Babcock VC reiterates commitment to producing employable graduates
The Vice-Chancellor of Babcock University, Ilishan Remo, Prof Ademola Tayo, has reiterated the commitment of the university to producing graduates who are not only socially and academically sound, but are also equipped with hands-on skills to navigate life after school and build a successful career for themselves.
Tayo, in a statement on Wednesday, disclosed this while kicking off the annual Graduating Class Week for over 3,000 final year students of the university, whose graduation comes up in June.
The Vice-Chancellor described the annual programme as a time when experts, professionals, future employers are brought to the school to have an interface with the graduating students, offering them priceless insight out of their very rich experience and building on what the university had taught the students to make a successful venture out of their life after school
Tayo said, “This yearly programme is a testament to the university’s unwavering commitment to prepare the graduating students to meet the outside world’s demands. It is to get you well prepared and to navigate the career opportunities.”
He urged the graduating students not to undermine this opportunity, for which people who graduated 40 years ago, like him, never had.
The VC said, “After the final examination, back then every student would leave the school without this kind of experience, but in Babcock University, we don’t only train them to be academically and socially sound, we also get them ready to navigate their ways through future careers.”
He noted that one of the alumni who took copious notes from a similar career fair in the past ran away with ideas that she got at the event and is better off today.
The VC added, “I therefore want to encourage you not to allow this programme to be just for relaxation alone, find time to gather information as you will be leaving the school shortly. This is a platform to connect with people who have been there and have succeeded.
“Ask questions of them and look for ways to collaborate further and make the most of this opportunity, engage with industry experts and learn as much as you can.”
Speaking on the essence of the programme, the Director of Alumni and Connectivity of the university, Dr Dangana Jonathan, said that the annual event helps to expose the students to further demands and virtues that will help the students pick their way through their careers outside the university.
Dangana explained, “What we do during this annual event is to further reinforce the skills that will have been infused into the students in the last four years, sharpen them and get them more equipped with the hands-on skills that could help them navigate life outside the schools. It is geared towards reducing the quantum of unemployed graduates in the country”.
