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SGS Will Fully Implement Senate Directive On Surcharge, Insists New Dean Professor Anthonia Okerengwo
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- Published: 31 May 2017
Graduate students who are yet to pay their statutory charges for the current academic session have been advised to do so without further delay or risk paying the recently reintroduced 30 per cent surcharge which would come into force as from the Second Semester.
Also, prospective applicants for the 2017/2018 academic session have been notified that the sale of application form for admission into various programmes of the School of Graduate Studies would commence no later than the first week of June, 2017.
New Dean of the School, Professor Anthonia Okerengwo, made the disclosure while unveiling her agenda for the School in an interview with our Correspondent in her office, last Tuesday. She promised to set the necessary machinery in motion to enable the SGS stand out as a first-choice destination for postgraduate education in Nigeria and beyond on her watch.
“I want to place on record that my predecessor did a very good job in sanitising the School during her tenure. I want to continue in that direction, because some of the steps she took, especially, her principled stance on the ‘overstay policy’ contributed in no small measure in compelling students and staff to sit up.
“I have, however, noticed from the hand-over note I received from my predecessor that the number of candidates seeking admission into the School is going down to an unacceptable level. This adverse development could be attributed to the current economic downturn in the country. I want to state that necessary steps have already been initiated to promptly reverse the ugly trend. It is a known fact that we are the biggest and best staffed Graduate School in the South-South region and we must take advantage of our leadership role to attract talented students to our programmes. We will, therefore, take proactive steps to improve the dwindling patronage of our graduate programmes. When prospective candidates understand that the process has now been so sanitised and that they would also graduate within the prescribed residency period, the patronage of our programmes will improve for good,” the new Dean said.
Professor Okerengwo debunked the insinuation that she was a rigid person, stating that she was only concerned about doing things the right way at all times without making cheap compromises. She also praised all her female predecessors, starting from Professors Bene Willie Abbey, down to Roseline Konya and Regina Ogali. “These women proved their mettle on the job and we owe them a lot of gratitude for their excellent performances. This is an academic environment; so, I don’t see any reason for any appointment to be made or evaluated through the prism of gender. Anyone who does well should be given opportunity to serve and rise to the apex of his or her career line, irrespective of gender or connection,” Professor Okerengwo added.
SGS Will Fully Implement Senate Directive On Surcharge, Insists New Dean
By Otikor Samuel
Graduate students who are yet to pay their statutory charges for the current academic session have been advised to do so without further delay or risk paying the recently reintroduced 30 per cent surcharge which would come into force as from the Second Semester.
Also, prospective applicants for the 2017/2018 academic session have been notified that the sale of application form for admission into various programmes of the School of Graduate Studies would commence no later than the first week of June, 2017.
New Dean of the School, Professor Anthonia Okerengwo, made the disclosure while unveiling her agenda for the School in an interview with our Correspondent in her office, last Tuesday. She promised to set the necessary machinery in motion to enable the SGS stand out as a first-choice destination for postgraduate education in Nigeria and beyond on her watch.
“I want to place on record that my predecessor did a very good job in sanitising the School during her tenure. I want to continue in that direction, because some of the steps she took, especially, her principled stance on the ‘overstay policy’ contributed in no small measure in compelling students and staff to sit up.
“I have, however, noticed from the hand-over note I received from my predecessor that the number of candidates seeking admission into the School is going down to an unacceptable level. This adverse development could be attributed to the current economic downturn in the country. I want to state that necessary steps have already been initiated to promptly reverse the ugly trend. It is a known fact that we are the biggest and best staffed Graduate School in the South-South region and we must take advantage of our leadership role to attract talented students to our programmes. We will, therefore, take proactive steps to improve the dwindling patronage of our graduate programmes. When prospective candidates understand that the process has now been so sanitised and that they would also graduate within the prescribed residency period, the patronage of our programmes will improve for good,” the new Dean said.
Professor Okerengwo debunked the insinuation that she was a rigid person, stating that she was only concerned about doing things the right way at all times without making cheap compromises. She also praised all her female predecessors, starting from Professors Bene Willie Abbey, down to Roseline Konya and Regina Ogali. “These women proved their mettle on the job and we owe them a lot of gratitude for their excellent performances. This is an academic environment; so, I don’t see any reason for any appointment to be made or evaluated through the prism of gender. Anyone who does well should be given opportunity to serve and rise to the apex of his or her career line, irrespective of gender or connection,” Professor Okerengwo added.
