The Ekiti House of Assembly has successfully passed the bill for the upgrading of the State College of Education to the University of Education, Science and Technology.
The bill was passed in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital and was presided over by the Speaker, Mr Funminiyi Afuye. The passage of the bill followed the submission of the report of the House Committee on Education, Science and Technology headed by Mrs Kemi Balogun.
According to the report, the Transitional Provision of Section 38 would give room to the existing students of the College of Education, lkere-Ekiti after the effective date of this law to complete their course of study as stipulated.
The executive bill was titled, “A Bill for a Law to provide for the Establishment, Incorporation, Constitution, Powers, and Functions of the University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti and Other Matters Therewith.”
