The Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo will graduate a total of 12,753 regular and part-time students during the convocation ceremony of the institution holding today (Tuesday).
Speaking ahead of the ceremony, the Provost, Dr. Emmanuel Adeniyi, said the graduating students includes 79 postgraduate students and 51 students of Advanced Certificate in Education.
Dr. Adeniyi urged the government to pay more attention on technical education as it is the remedy for graduate unemployment in the country.
He lamented the growing rate of unemployment plaguing Nigerian graduates blaming it on emphasis on non-technical education by Nigeria’s education policy.
The provost advised that tertiary schools should be attached to existing industries that would provide practising ground for the students while in school.
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