The Vice-Chancellor, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Professor Ademola Tayo, has said that rather than provide easy solutions in the classrooms, education must prepare students for the challenges in the career world.
Tayo said this on Thursday during the 2016/2017 matriculation ceremony of the university. A total number of 2,023 were undergraduate students while 400 were for postgraduate studies.
According to the don, education should take a pragmatic approach, allowing students to design solutions which fit their peculiar circumstances.
He said, “We are mindful of the fact that the purpose of education in today’s society should be to prepare students for the challenges of life in the career world. Since there exist today many different paths to success, different students need different outcomes from their experiences in the educational system. Rather than inculcating a set of competencies or ideas, education must prepare students to think critically and select opportunities that they need in order to succeed in their chosen paths.”
According to Tayo, the university has been ranked in the country among the best three of universities offering Law, adding that the school emerged the best in country at the Bar examination results in 2015. He added that two BU students emerged in first class category in the Nigeria Law School this year.
The VC advised the matriculating students to be open-minded and hardworking in order to achieve greatness.
He said “In a world with unpredictable and diverse social, economic, political, cultural and religious changes, you need the right capacities to respond to these diversity, and save mankind from undeserved pains and destructions. As you begin your journey, there is no greatness without elements of discipline, hard work, determination and the recognition of God.’’
--Roluyo Hammed and Rabiu Wasiu contributed reporting.
Tayo said this on Thursday during the 2016/2017 matriculation ceremony of the university. A total number of 2,023 were undergraduate students while 400 were for postgraduate studies.
According to the don, education should take a pragmatic approach, allowing students to design solutions which fit their peculiar circumstances.
He said, “We are mindful of the fact that the purpose of education in today’s society should be to prepare students for the challenges of life in the career world. Since there exist today many different paths to success, different students need different outcomes from their experiences in the educational system. Rather than inculcating a set of competencies or ideas, education must prepare students to think critically and select opportunities that they need in order to succeed in their chosen paths.”
According to Tayo, the university has been ranked in the country among the best three of universities offering Law, adding that the school emerged the best in country at the Bar examination results in 2015. He added that two BU students emerged in first class category in the Nigeria Law School this year.
The VC advised the matriculating students to be open-minded and hardworking in order to achieve greatness.
He said “In a world with unpredictable and diverse social, economic, political, cultural and religious changes, you need the right capacities to respond to these diversity, and save mankind from undeserved pains and destructions. As you begin your journey, there is no greatness without elements of discipline, hard work, determination and the recognition of God.’’
--Roluyo Hammed and Rabiu Wasiu contributed reporting.
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