Ondo State University of Medical Science Begins This Year- Forms To be out

Now The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dayo Adeyanju,
said this on Monday in an interview with newsmen in
Akure, the state capital.

Adeyanju said arrangements had been concluded for the
beginning of academic activities in the specialised
institution.
The Ondo State University of Medical Science will
commence academic activities in October, 2015, starting
with the admission of Direct Entry students while students
will be admitted into 100 level through the Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination in 2016.


He explained that the government had provided needed
equipment for the school, for the use of the students while
the Medical Village in Ondo, which comprised different
specialised hospitals, would be specifically used as the
students’ teaching hospital.

The commissioner added, “We are adequately ready for
the academic business in the Ondo State University of
Medical Science. The admitted Direct Entry students will
automatically start from 200 Level. The students will start
attending classes in October while the students to 100
level will be admitted through UTME next year.

“The equipment are ready, the administrative staff are
already on the ground and have started working on the
smooth take-off. I am very sure there will not be any
problem as far as the take-off of the school is concerned
.”

Meanwhile, the state government has said it spends N2bn
annually as subvention on the four higher institutions of
learning in the state as it spends N500m on each of the
institutions.

The four higher institutions are the Adekunle Ajasin
University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State University of
Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Ondo State University
of Medical Science, Ondo and Rufus Giwa Polytechnic,
Owo.

The state Commissioner for Education, Mr. Jide
Adejuyigbe, stated this in his office in Akure, while playing
host to his Ebonyi State counterpart, Prof. John Eke, who
led the team of officials of the Ministry of Education on a
courtesy visit.

Adejuyigbe said the state government was committed to
ensure the state offered the best qualitative education at
all levels to the students, explaining that the tertiary
institutions in the state charged the lowest school fees
compare to others in the country.

He added, “We spent N500m on each of our tertiary
institutions annually and the schools support the
subvention with the internally generated revenue so as to
give out the best to our students.

“We also encourage our lecturers to go further in their
post-graduate courses and we have been getting results
of all these encouragements. For instance, AAUA is the
best state university in Nigeria as I am talking to you .
RUGiPO is the best state polytechnic in Nigeria and third in
Africa.”

Ebonyi State Commissioner for Education, Prof. John Eke,
said he and his team came to understudy Ondo State’s
education sector, a visit he believed would assist the new
administration in his state.

Eke, who described Ondo State as a benchmark of
governance in Nigeria, said that what had learnt in Ondo
would be put into use in Ebonyi.

He commended the Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun
Mimiko, for the landmark achievements he had recorded
in the education sector.