OAU flays ASUU, schedules exams
Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, have been re-assured that nothing would disrupt the 2017/2018 Rain Semester Examinations as the University Management have put machinery in motion to make it hitch-free.
In a statement, the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Abiodun Olarewaju, noted that the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was not effective in the institution contrary to the union’s claims.
He said: “The general public is quite aware that the 43rd Convocation Ceremony for the 2015/2016 and 2016/3017 graduating sets of the University was successfully held from Tuesday, 11th to Friday, 14th December, 2018. Even statutory meetings of the University such as senate, Administrative Staff Committee meetings, Appointments and Promotions Committee (A&PC) meetings, Development Committee meetings, Junior Staff Committee meetings and the Procurement Committee meetings all held as scheduled.
“In addition to all these, the University played host to several national and international conferences including a very unique one on the Application of Information and Communications Technology to Teaching, Research and Administration held from November 11-14, 2018. The faculties of Clinical Sciences, Environmental Design and Management and Social Sciences successfully had their annual conferences and Faculty weeks. During the period the nationwide strike commenced and now, there has been a flurry of academic, research and social activities, unprecedented in the history of our university.”
Olarewaju noted that no fewer than 20 of the 1,300 lecturers in the institution’s employ were not teaching, adding that their courses had been reassigned.
In a statement, the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Abiodun Olarewaju, noted that the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was not effective in the institution contrary to the union’s claims.
He said: “The general public is quite aware that the 43rd Convocation Ceremony for the 2015/2016 and 2016/3017 graduating sets of the University was successfully held from Tuesday, 11th to Friday, 14th December, 2018. Even statutory meetings of the University such as senate, Administrative Staff Committee meetings, Appointments and Promotions Committee (A&PC) meetings, Development Committee meetings, Junior Staff Committee meetings and the Procurement Committee meetings all held as scheduled.
“In addition to all these, the University played host to several national and international conferences including a very unique one on the Application of Information and Communications Technology to Teaching, Research and Administration held from November 11-14, 2018. The faculties of Clinical Sciences, Environmental Design and Management and Social Sciences successfully had their annual conferences and Faculty weeks. During the period the nationwide strike commenced and now, there has been a flurry of academic, research and social activities, unprecedented in the history of our university.”
Olarewaju noted that no fewer than 20 of the 1,300 lecturers in the institution’s employ were not teaching, adding that their courses had been reassigned.
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