Corona College Emphasises Value-driven Education, Graduates 155

Chris Asika

Corona College of Education Lagos has reiterated its commitment to ensuring a value and technological-driven education system to contribute its quota to developing the country’s education sector.

This was as the school confirmed that 155 students were conferred with various certificates for the 2019/2020 academic session, awarding 117 Professional Diploma in Education; two in Nigeria Certificate in Education; and 36 in Advanced Diploma in Early Childhood Care and Education.

The Provost, Dr Olajumoke Mekiliuwa, disclosed this at the third convocation ceremony of the college and a convocation lecture, the second in the series of public lectures organised by the college.

The lecture, ‘Town and Gown Synergy: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice Towards a sustainable Society’, was delivered by Prof. Enase Okonedo, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Pan Atlantic University, supported by other stakeholders.
The stakeholders who spoke at the convocation maintained that funding was a major issue in revamping the country’s education system.

Okonedo also noted that African ivory towers must focus on values and re-think how to develop practical solutions to the issues.

She also identified key skills employers look for in graduates to include communication, problem solving, creativity, adaptability, inquiry, among others.

Okonedo called on the federal government and various institutions of learning to include service-learning and service provision in the curriculum.

Expressing her dissatisfaction with the current education funding in Nigeria, Mekiliuwa opined that things could be better though the country still falls short of UNESCO standards.

She maintained that the college was committed to its vision and mission of being the best provider of teacher education in Nigeria with premium quality and standards for the training of globally competitive graduates.
According to the provost, the lecture allows the graduating students to know that they need to become competent, skilful, adaptable, creative.

“As a major stakeholder, I am not satisfied with the state of the education system in Nigeria. No one will be satisfied because we know there is room actually to improve in every area,” added the provost. “To the graduating students who coincidentally are teachers, our motto as a college is to raise a new breed of teachers. Hopefully, the education they have had here has one way or the other, prepared them. We are hoping they will go out there and do things differently.”

Also speaking, CCED Chairman, Adedotun Sulaiman, represented by Sade Odunaiya, explained that over the years, the impact of the college’s programmes on teacher quality “has been noteworthy as evidenced by the success stories.”

Sulaiman added, “The college is committed to ensuring a structured teacher education programme to equip teachers for effectiveness and to initiate a standard for teacher education in Nigeria and beyond. That is why CCED’s motto is ‘Raising a new Breed of Teachers’.”