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  • As Unical Resumes Tomorrow 5th, Hostel Accommodation Will Be Open One Week Later – Egbe

    As Unical Resumes Tomorrow 5th, Hostel Accommodation Will Be Open One Week Later – Egbe

    By Elijah Ugani

    The management of the University of Calabar has stated that hostel accommodation will be open to students on the 12th of February 2021one week from 5th February, 2021 the official resumption date.

    In a release made available to The Lumine News and signed by the Registrar, Mr. Gabriel Egbe indicates that it is to give room for the completion of the renovation of the vandalized hostels.

    The release reads in full, “This is to inform our students that the University of Calabar will be resuming for normal academic activities tomorrow Friday 5th February, 2021. However, hostel accommodation will not be open to students until Wednesday 12th February 2021. This is to give room for the completion of the renovation of vandalized hostels. Returning students, especially those who were earlier allocated bed spaces in the hostels are please advised to seek temporary accommodation outside the campus until 12th February, 2021.

    “Students are advised to take note of this new development. Be informed also, that the university policy of “no squatting in the hostel” is still in force. All Students must adhere to all Covid-19 precautionary measures put in place by management.

    “On behalf of the Vice-Chancellor, I wish all our returning students a safe and peaceful academic session”.

  • Breaking news: CRUTECH Releases First Semester Examination Time Table

    Breaking news: CRUTECH Releases First Semester Examination Time Table

    By CRUTECH Media Team

    Authorities of Cross River University of Technology have released a time table for the conduct of first semester 2019/2020 examinations.

    The time table was released by the office of the university’s Director of Academic Planning.

    It shows that Phase A of the examinations will hold from February 8th to February 10th and will involve mainly General Courses for Carry-over students in Year 3 to 5.
    This arrangement is meant to decongest examination halls when Year 1 and Year 2 students resume later in February to write examinations in the same courses.

    Phase B of the examinations will hold from 11th February to 19th February and will involve Departmental courses for students in Year 3 to Year 5.

    In addition, the time table indicates that conference marking and submission of results, marking scheme and model answers will commence from February 22nd and end on February 26th.

    This release officially puts paid to rumors and doubts concerning dates for the commencement of first semester examinations in the university.

    The university’s management wishes all students success in their examinations.
    It also wishes staff of the university well in the conduct of the examinations.

  • CRUTECH’s VC Calls On Students To Expose Unethical Practices By Some Lecturers

    CRUTECH’s VC Calls On Students To Expose Unethical Practices By Some Lecturers

    By CRUTECH Media Team

    The Vice Chancellor of Cross River University of Technology, Professor Augustine Angba, has called on students of the university to expose unethical practices allegedly perpetrated by some lecturers of the university.

    Angba made this call yesterday, January 28th 2021, while addressing year 3, 4 and 5 students of Calabar campus of the university, during the COVID-19 orientation programme.

    His words: “Students complain to me even when I was Acting Vice Chancellor. When I say ‘give me the name of the lecturer’, they say ‘Sir, I don’t want trouble.’ Jesus! So, you are patronizing the lecturer. How can you be protecting somebody who kills you? If you have any complain, nobody will do you anything. Just inbox the name of the lecturer to me. The lecturers who collect sorting are ignorant. Such lecturers are under a curse.”

    He stated that although names of alleged perpetrators of unethical practices are already on his table, the battle against victimization of students can only be won if affected students cooperate with him in fighting that battle.

    The Vice Chancellor enjoined students to be of good behavior at all times, adding that education without character is meaningless. He stated that it is completely unreasonable for any student to destroy the university’s property at any time. “Having stayed at home for ten months, my students should graduate and go. If any person tells you to look for trouble, tell the person that you want to graduate and go. Trouble is not good.” He added.

    Professor Angba averred that he intends to improve on the image of CRUTECH by giving a positive outlook of the university. He invited students to cooperate with him in that regard, stating that “you are the future of this state and my vision for the state and country is to raise young men and women who are globally competitive.”

