Ahmadu Bello University
The Kaduna State College of Education, Gidan-Waya has appealed to the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria to approve more degree courses to meet increasing demands by candidates.
The Administrator of the college, Prof. Joseph Choms, made the appeal on Saturday, during the matriculation of 431 students into the 2017/2018 batch of ABU-affiliated Bachelor of Education programme in the institution.
Choms commended the management of ABU for increasing the number of students admitted into the 11 courses, but appealed for more courses, “especially in the sciences”, to meet rising demands.
The Vice Chancellor of ABU, Prof. Ibrahim Garba, who was represented by the Dean of Faculty of Education, Prof. Yahaya Kajuru, told the students to consider themselves lucky to have been admitted.
“More than 12,400 candidates applied for admission into the 12 Affiliated Colleges of Education, but only a little above 5,000 were admitted,” he said.
He urged the new intakes to abide by ABU rules and regulations, and cautioned them against vices that could bring shame to the university community
