College of Education, Ekiadolor, Edo State has been
upgraded to University of Education. Edo State House of
Assembly Thursday passed into law a bill establishing the
Edo State University of Education Ekiadolor thereby
repealing the law establishing the College of Education
Ekiadolor which was passed in 1988 pending the State
Governor assent.
The passage of the Bill into law by Parliament followed the
clause by clause consideration of the bill in a committee of
the whole after the House had earlier adopted the House
Standing Committee on Education report on the bill which
recommends that the bill be considered and passed into
law.
According to the committee's findings, the bill when
passed will help to upgrade the college of Education
Ekiadolor, as it will offer courses restricted to Education
and will offer in service training for Graduates and non-
Graduates Teachers.
Parliament while considering the 66 section bill amended
some sections of the bill while others were adopted. Some
sections of the law deals with the composition of the
University, comprising the chancellor, Vice-Chancellor,
Bursar, Librarian Registrar staff and students while
sections 9 and 10 spells out the functions of the vice-
chancellor and the Registrar.
The law empowers the State Governor to constitute the
Governing Council of the university and the vice-
chancellor while the vice-chancellor has been empowered
to appoint two deputy vice-chancellors subject to the
ratification of the senate of the university.
Speaking, Rt. Hon. Uyi Igbe directed that clean copies of
the law be sent to the Governor for his assent.
It would be recalled that the State Governor, Comrade
Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole recently sent the bill to the
House for passage.
Also at plenary, parliament has considered the report of
the House Standing Committee on Education on a bill for
a law to make provisions for the establishment of a
university and matters connected therewith.
The five point findings of the committee's report states
that the bill is desirable as it will boost the socio-economic
activities of the host community, bring education to the
grassroots, serves as a centre for research, create
employment for the people of Uzairue, the university's
host community hence recommends that the bill be
considered and passed by the House. (The Nation)
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