    Speaking on COVID-19, the Vice Chancellor described the virus as “very real”. He implored students of the university to adhere to guidelines against the spread of the virus as recommended by relevant authorities, including the university’s Committee on COViD-19.

    On his part, the Chairman of CRUTECH’s Committee on COVID-19, Professor Emmanuel Uttah, charged the students to be wary of false sense of security about the virus. He said that a new and more deadly variant of the virus is currently afoot.

    According to him, ”COVID-19 is not written on anybody’s face. That is why you must listen to mitigation protocols and abide by them. Survival is a function of personal decision. If you decide well, you will survive and live well.”

    A similar orientation programme will take place in Obubra, Ogoja and Okuku campuses of the university, respectively.
    It will also take place for year 1 and 2 students of all campuses of the university after they resume in February.

     

  • CRUTECH VC Justifies “NO FEE, NO EXAMS” Policy Of CRUTECH

    CRUTECH VC Justifies “NO FEE, NO EXAMS” Policy Of CRUTECH

    By CRUTECH Media Team

    The Vice Chancellor of Cross River University of Technology, Professor Augustine Angba, has justified the university’s policy of “NO FEE, NO EXAMS” by explaining that students owe the university the sum of 1.46 billion naira and must pay that debt.

    The Vice Chancellor made this justification today when he featured as a guest of “The People’s Opinion”, a program of FAD 93.1FM radio station, Calabar.

    Professor Angba said: “His Excellency in his good heart said that with the EndSARS protests and impact, he was going to suspend tuition fee payment. On our fee schedule, we have eighteen items. Tuition fees is just one of them. The students are aware of this.

    “Secondly, this school fees we are talking about is the one they started paying in 2019. They are coming back to write 2019/2020 examination. Even if government pays all their fees today, they still have to pay the fees. It is a debt. As I am talking to you this morning, students owe CRUTECH a total of 1.46 billion naira on fees. They need to pay their outstanding school fees. Not only that of 2019/2020…. Any student owing school fees will have to pay.”

    His statement of justification followed wrong insinuations in some quarters that the Governor of Cross River State, Professor Ben Ayade, made a public pronouncement that exempts indigenes of Cross River State schooling in CRUTECH from paying school fees.

    Consequently, the Vice Chancellor said: “If government makes a pronouncement, the pronouncement has to be documented and translated and the translation now commences the process of implementation.

    On the issue of fees, if a man makes a pronouncement and feels you should not pay tuition fees anymore, it will require time and processes to do the documentation and come out with data. You know that ASUU just called off strike. We need time and if the right thing is done, definitely they will be excluded from paying tuition fees.”

    It should be recalled that CRUTECH’s policy of “NO FEE, NO EXAMS” was approved by the University’s Senate and implemented in the first and second semester of 2018/2019 academic session.

    Although all students of the university wrote examinations during the session, answer scripts of indebted students got selected and excluded from marking. This means that affected students did not have results for that session. Therefore, such students are required to pay school fees of that session and properly take courses of the session.

    The same policy is set to continue this session. This policy is not strange, considering the fact that the policy of free education does not exist in CRUTECH, just as it does not exist in other Nigerian universities.

     

  • VC Commends ABSU Debate Team For Their Gallantry

    VC Commends ABSU Debate Team For Their Gallantry

    ABSU Press

    The Vice Chancellor, Distinguished Professor O. M Ogbulu has poured encomiums on the Abia State University (ABSU) Debate club for bringing home trophies and laurels from the Universities debate competitions at the National and continental levels.

    Speaking while receiving the winning team at the Conference room of his office, the Vice Chancellor expressed joy at their gallant efforts, and commended them for doing the University proud.

    According to him, “This is a feat that has propelled the University to global recognition, and an indication of the intellectual development of students of the University who are the tommorows leaders that will take the center stage at different areas of their carreers”

    This he added, is the kind of news management will like to hear, and promised that the University will sponsor them in other competitions as well as fulfill other requests they made.

