By Precious Ireoluwa
The Rector of Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Engr Temitope John Alake has called on the students of the Institution to shun social vices such as cybercrime, prostitution, cultism, sexual harassment, hooliganism, among others.
The Rector stated this on Friday during the matriculation ceremony of National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) students for 2023/2024 academic session.
While noting that freedom in higher institutions come with consequencies, he urged the new intake to distance themselves from unethical behaviours which can further forfeit their studentship on campus.
According to the Rector, “I understand quite well that many teens believe that higher institution is a place where you enjoy a lot of freedom and make friends, but sometimes that freedom often comes with consequencies.
“The Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti has zero tolerance for all anti-social and unethical behaviours such as examination misconduct, prostitution, cultism, sexual harassment, hooliganism, gangsterism, corruption, yahoo or whatever it is being called and any form of social vices.”
Speaking on the magnitude of vocational skills acquisition, Engineer Alake said: “Entrepreneurship is evolving in the world and as a result, the federal government of Nigeria mandated all tertiary institutions to establish skill acquisition center for the training and certification of their students.
“Pursuant to this laudable initiative, the management of this Institution established a center called, The Centre for Entrepreneurship Development and Vocational Studies (CEDVS) which is poised to execute the National Qualification Framework (NSQF).”
While reinstating the Institution’s commitment towards ensuring that students are certified with vocational skills to make them exceptional after their programmes, he stated that the centre has over 26 skills acquisition programmes that cut across Agriculture, Construction, Events Management and Fashion Design.
Another high point of the ceremony was the presentation of awards to outstanding students who have performed extraordinary in their various departments.