree Universal Basic Education, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) and encouragement given to private individuals to establish private tertiary institutions, there was need for diversification of school curricula through the inclusion of entrepreneurship education in orderto cater for all talents.

He lamented problem of graduate unemployment in the country, and noted that its persistence over the years, has been attributed for high level of poverty and current security challenges as evidenced in the emergence of Boko Haram insurgent in the North-East, oil bunkering and ethnic militancy in the South-South, as well as incessant cases of kidnapping and armed banditry in South-East and South western part of the country respectively.

As way of addressing the problem, the inaugural lecture presenter charged the Federal Ministry of Education, through its supervisory and regulatory bodies, like the National Universities Commission (NUC), National Business and Technical Education Board (NABTEB) and the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), to introduce reform that would help in integrating entrepreneurial education into curricula of tertiary institutions in the country.

In addition, he also suggested the organisation of regular capacity building for lecturers and instructors that would handle courses relating to entrepreneurship education and provision of adequate funding for establishment of small scale enterprises.

Afolabi also made case for theestablishment of Entrepreneurship Development Centre in the institutions saying when fully operational, it would assist inproviding missing practical workplace skills,  and training that will equip graduates to be self-reliant, self-employed and turned to employers of labour after their graduation.

Earlier in his goodwill message, the Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) Abuja, Prof. Bappa-Aliyu Muhammadu, represented by an official of the Commission, Mr. Chukwuma Ugwuanyi, commended the College for the initiative, and reiterated the resolve of the body to continue to promote excellence that would further boost the fortune of teacher education in the country.

The programme held at the Olusegun Obasanjo Auditorium climaxed with the presentation of certificate and plaque to Dr. Oluwole Afolabi by the representative of Executive Secretary of the NCCE, Prof. Bappa-Aliyu Muhammadu, Mr. Chukwuma Ugwuanyi.

Important personalities which graced the occasion include the Deputy Provost, Dr. Samuel Akintunde; representative of the College Registrar, Mr. Felix Aderinboye, Mrs. Olufisayo Fakorede; Bursar, Mr. Ganiyu Abdul and the Acting Librarian, Mr. Akinade Awoyemi.

Others were former Acting Provost of the College, Dr. Femi Olajuyigbe; Deans and Directors, Heads of Departments and Units including Head, Information and Public Relations Unit, Mr. Moses Akinfolarin; representative of the Vice-Chancellor University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED) Ondo, Prof. Friday Okonofua, Prof. Abimbola Akintade; Public Relations Officer, National Institute For Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), Mr. Sola Ebire, friends and families of Dr. Festus Afolabito mention but few.

Workers in Adeyemi College of Education (ACE) Ondo have been advised to develop attitude of forgiveness, in order to enjoy bountiful blessings from the Almighty God. The admonition was given by a member of the College Pastoral team, Mr. Paul Adebayo, while delivering a sermon at the April edition of the College-organized monthly prayer meeting held on Monday April 3, 2017 in the institution.

Describing forgiveness as commandment from God, Adebayo said anyone wishing to have fellowship and good relationship with the creator, must ensure that he or she forgive those who offended them.

While expressing unhappiness about what he described as display of act of un-forgiveness by some people in contemporary society, the preacher advised against the act, saying God would only forgive those who followed His commandment and live a righteous life.

He quoted several passages from the Bible such as Mark 11: 25, Genesis chapter 37, 1 John 3 v 8 as well as Romans 12: 20 to buttress his points and emphasized the need for Christians to shun anger,  so as not to offend God.

His words: ‘’ Forgiveness in a must for all believers and a commandment from the Almighty God. We need to forgive, because God forgave us our sins ‘ If we want to enjoy fellowship with God, achieve deliverance and promise of a glorious end, which He promised us,  then we have toas a matter of necessity, forgive those that offend us’’ he remarked.

Also echoing the views of Adebayo, another member of the pastoral team, who is also a lecturer in the Department of French in the College, Mr. Oluremi Johnson Falade, stressed the need for Christians to live holy and abide with all the commandment of God as stated in the bible.

Falade lauded the College Management for supporting and identifying with the monthly prayer meeting and urged staff of the institution, to continue to participate in the exercise and discharge their duties favourably with the fear of God.

The prayer session which featured exhortation, song renditions climaxed with offering of prayers for peace, unity, progress in the College, Ondo community and Nigeria in general.

It was attended by the Deputy Provost, Dr. Samuel Akintunde; Acting Librarian, Mr. Akinade Awoyemi; Deans and Directors, Heads of Departments and units includingHead Information and Public Relations Unit, Mr. Moses Akinfolarin, staff and students of the College among others.

The names of the candidates in the list below have been recommended to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for admission into the Degree programme for the 2016/2017 academic session.

The affected candidates are advised to be attending lectures and tutorials in preparation for the forthcoming examination.

However, this category of candidates will commence their registration after the final endorsement of the list by JAMB. This would take place between Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th, April, 2017.

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This is to inform the entire College community that the Federal Government has approved the release of the sum of Six Hundred and seventy Nine million, six hundred and seventy thousand naira only (679.067m) to Adeyemi College of Education, (ACE), Ondo.

The amount is meant for the year 2016 Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) Intervention for execution of projects in the institution.

In a statement conveying the information to the Provost of the College, Professor Olukoya Joseph Ogen which was sent through a memo with reference No: TETF/ES/COE/AL2016/Vol.XVIII, dated 20th February, 2017, the Executive Secretary of TETFUND, Dr.  A.B. Baffa (Phd) said, “Dear Provost further to the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR) and in line with the provision of Tertiary Education Trust Fund Act 2011, I write to inform you of the allocation of intervention funds to your institution for the year 2016.”

The breakdown of the allocation of the fund is as follows:

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Physical Infrastructure/Program Upgrade               - 371.067m

Academic Staff Training and Development              - 200.00m

Library Development                                                 - 30.00m                                 

Conference Attendance                                             - 25.00m                                                       

Teaching Practice                                                      - 12.00m                                                                                              

Institution Based Research                                        - 10.00m

ICT Support                                                               - 10.00m

Academic Research Journal                                     - 10.00m

Tetfund Project Maintenance                                    - 8.00m

Academic Manuscript Development                         - 3.00m

Total                              =                          679.067m

 The modalities for accessing the allocated funds have commenced inearnest.

 The list below shows 184 newly admitted candidates into NCE program for 2016/2017 session (Batch III)

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced the start of Form Sales for 2017 UTME. Adeyemi College of Education is one of the few accredited centres for registration. Hurry now and get your forms before it closes. Sales of forms starts on Monday 20th March 2017. Visit the MIS Directorate, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo for details. 

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