Archives for the Month: November 2018
Benson Idahosa University (BIU) has been granted full affiliation to the Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB). This was stated in a letter sent to Acting Vice Chancellor, Prof. Sam Guobadia, by the Registrar of the Board, Professor Duro Ajeyalemi on the 26th of October, 2018.
The letter reads: “I am pleased to convey to you that on behalf of the JUPEB Governing Board, the Chairman, Professor Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe, FAS, has approved the recommendation of the Pre-Affiliation Visit (PAV) team that visited your university be granted Full Affiliation to JUPEB. This approval will be ratified at the next Governing board meeting. That is, your University is now approved as a centre for JUPEB examinations.”
It will be recalled that the board conducted a Pre-affiliation visit to the University on the 8th of October, 2018.
During this visit, Prof. Guobadia stressed the continuous commitment of the university towards running JUPEB programmes in order to create more opportunities for Nigerian youths to access quality education.
As a result of this full affiliation, Benson Idahosa University can accept candidates for the JUPEB Foundation program as well as commence training of the Foundation candidates with the JUPEB’S syllabus for each subject. Successful students of the JUPEB programmes are eligible for admission into degree programmes at the University.
The Chancellor of Benson Idahosa University, Most Rev. (Dr.) Margaret Benson Idahosa is among eminent Nigerians that would be conferred with honorary doctorate degree at the 44th Convocation Ceremonies of the University of Benin, scheduled to hold on 24th November, 2018.
Most Rev. (Dr.) Margaret Benson Idahosa who doubles as the Archbishop of Church of God Mission International will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Benin.
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, Prof. F.F.O. Orumwense, revealed this when Archbishop Margaret Idahosa paid a courtesy visit to the University of Benin.
Speaking during the visit, the Vice Chancellor disclosed that the university is honouring her because of her remarkable contributions to the development of our country.
In her response, she appreciated the University Management for finding her worthy to receive such a great honour.
In her words: “When I received the letter of honour, I was very happy because this is the first time an institution of education will be recognizing me. So I said to myself, I need to visit the institution and thank the Management for finding me worthy to receive such a great honour.”
A two-man team from Tel Aviv University, Israel, led by Prof. Nir Ohad, paid a courtesy visit to the University. The visit was to strengthen its partnership talks with Management on Agricultural research, scholarships, plant biology, seed technology, and curriculum development.
Receiving the delegates from the George .S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, the Acting Vice Chancellor of Benson Idahosa University, Prof. Sam Guobadia, represented by the Dean, Faculty of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Prof. Emmanuel E. Obasohan, who spoke during the collaboration talks mentioned the importance of staff and students exchange programs between the Universities.
Prof. Emmanuel E. Obasohan, gave the developmental strides of the University, mentioning that the University has a new campus.
“We have a new campus. I hope you will have the privilege of going round to see our new campus called the Legacy Campus that is where the hub of the University will be. I want to welcome you to Benson Idahosa University and we would be glad to have staff and students interact with you, finding areas of collaboration between us to move Benson Idahosa University forward,”he said.
Speaking at the event, Prof. Nir Ohad, said it was a great honour for him to be granted such audience. He mentioned that the visit is a form of reciprocation to the earlier visit to Israel made by the President, Bishop F.E.B. Idahosa.
He added that the visit was to discuss possible areas of partnership that will be beneficial to the Universities. This partnership, he said has the potential to make an impact on curriculum development, collaborative teaching programs and research networks.
He commended the President for taking strategic steps in enhancing the experiences of students.
The President of Benson Idahosa University, Bishop F.E.B. Idahosa, who joined the Tel-Aviv team on a guided tour round University’s Legacy Campus and the WellsHosa farms, thanked the team for coming, and expressed satisfaction and confidence that the partnership would play a great role in moving the University closer to its core purpose.
