The President and Vice-Chancellor of Babcock College, Ilisan Remo, Professor Ademola Tayo has warned the three,258 newly admitted college students of the college to make educational excellence their focus and shun bullying, and sexual harassment amongst different vices that might pose a risk to their educational pursuit.
Tayo equally urged the scholars to find the aim and significance of life by means of a complete understanding of the rules and buildings of humanity and society.
The VC, in line with a press release on Thursday issued by the Director of Advertising and marketing and Communications of the college gave this cost in the course of the matriculation of the scholars.
The scholars had been stated to be from Chad Republic, Benin Republic, Togo, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Gabon, South Africa, Cote D’ ivoire and Nigeria.
Tayo reminded the scholars that the final word purpose of studying in a college was to put the muse for changing into a real mental with the power to understand objects and phenomena as a coherent complete and study them from various views.
The VC reiterated the dedication of the Adventist establishment as a caring place stuffed with useful and considerate individuals dedicated to serving to her college students thrive.
He stated, “You’re the catalyst for our presence right here and the explanation for the institution of Babcock College: to offer you a way of objective, guiding you in direction of a significant and impactful path in life to allow you to thrive in any circumstance and group you inhabit.”
Professor Tayo underscored the mission of the College to make sure a promising future for recent college students by means of the supply of a singular and complete coaching programme designed to acknowledge their requirement for psychological, bodily and non secular enlightenment.
“Babcock College has been a vital hub for nurturing expertise that leads the nation and takes duty for its future. Now, you stand amongst these proficient people,” he stated.
He suggested the scholars to take alternatives of the college’s interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial coaching method, the diversified and inclusive inhabitants to ascertain their life objectives and domesticate the required expertise to attain them.
The VC stated, “You’re the architect of your life, and your targets should stem from your individual aspirations, you need to due to this fact keep away from all types of societal biases and preconceptions, and the stress to adapt to norms.”
Whereas enjoining the scholars to embrace the liberty and independence that college life affords, he admonished them to pursue what they genuinely want, whatever the obstacles they could face.
He, nevertheless, warned that “Any pupil convicted of hooliganism, bullying, examination misconduct, sexual harassment or drug-related offence can be expelled immediately”.
The State Coordinator of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Mr. Hakeem Abdulhammed, pressured the significance of nice self-discipline to success in a tutorial setting.
Abulhammed suggested the scholars to stay centered and make their mother and father happy with their investments in them.
He hailed the college for making certain that each one the scholars had been admitted by means of the Central Admission Processing System of JAMB.