VC Harps On Knowledgeable Improvement As Key To Varsity Dev …As Faculty Holds Academic Symposium

The vice Chancellor of the Rivers State University (RSU) Nkpolu Oroworukwo Port Harcourt, Prof Nlerum Sunday Okogbule has identified training as key to the development of higher education system.
Prof Nlerum stated this while declaring open a two-day Academic staff Development symposium organised by the Faculty of Environmental Sciences on Monday held at the University campus in port Harcourt.
Okogbule said the essence of the program was to strengthen the performances of the academic staffs in the faculty to effectively deliver on their teaching responsibilities.
He stressed the need to improve in every life endeavors especially with the trend of global technology driven changes in human society.
“We need to flow with the change of times in globalization so as to be able to encourage people on how to be innovative and improve on people’s living.
As academic teachers, we need to improve them on how to write good and quality research grant writing through various innovations available in technology”
“It is important we update our knowledge with what is happening in the world as academic lecturers” he stated.
The Vice Chancellor used the opportunity to commend the faculty for taking lead to organize the workshop after the one organized by the university management for the entire academic staffs, adding that the university will continue to support any initiatives that will enhance on the capacity of the Staff at large and urged the participants to maximize the opportunity created by the workshop to improve their knowledge.
Also speaking, the 1st vice president of the Nigerian Institute of Estate Surveyors & Valuers, Esv Ali Mohammed Bature noted that the essence of the workshop was to see how to train the Lecturers on the modern ways of evolving in their profession, adding that the world is fast changing and they need to cue in to the new trends in the profession.
Represented by Esv Monday Ahiwe, the 1st vice president averred that it has become pertinent to teach the Lecturers on the new techniques in their fields so that they can communicate well and impact efficiently to their students.
Earlier in his address of welcome, the Dean Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Dr Paulinus Ihua opined that the workshop was as a result of teaching gap noticed in the performances of the Lecturers in the faculty and hence ,it become very necessary to expose to the modern teaching techniques.
He opined that at the end of the two days training, the staff will become more resourceful to write globally award winning research grants as well as more improved quality performance in terms of output among the teaching staffs across the faculty.

Akujobi Amadi