The Chancellor, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Dr. David Oyedepo, has called for a re-definition of the purpose of education in Nigeria.



He suggested a review of the nation’s higher institutions’ curriculum in order to make education a source of empowerment rather than a mere means of obtaining knowledge.



He said this at a world press conference on the university campus on Wednesday as part of the activities to mark the institution’s fifth convocation ceremony scheduled for Friday.



Ninety-five of the 1,140 graduating students of the institution will be awarded first class certificates in their different fields of study.



According to him, there is a need to awaken the spirit of seeking, searching and researching. “The greatest products that have impacted humanity today are products birthed from the platform of great searching and researching to impact humanity,” he said.



He added that the refusal of trained Nigerians to give up in the extended experience of searching for productive knowledge would give the nation the needed advantage to catch up in the world of amazingly accelerating knowledge.



He said, “As a nation, we must build this consciousness in our graduates and indeed in our citizens so that they can embrace possibility thinking and entrench the values and cultures of innovation as we develop our human resource potential.



“We must seek to make Nigerians love their country in the example we provide at any level of service and by promoting the understanding of every citizen to make great contributions to the progress of the nation so that we can leave a legacy of productivity for posterity.



“This suggests that our leaders must themselves lead in meeting the needs of the people rather than be rulers who take advantage of their (citizens) ignorance and poverty.”



He said the worth of any nation was the function of its knowledge base, adding that education was the true foundation of all stories of national transformation.



A total of 1,140 students will graduate from the university on Friday.



Out of this figure, 95 students, representing 8.3 per cent of the graduates have first class; 619 representing 54.3 per cent have second class upper; 388 representing 34 per cent have second class lower; while 38 students representing 3.33 per cent of the graduating student population will go with a third class.

95, Since it's Covenant, I don't know whether that's too small, considering the fact that they've produced more in the past

get ur facts rite nxt tym, dis is the highest so far, last year it was 81, d year b4 it was 64, d year b4 dat it was 69 so try and get ur facts rite, dont jst comment on smtin wen u r nt sure, it doesn't tell well of u

Eno obong:

get your facts rite nxt tym, dis is the highest so far, last year it was 81, d year b4 it was 64, d year b4 dat it was 69 so try and get your facts rite, dont jst comment on smtin wen u r nt sure, it doesn't tell well of u

Like i care, I know for one they produce the highest number of First Class Students, congratulate them for me, since u are the official record keeper

y r u gettin worked up,i jst said u shd get ur facts rite so u don't give out d wrong information,did nt insult u and u had no reason to call me a record keeper, it sounds lyk u ve a problem wit d skool producing d highest numba of 1st class, anyway try to disuss issues witout insults