Adeleke University Gets ICT Centre

Following the commissioning of a N50 million ICT resource centre in the school by the New Horizons Institute, students of Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State are set to join their counterparts in other private universities across the country to benefit from

international certifications in information and communications technology and e-business.
The IT resource centre which has standard state-of-art equipment would help students escape the pervasive graduate unemployment in the country.

Speaking at the commissioning ceremony, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Oluwole Gideon Amusan, said that the centre would enable students irrespective of their academic disciplines had minimum of four international skills certifications at 90 per cent subsidized rate, before graduation from the university.

“It will position them in global software development industry, e-banking, e-medical/ telemedicine, governmance, e-legal administration, oil and gas as well as telecoms sector with attendant employment and self employment opportunities

“It will provide skills that make our students more marketable and relevant to the demands of the job market. Today, ICT has made scholars to redefine literacy. Man will return to the Stone Age if ICT is removed from learning.

‘’Adeleke University deems it fit that all our students should have certifications in CCNA, Oracle, Java, Microsoft and other globally acclaimed IT and e-business professional courses,” he said.

Also speaking, the Managing Director, New Horizons Nigeria, Mr. Tim Akano, said the company had extended globally recognised IT certifications which were sought after by employers across all sectors in the last 10 years.

He urged the students to avail themselves of the opportunity presented by the resource centre by taking their coursework serious to enable them get the certification.