A University Don, Dr Fassy Adetokunboh Yusuff has advocated adequate recognition to Polytechnic Education in Nigeria because it offers advanced technical education needed for further technological development of the country.
Yusuf while delivering the Annual Lecture of the Ijebu Muslim College Old Students Association (IMCOSA) Ijebu Ode last Saturday, noted that polytechnic model is hands-on and industry-responsive education that trains students in advanced skills.
According to him, ” polytechnics usually offer a more practical, hands-on approach to technical subjects, whereas, universities tend to focus on the empirical, research-based studies.”
Speaking on the theme, “Life After Secondary School Education,” Yusuf, a former commissioner in Ogun state, emphasized the importance of acquiring additional knowledge beyond secondary school education to achieve success and relevance in life.
He highlighted various means of acquiring additional knowledge to include vocational and crafts education, technical and religious education, polytechnic and professional education, and university education and stressed the need for students to develop skills, be adaptable, and have impeccable character to succeed in the complex world.
In his address, the National President of IMCOSA, Otunba Olawale Salami said the lecture chosen within the context of ‘Youth Development and empowerment is designed to prepare the SS3 Students of Ijebu Muslim College Ijebu Ode for Challenges and opportunities that lie ahead of them after they graduate from the school and enrich the young ones with relevant and important information that they will need before and after graduation from IMC and also update IMCOSA members who have wards in secondary schools on contemporary issues and information they need to guide their wards as they go through their education and decide on what career to follow.”
