The Kwara State Government has directed the immediate resumption of academic activities at the state’s College of Education in Ilorin, a statement from the State Ministry of Tertiary Education has said.Commissioner, Dr. Alabi Afees-Abolore, as saying Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq gave the directive following the interventions of some relevant stakeholders to find a lasting solution to the problem.
Authorities of the Kwara State College of Education on October 19, 2022 closed the institution indefinitely following protests by the students. Scores of students of the institution were said to have protested against plans by the authorities to disallow students who had defaulted in school fees payment from participating in the semester examinations.The examinations were scheduled to commence on Wednesday, October 19, but the students were displeased by the decision of the management as scores of the defaulting students were alleged to have gone on rampage destroying and damaging property on sight.
According to him, it took the ministry a series of engagements with the management of the college, the leaderships of the Joint Academic Staff Union in Tertiary Institutions and Committee of Unions in Tertiary Institutions in the institution, and other important stakeholders, who all pleaded for the return of normalcy.
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