The College of Benin is scheduled to reopen on August 11, following a short lived closure attributable to pupil protests and unrest.
PUNCH On-line reported that the varsity’s administration on July 4 halted educational actions indefinitely and ordered the scholars to vacate their hostels instantly, in a press release by the establishment’s Public Relations Officer, Benedicta Ehanire.
In a round launched on Wednesday, the college’s registrar, Ademola Bobola, introduced that college students are anticipated to return to their halls of residence on Sunday, with lectures resuming on Monday.
The registrar acknowledged that through the closure, the college administration resolved the problems that led to the shutdown, together with electrical energy and water provide, in addition to the renovation of the halls of residence
“The choice to reopen the college was made by the Senate at its conferences held on July 23 and 24, 2024, in tandem with the place of the Governing Council, essential stakeholders, and after a assessment of the present environment within the nation.
“As a part of the situations for resumption, every returning pupil is required to swear an affidavit of endeavor to be of excellent conduct whereas on the college.
“The affidavit should comprise cardinal factors, as captured within the doc hooked up to the round.
“College students are anticipated to add the sworn affidavit on their Kofa web page of the college and submit the exhausting copy to their departmental course adviser inside two weeks of resumption,” he mentioned.
The varsity registrar warned that non-compliance with the directive may end result within the withholding of the outcomes of scholars who fail to stick.
Bobola assured college students that each one vital measures had been taken to deal with the problems that led to the closure, expressing confidence that educational actions would resume easily.
The registrar urged college students to pay attention to the resumption date and adjust to the situations to keep away from any penalties.”