From Saka Bolaji, Minna
Provost, College of Education (COE) Minna, Prof. Mohammed Yakubu Auna has said that the Institution has put in place measures to curtail certificate forgery, saying henceforth statement of results issued by the college would only last for two years.
Prof Auna made the disclosure while speaking to journalists in his office in Minna. He said that a software has been put in place so as to easily identify forged results and certificates from the Institution.
He lauded the Niger state government and TETFund efforts in the provision of several structural development and other interventions in the college.
He added said that the standard of the college would be improved upon despite the challenges facing the school just as plans are on-going to improve the Internal Generated Revenue (IGR) instead of relying solely on fees paid by the students.
The provost appealed to Governor Abubakar Sani Bello for the school’s overhead costs to be released and consistently to enable the college take adequate care of its offices, pay water and electricity bills as at when due ameliorate the plight of the students and staff.
He hinted that the college has a staff strength of about 620 comprising 200 teaching staff and 400 non-teaching staff with about 9,000 students of the institution spread across nine centres in the state.
Auna was optimistic aver the standard of the education in the college, saying it i one of the best in country and urged parents to be watchful of their wards because of peer pressure to avoid adopting negative attitudes.
He noted that his administration has zero tolerance for corruption and cultism as well as other negative vices like drug abuse hence it is in partnership with non- governmental organisations to ensure sensitization of students and workers on drug abuse and effect of cultism to prevent their involvement in such acts.
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