The Principal Officers of the Emmanuel Alayande College of Education (EACOED) Oyo led by the college Provost, Dr Rasak Adefabi, recently joined the new intakes of the institution and their parents to observe the 2014/2015 matriculation ceremony of the college where not less than 3,640 students took the college oaths.
The management at the occasion, recognised the overall best candidate of the year, Ganiyu Abdullahi Jayeola, who scored 80 per cent in the last post-UTME examination conducted by the institution and was offered a full scholarship that would see him through his academic programme at the college.
Dr Adefabi in his address, restated the college’s commitment to promoting excellence, quality and moral education.
He also added that his administration would continue to reward hard work and diligence among students in the college.
Meanwhile, the recipient of the scholarship award, Jayeola, while speaking with Campusbeats said, “I finished my secondary School education at Baptist Academy, Oyo in 3013. I applied to NDA, a military school, to join the Nigerian Army. As fate would have it, I was shortlisted for interview but denied admission on physical exercise ground. My JAMB score then was 250 marks.
Again, I took JAMB in 2014, and also reapplied for the same course the second time in NDA. I was shortlisted second time yet dropped again for another reason.
This is how I came to Emmanuel Alayande College of Education to write their post-UTME examination to study Computer Education/Mathematics. When the college’s post-UTME result was released, I had the best score. I was highly elated by the result and I thank God for it as I appreciate the college’s gesture for the scholarship.
However, as much a I appreciate the college and promise that I would not disappoint the management and my parents, in my studies, my dream to become a military man is still in my heart. I love military profession and one day I will be there.
Asked why he chose the college of education, he said “All the while I did not apply to any secular tertiary institution except the NDA.
“After all my efforts to join NDA this year failed, people advised me to sit for Emmanuel Alayande College of Education’s post-UTME. Here I am. I have not lost my focus, I am just 16 years old, so I am not complacent with my academic status. By hard work and prayer, I will be there one day.”