The vice-chancellor of the University of Abuja, Prof Michael Adikwu, has called for the support and perseverance of students in the school to help him re-build and re-position the institution to greater standard.
Adikwu who was speaking during the 2009-2014 sandwich students’ matriculation, stated that he will operate an ‘open-door’ policy where everyone will contribute to the growth of the school.
The VC added that the institution’s doors will be opened for complaints and grievances and that the staff will always be available to attend to students.
While speaking on the importance of teachers in the country, Adikwu stated that the performance of students in the nation currently has revealed that Nigeria lacks quality teachers.
‘’One important thing I must mention about your case is that anyone who is admitted into the Institute of Education is being trained to be a teacher.
“I have always attributed the moral decadence in our society to teachers, because teachers occupy an enviable position that can enable them to mould lives,’’ he added.
He advised the students to put more effort in their studies and urged them to work against cultism, examination malpractice, truancy and every negative act.
Also speaking, the acting director of the school’s Institute of Education, Dr Patricia Ojiah, stated that the institute’s objective is to train various categories of teachers to meet modern teaching challenges.
Ojiah called on the students of the programme to be committed to their studies, so as to graduate with good grades at the end of their stay in the campus.
Ojiah noted that though the institute is aware that some lecturers do not begin classes till late in the semester, results are released late in the year, as well as other challenges facing the programme, the management is making efforts to address them.
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