Anambra College and the fight against cultism and indecent dressing

www.odogwublog.com reports that the Provost Nwafor Orizu College of Education Nsugbe (NOCEN), Dr. Ego Uzoezie, has during the 34^th NCE/18^th B.ED, regular and sandwich students’ matriculation ceremony

held at the convocation arena of the college recently proved to be a woman of due process, as the Provost’s procession accompanied by the Deans of Faculties, Heads of Departments and other administrative officers kept to time and filed out to the Convocation arena of the institution for the annual academic ritual.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Uzoezie reiterated the stand of the college in affiliation with the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, saying the management’s eagle eyes are effective enough to discover student involved in any social vice such as cultism, exam malpractice, drug and rape.

She praised the students for their success during the admission process, and urged them to tow the footsteps of great men and women who had passed through the College on their path to eminence. She cautioned the fresh students against the notion that attendance to lectures was not essential. Rather, he stressed that, “all students must attend 75 per cent of all lectures in order to qualify to write examinations in the courses.”

Uzoezie further noted that the drive of her administration is to transform the College and that by the end of her tenure; it would have become one of the best in Nigeria, even as she reminded the students that in occasion like these, there is always need for sober reflection on the path they have chosen, adding that, “this new status of yours carries immunities, privileges and as well as responsibilities”.  

Her words:”Gold is a precious ornament which is highly demanded because it glitters. It glitters not in its original form as dug-out from the ground. It glitters only after it had gone through the processes of heating and refinement. So it is in the road to academic success which requires self-discipline, hard work and perseverance”.

At the event which had in attendance a long list of erudite professor from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, top government functionaries, clergy men among others, the Provost noted that the college deals with teaching, learning and research for the attainment of excellence.

In his speech, the Vice Chancellor University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Prof. Benjamin Chukwuma Ozumba, able represented by Prof. U.C Umoh, emphasized the need for the students to be guided with the principle of honesty, self-discipline, faith, perseverance and service to the people. Adding that all these will make always enable them to make the right choices in their march to academic attainment in the college.

He urged the students to always uphold the ideals of the institution by their commitment to the pursuit of academic excellence for the restoration of the dignity of man. “

While administering the oath of loyalty on the students, the Ag.Registrar Mr Godwin Okeke urged the students to live up to the institution’s expectations, even as he warned them again not to engage in examination malpractices and other social vices.

“While congratulating you for this achievement, I urge you to make the best use of the golden opportunity presented by your admission into this collenge. You need to stay conscious of the expectations of your parents as well as the enormous sacrifices they are making to see you through school at this point in time. You must, therefore, make a personal commitment not to let them down,” he said.

Some of the fresh students, who spoke to www.odogwublog.com, expressed determination to excel in their academic work, while they also pledged to abide by the rules and regulations of the college.

One of them, Nwuko Ogechukwu Gladdys, Department of Education Biology, expressed gratitude to God for her to have scaled through the rigour of the college’s admission process. ”I cannot just quantify my happiness today because my admission into this institution of academic excellence is more of a privilege than luck,” saying: “My expectations are high for the journey ahead; to be a woman of character and great reputation at the end of it all.”

The joy of Okwuonu Frncis Chibuike, Department political science, knew no bounds. He said: “NOCEN/UNN is enviable institutions of learning any student will be proud to associate with even friends from other institutions regard its students as special. I feel so excited and fulfilled. He expressed gratitude to God and the college management for finding her worthy of admission.