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Pro-Chancellor Inspects Facilities At CCE, Business School, ODeL
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- Published: 14 July 2021
By Sam Kpenu
The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, Senator Andrew Uchendu led other Council Members and Principal Officers of the University on an inspection tour of facilities to College of Continuing Education (CCE), University of Port Harcourt Business School and Open, Distance and E-Learning (ODeL) Centre. The extensive inspection exercise took place on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. Speaking during the exercise which kicked off with the inspection of facilities at CCE, the ProChancellor praised the Management of the College for providing quality leadership that has helped to deepen scholarship and bridge the gap in manpower need of the society. “I am very impressed with what is going on at CCE aimed at bringing education to the doorsteps of the people, thus boosting manpower development,” the Council Chairman remarked.
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Senator Uchendu, who challenged the Director of the College and his team to come up with new approaches to market the CCE programmes, stressed the need to give the College a facelift by providing the ambience which would attract more students. manpower development,” the Council Chairman remarked. “I want you to revitalise the Centre and make it more attractive by giving the environment a facelift. In marketing, people love to associate with brands, so I want you to collaborate with foreign universities to attract students to the College,” the Pro-Chancellor added. Speaking earlier, the Director of CCE, Professor Nathaniel Abraham disclosed that the College, which was established in 1983, currently runs pre-degree programmes in Humanities and Education, an Advanced-Level School known as Ashgrove Academy, as well as a secondary school. The Director decried the low level of patronage in all its programmes. He called for the support of the Council and Management to exempt CCE from Treasury Single Account, build an integrated laboratory, classrooms and offices amongst others. At the University of Port Harcourt Business School, Senator Uchendu said, he was impressed with the facilities on ground, describing the Business School as a very highly organised school. He urged Professor Ijeoma Okereke and his team to continue to work in line with the objectives of the University.
Conducting the Pro-Chancellor, Council Members and Principal Officers round the facilities, the Acting Director of the Centre, Dr Barilee Baridam said the Centre now has a state-of-the-art Recording Studio, Teleprompter for News Casting/Presentation and other facilities that would stimulate and encourage teaching and learning and appealed to the Pro-Chancellor to focus attention on the Centre by providing the needed facilities to enable it deliver on its core mandates.
Similarly, the Pro-Chancellor, has promised the Open, Distance and E-learning (ODeL) Centre that the Governing Council and Management would continue to support the Centre by creating more enabling environment for staff and students to give of their best.
“I want you to link up with leading universities abroad to attract high profile individuals in the society to the Business School,” the ProChancellor charged authorities of the School.
Advanced-Level School known as Ashgrove Academy, as well as a secondary school. The Director decried the low level of patronage in all its programmes. He called for the support of the Council and Management to exempt CCE from Treasury Single Account, build an integrated laboratory, classrooms and offices amongst others.
Speaking earlier, the Director of University of Port Harcourt Business School, Professor Okereke, had expressed appreciation to the Pro-Chancellor, Council members and Principal Officers for the visit, disclosing that the School is financially solvent and selfsustaining.Similarly, the Pro-Chancellor, has promised the Open, Distance and E-learning (ODeL) Centre that the Governing Council and Management would continue to support the Centre by creating more enabling environment for staff and students to give of their best. Conducting the Pro-Chancellor, Council Members and Principal Officers round the facilities, the Acting Director of the Centre, Dr Barilee Baridam said the Centre now has a state-of-the-art Recording Studio, Teleprompter for News Casting/Presentation and other facilities that would stimulate and encourage teaching and learning and appealed to the Pro-Chancellor to focus attention on the Centre by providing the needed facilities to enable it deliver on its core mandates.
