OYSCOHEST ORGANISES ORIENTATION PROGRAMME FOR FRESH STUDENTS

 

A two day Orientation programme was recently organised by the College Management for the newly admitted students of Oyo State College of Health Science and Technology, Eleyele,  Ibadan  to intimate the new students about the College settings, rules and regulations of the College and set standard for academic excellence.

Declaring the event held in the College Hall, the PROVOST of the College, Mrs Oluyemisi Oyewo congratulated the new students for gaining admission to the prestigious College, urging them to buckle down for the academic challenges for excellent performance.

She said the College  will continue to create a conducive environment for learning and urged the students to tap into the opportunity for excellent academic performance.

Reiterating that the ninet-one year old Oyo State College of Health Science and Technology is one of the oldest and best Colleges of Health Technology in Nigeria.  The OYSCOHEST boss  advised the students to sustain the tempo of academic standard and moral uprightness for which the College has been known since its establishment in 1933.

She also made it known to the students that  the College Management will not condone any act of indiscipline and moral ineptitude by the students.

Also speaking during the programme, the College Registrar,  Mrs Dupe Ayoola charged the students to always abide  by the rules and regulations of the College, warning them that the College will not hesitate to discipline erring students. 

She said the rules and regulations are enshrined in the Students' Handbook,  calling on the students to always behave well  as she wished them  success in their chosen courses.

Delivering a lecture titled "The Ethics of Lifestyle", the Guest Lecturer, Professor Jacob Kehinde Ayantayo of the Department of Religious Studies,  University of Ibadan charged the students to set a good moral standard for themselves and adopt good interpersonal relationship with others in the College irrespective of their ethnic or religious backgrounds and also advised them to be diligent so as to excel in their studies. 

Speaking on "Students' Expectations and Responsibilities", another Guest Speaker,  Dr  lkeoluwapo Moody encouraged the new students to  be focused on their studies as that is primary reason they are in the College. She also cautioned them  against illicit intimate affairs with the opposite sex as such could precipitate an abrupt end to their lives' ambitions. She advised them to wait for the appropriate time and face their studies for now, in order for them to have a brilliant future, devoid of regrets and failure. 

In their separate remarks, some of the  students interviewed by the Public Relations' Officer of the College, Mr Sola Samuel Ojewole  commended the Management of the College, ably led by the PROVOST, Mrs  Oluyemisi Oyewo for organizing the two  Day Orientation Programme which they said  had benefited them in various ways. They all promised to keep the flag of the College flying  and abstain from any nefarious behaviour and activities capable of smearing their images and that of the College. 

Other lectures included a lecture by the NDLEA representative on Drug Abuse and Misuse,  Security and Safety lectures by the DSS and the Fire Service Agency of Oyo State as well as a lecture on sexual behaviour among the youth delivered by Mrs Ronke Olutayo.