The President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the conversion of Yabatech from a Polythenic to a University. This was made known by the Minister of Education Tunji Alausa.
The Minister visited the Yaba College of Education today being 14th of February, 2025 where he made the information known to the Institution's management, staff and students. He said, the college is ready and fit to become a full-fledged university, adding that the school is an enduring legacy.
“The Rector said it is a dream come through for the college, because it has become a huge expectation for the college to be converted to the university status, saying that some minutes ago that the staff, students and management of the college have been praying and fasting for the conversion.
This school is a legacy and with over 200 staff members holding doctorate degrees in various fields, it is more than ready and fit to become a university. All the credit about this should go to the President, he said
He added that the fulcrum of the Tinubu administration on improving the technical, vocational, and entrepreneurship education is geared toward the effort to stem the Japa Syndrome.
“We are not taking the issue of artificial intelligence, robotics, coding, and others with levity. We know that if our youths are good at those things, they can be in Nigeria and be working for firms in many parts of the world, and they will be earning foreign exchange. That will help stem this Japa of a thing, where people would travel abroad to do menial jobs,” he stated.
Alausa, who inaugurated some projects, expressed satisfaction with the maintenance culture of the institution and thanked the management for there committment and maintenance culture.
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