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    Wednesday, November 3, 2021

    Edo State University Uzairue to Commission Campus Radio


    The Vice-Chancellor, Edo State University, Uzairue, Prof. Emmanuel Aluyor, says the university has recorded another achievements with the establishment of the University’s radio FM station to be known as 90.5 Peak FM with coverage of the campus activities and its environs.

    The Vice-Chancellor who made this know yesterday during the university’s 3rd convocation press briefing, said the vision of the state government that the university should be a centre of excellence is very much on course considering the achievements of the University in the last few years.

    According to him, the university has remained in session and maintained a stable academic calendar since inception, graduating students as at when due not minding several challenges.

    “Since its inception, the university has grown with an increase in the number of faculties, departments, approved and accredited programmes, and students,” he said.

    Aluyor further stated that all programmes across the 8 faculties run by the University have approvals and accreditation by the National University Commission (NUC).

    He noted that programmes that are professional such as Medicine, Nursing, Medical Laboratory Science, Engineering, Law, and Accounting have approval and earned full accreditation from the supervising bodies.

    He said that the university has also commenced her postgraduate programmes leading to higher degree, having graduated two sets of undergraduates and received approval from NUC after a verification visit.

    He added that the first set of graduate will be convocating on Thursday 4th, November, 2021, while the university has also mounted a conversion programme for graduates of polytechnics and monotechnics who are desirous of a bachelor’s degree.

    On student population, he said that since inception in 2015/2016 academic session, the NUC approved the quota of 500 for admission into the university but with 76 students, as at today, the quota has been increased to 1,800 with students population of 2,500.

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