By: IndyPress News Desk
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Innovation and Strategic Partnerships, at the University of Ibadan, Professor Oluyemisi A. Bamgbose, on Monday, 12th May, affirmed that the University of Ibadan does not treat the accreditation of its programmes lightly.
The DVC made the affirmation while receiving a five-man team from the Architecture Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON) on a courtesy visit to the Vice-Chancellor.
The ARCON team had arrived at the University of Ibadan for an accreditation exercise in the Department of Architecture.
Professor Bamgbose stated that the University of Ibadan sees accreditation as a peer review mechanism, which ensures the effective delivery of academic instructions to impact and sufficiently prepare students for the professional field.
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor acknowledged that the regulatory role of the Architecture Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON) to ensure professional best practices that meet national and international standards is pertinent.
She stated that the Department of Architecture has the needed resources, infrastructure, and dedicated staff who are noted for hard work and excellence.
Professor Bamgbose assured the assessors of the university’s maximum cooperation in achieving the purpose of the visit and that UI was ready to take necessary actions in order to improve its systems and procedures should such recommendations be made by the team.
She stated that though the Department is relatively young, it was founded on a solid structure.
The five-man team, which comprised Arc. Festus Fawohunre, Arc. Moyo Uthman, Prof. Olatunde Arayela, Arc. Fatai Falola and Arc. Adeshina Amoo was led by the Dean, Faculty of Environmental Design and Management, Prof. O. Ipingbemi to the office of the Vice-Chancellor.
The leader of the team, Arc. Festus Fawohunre said that the compliance visit was for the appraisal of the Department of Architecture, University of Ibadan’s Master of Science programmes.
He stated that the exercise was meant to evaluate the level of man power, resources, infrastructure, student training, and compliance of the Department with the recommendations made during a previous accreditation exercise.
Credit – UI Directorate of Public Communication