    Earlier, the coach and leader of the team, Emmanuel Shebbs, while thanking the Vice Chancellor for his support to the club, disclosed that ABSU debating club which was birthed on 30th August 2019 has three core values, which include, debating, public speaking and leadership, equipping students with high profile skills and prepare them for tasks that await them at the peak of their career.

    He added that ABSU debate club has brought visibility to the University in Africa and beyond as well as open a vista of opportunities for intelligent youths.

    Mr Shebbs also announced that within a year and five months of the establishment of the club, they have won 42 individual awards, and 12 institutional awards for the University which they came to present to the Vice Chancellor.

    In a vote of thanks, Emmanuel Precious, the club President, expressed gratitude to the Vice Chancellor for the warm reception and assured that they will continue to win trophies for the University for every competition they participates.

    Highpoint of the meeting was the presentation of the trophies and medals to the Vice Chancellor.

    The Registrar, University Bursar, were present at the meeting.

  • School Of Nursing Calabar, Ogoja And School Of Midwifery Obudu Gets Full Accreditation

    School Of Nursing Calabar, Ogoja And School Of Midwifery Obudu Gets Full Accreditation

    By Admin

    The Governor of Cross River State Sen. Ben Ayade has reinstated his commitment to improving health care delivery in the state. He made this know while receiving the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Betta Edu and the accreditation team who presented the full accreditation certificate of the schools to him.

    In the words of the Governor, “I thank the Nursing and midwifery Council of Nigeria for approving the college of Nursing Sciences Itigidi, while granting Cross River state schools of nursing and Midwifery full accreditation and increasing the Number of students we can admit & train per time.

    “This will help fill the man power gap that exist in the health system. I strongly commend the hard work of the proactive health team, urging them to work harder for the achievement of universal Health Coverage in the state”.

    The Accreditation status is to last for the next five (5) years conveyed in a letter from the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria Secretary-General and Registrar AlH. Faruk Umar Abubakar to the Commissioner for Health Dr Betta Edu for Cross River state schools of Nursing and midwifery Calabar Ogoja and Obudu .

    Right from inception, the schools of Nursing in Calabar, and the School of Nursing Ogoja as well as the School of Midwifery Obudu have operated with provisional accreditation as the schools were unable to meet the requirements for full accreditation status.

    In 2011, the provisional status of this schools were taken away as the didn’t meet the councils requirements for even a provisional status. In 2018 the regained the provisional status with all its limitations, which has now been converted to a full accreditation status with an increase bench mark from 40 students intake to 100 in school of nursing Calabar and from 50 to 75 in the other two schools.

    The Commissioner for Health Dr. Betta Edu who was overwhelmed with joy said “with the paucity of skilled Health work force in the state, it has become expedient for the state to get a full accreditation status which will allow us to train more students and have more skilled hands to deliver quality health care services across the state. We thank the Governor for approving the massive work that took place in those schools. I thank my super team at the Ministry of Health, the accreditation team and the council for this great breakthrough in the health sector of the state, the benefit of this is enormous”.

    Present at the presentation was the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health Bar Takon Asu Takon, the Director of nursing services Dr. Pauline Obute and the Chairman of Accreditation team Mrs Abasi Offiong, who expressed their gratitude to the Governor for all his support to ensure this result was achieved.

  • Just In: CRUTECH Announces Resumption Date, Appoints Two DVCs

    Just In: CRUTECH Announces Resumption Date, Appoints Two DVCs

    By Elijah Ugani

     

    The management of the Cross River University of Technology CRUTECH, has announced January 25th 2021 as resumption date for the 2019/2020 academic year, following
    the suspension of the nine months industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU.

    In a release signed by the Chairman, Committee of Deans, Prof. Igwe Ewona as approved by the University Senate and made available to The Lumine News, indicates that the resumption will be in phases to avoid over crowding during registration in compliance with Covid-19 protocol.

