Don advises universities to raise responsible citizens

• Published date: 08 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

THE Provost of Postgraduate Studies, Babcock University, Ayandiji Aina has challenged universities to retool their academic programmes toward raising responsible citizens imbued with an entrepreneurial spirit.

Aina advised while delivering a lecture at the Hooding Event for the School of Postgraduate Studies, Covenant University, on Thursday in Ota.

Tagged: 'Drivers of Impactful Postgraduate Education in the 21st Century.'

257 postgraduate students comprising 117 females and 140 males graduated at the 17th convocation ceremony for the 2022 academic session.

He stressed the need for universities to move from cramming universities to institutions that stimulate the imagination, thinking, and creativity of our youths.

He noted that true knowledge encompasses cognitive, experiential, emotional, relational, inductive, and spiritual elements.

Aina stated...