By Okerafor Athanasius, Jalingo
Provost of Taraba State College of Education, Zing (COEZ), Professor Ejika Sambo, has assured students that the institution will soon commence a dual mode of education.
Sambo made the disclosure during the 46th matriculation ceremony of the college where 1,300 fresh students for the 2024/2025 academic session took the oath of formal admission into the institution.
He described dual mode of education as a system where students enroll into a degree program without affiliating with any university.
The ceremony held at the college’s Prof. Sa’ad Abubakar Hall.
Sambo congratulated the matriculants for being part of the set that would benefit from the dual mode.
“It will interest you to know that your set is the luckiest because dual mode will soon commence, where you will enroll into a degree program in the college without affiliating with any university”, he said.
Our correspondent revealed that the state College of Education located in Zing town of Zing Local Government Area (LGA) of the State, is presently affiliated with the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Kaduna State.
Addressing the matriculants further, the Provost said the matriculation marks “the beginning of a new chapter, a journey of learning, growth and discovery” in their lives.
Urging them to embrace the opportunity with enthusiasm and determination to work assiduously towards achieving success, the Provost said that they had become bonafide students of the institution.
Counseling them, he said: “You must abide by the oath you have taken, be of good behaviour and shun all forms of social vices such as examination malpractices, cultism, indecent dressing, youth restiveness, and other vices that are detrimental to the law of the college.
“If caught indulging in any of such acts, the perpetrators would be dismissed from the college.”
According to him, the college has enough facilities that can compete favourably with those of its counterparts across the country.
In an interview with journalists shortly after, Professor Sambo confirmed that the school management matriculated about 1,300 for the current session.
Throwing more light on the dual mode education system, the Provost declared: “We will start our dual mode program at the next academic session.
“As I speak with you, the bill has passed through first reading while we are waiting for the second and third readings at the State House of Assembly before it can be taken to the Governor for assent.
“By June specifically, it will be ready and by then, we will have the mandate to admit students for NCE and Degree programmes.
“This year, we admitted 1,300 students and same were number that were matriculated.”
Highlights of the ceremony were administration of matriculation oath on the students by the Provost and cultural dances by students from various LGAs of the State.