    “The students are expected to resume in phases to avoid overcrowding. Phase A will involve the resumption of years 3-5 on the 25th January, 2021 and will feature the following activities:

    “Completion and update of registration process, intensive revision classes, Covid-19 orientation, Departmental and Faculty Board meetings, 6 weeks of virtual and remote lectures as well as 6 weeks of physical lectures.

    “Phase B will involve the resumption of years 1 & 2 on the 22nd of February, 2021 and feature similar activities as in phase A.

    It was also gathered the University Senate has approved the appointment of two DVCs for the university.

    There are; Prof. Joy Etiowo, DVC, Academics and Prof. Mary Eyo, DVC Administration.

    The appointments takes immediate effects.

  • CRUTECH To Announce Resumption Date On Thursday After Senate Meeting

    CRUTECH To Announce Resumption Date On Thursday After Senate Meeting

    The Vice Chancellor of Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH), Prof. Augustine Angba has stated that an Emergency meeting of the university’s Senate is scheduled for Thursday this week, and it is expected that a revised academic calendar will be considered at the meeting and a resumption date announced thereafter.

    Angba assured that the institution is adequately prepared to welcome her students back on campus.

    The VC made this known on Tuesday while addressing members of CRUTECH’s Media Team in his office.

    According to him, adequate preparations have been made in various units of the institution in line with the protocols of COVID-19 as directed by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.

    Prof. Angba enumerated areas the state university has adequately covered to include the ‘No mask, No Entry’ policy of the school’s COVID-19 Team, general maintenance and fixing of the hostels across all campuses, fixing of all broken taps on campus for free flow of water to enhance hand washing, provision of thermometers for checking temperature, amongst others.

    He added that the institution has put in place COVID-19 test kits and a testing machine and will subsequently begin testing for COVID-19.

    A tour round Calabar campus shows that most taps on campus are running, the environment is being adequately kept clean, hostels maintenance is ongoing while security agents are seen enforcing the ‘No Mask, No Entry’ directive of CRUTECH’s COVID-19 Team.

  • CRUTECH VC Inaugurates Media Team To Manage Information Dissemination

    CRUTECH VC Inaugurates Media Team To Manage Information Dissemination

    By Alobo Eba

    The Vice Chancellor of Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH), Prof. Augustine Angba has inaugurated a media team for the institution.

    Speaking during the inauguration held at the VC’s office on Tuesday, January 19, 2021, the helmsman of the institution called on the team to ensure effective management and dissemination of information across the four campuses of the university. According to him, part of the mandate of the Media Team is to source for information that concerns CRUTECH and disseminate it efficiently to both the university community as well as members of the public. He listed other responsibilities of the team to include image making for the institution, management of public communication that concerns CRUTECH amongst other functions as deemed fit by management of the institution.

    Prof. Angba interacting with Members of the Media Team

    The committee which is headed by the Head of Department of Mass Communication, Mr. Cornelius Ellah has other members which include an Organizational Communication Expert, Mr. Victor Ndifon, the Webmaster of CRUTECH, Mr. Echa Emmanuel as well as a Blogger and Development Communication expert, Mr. Alobo Eba who serves as the Secretary.

  • Ahead Of School Resumption: VC Lights Up Crutech

    Ahead Of School Resumption: VC Lights Up Crutech

    By Trinity Jesam

    The Vice Chancellor of Cross River University of Technology Professor Augustine Angba along with Management team has  ensured the installation of 60 street lights in the University in an effort to make the environment more habitable for Students .

    The Vice Chancellor stated that this is part of his commitment in ensuring a safe, secured and conducive learning environment for his students.

    He added that apart from lighting up the school, Water is running in all the hostels, for all returning students.

    These efforts by the VC are manifestations of his commitment to continually protect the welfare and safety of the students and staff of the institution.