The
Vice-Chancellor of the Adeleke University, Ede, Prof. Oluwole Amusan,
has criticised the Federal Government for excluding private universities
from benefiting from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund.
The vice chancellor said this while speaking with some journalists in Ede, Osun State on Monday.
He said, “Managements of private
universities are angry and we feel cheated for being denied what we
should benefit from. If you look at it, the bulk of the fund is being
raised from the tax paid by private institutions and parents of students
of the institutions.
“We should be benefiting from the fund.
The exclusion of private universities from the fund is almost criminal.
It should be reviewed because the bulk of the money is coming from
private organisations.
“It is morally wrong to deny private
universities from accessing TETFUND. I can speak for all private
universities and I can say that this issue will be one of those we will
discuss in our next meeting. I think government should have a rethink on
this.”
To
prepare its students for life after school, the vice chancellor said,
the management of the university ensured the inculcation of the spirit
of entrepreneurship in all of them.
This, he said, would make the school’s products self-reliant after graduation.
Amusan also urged private institutions
to make their presence felt more by their host communities, saying the
Adeleke University always gives back to its community. He added that the
university’s students always go out to attend to the needs of the
people of the community.
Speaking on how students are disciplined
in the university, Amusan stated that the institution abhorred social
vices and that was why it was compulsory for all students to stay on
campus.
“We are a faith-based institution. Our
students are brought up morally. They are taught in the Christian way
and through that we are able to inculcate discipline in them,” he said.
“We still battle with them because
sanctions have to be applied. We have zero tolerance for cultism,
prostitution and the likes,’’ he said.
Apart from recently establishing the
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Computer Based Test facility,
the institution has commissioned a radio/television studio for the
dissemination of information and for the training of students in Mass
Communication.
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