ACADEMIC PROGRAMME PLAN FOR FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC EKOWE, 2015/2016 SESSION

The accreditation committee meeting scheduled to hold on Monday 17th of August, 2015 has been shifted to the 24th of August, 2015. All concerned Heads of Departments are urged to liaise with their Deans and the Ag. Director for Academic Planning (DAP) to ensure all requirements are met and facilities put in place. The level of preparedness for the NBTE accreditation team will be assessed internally on the 24th of August, 2015.

The academic programme plan for the 2015/2016 academic year is as show in the table below:

FIRST SEMESTER 2015/2016 SESSION

S/N	ACTIVITY	DATE
1	Set for accreditation	24th of August 2015
2	Pre-accreditation visit	9th September 2015
3	Round-up for Industrial Attachment	18th September 2015
4	Accreditation exercise	23rd Sept.2015
5	Resumption	25th September 2015
6	Lectures begins for returning students	28th September 2015
7	Registration for freshers	5th October 2015
8	Lectures for freshers	14th October 2015
9	Orientation for students	16th October 2015
10	Christmas holiday begins - Ends	24th Dec. 2015  - 2nd of January 2016
11	Lecture continues - ends	4th – 15th January 2016
12	Examination begins	21st January 2016
13	Examination ends	4th of February 2016 (2weeks break)

SECOND SEMESTER 2015/2016 SESSION

S/N	ACTIVITY	DATE
1	Second semester resumption	19th of February 2016
2	Lectures begin	22nd February 2016
3	Lectures end	13th May 2016
4	Examination begins	23rd May 2016
5	Examination ends	4th June 2016
6	Board meeting for result	29th of June 2016

DONATIONS FOR A COLLECTION OF CTA PUBLICATIONS FOR THE FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC EKOWE LIBRARY

The Acting Rector, Prof. Christopher Ahiakwo with the School of Agricultural Technology and the entire Polytechnic wish to appreciate the Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) in Netherlands for their technical support and donations made to the Polytechnic Library and for the development of a faculty library for the new Agricultural Technology programmes. The Acting Director for Academic Planning/Linkages, Dr. Mrs. Blessing Okogbue with Dr. Kuforiji Afolabi, the Dean of School of Agricultural Technology on Friday, 7^th of August received the book donations at the Polytechnic Liaison office from the CTA representative, Mr. Rodger Obubo who is the Group Managing Director of the Bayelsa State Agricultural Development Company (BADEVCO) and a Senior Special Adviser to Hon. Dickson, the Executive Governor of Bayelsa State.

The photographs above have the group from the school of Agricultural Technology at the reception. From the left is Mr. Emmanuel from Fisheries Dept., Mrs. Ebiakpo from Animal Science  Dept., the Ag. Director for Academic Planning/Linkages  - Dr. Blessing, the CTA representative – Mr. Obubo Rodger, the Dean – Dr. Kuforiji, the DHL  agent and Mrs. Afolabi from Agric. Tech. Dept. 

The support also extends to free subscriptions to Spore (an agro-based magazine), ICT update and a TEEAL set for 2016. TEEAL which means "The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library"

features an easy to use interface that allows you to quickly search, save, and print citations. It also provides instant access to the full text of every single article listed in the collection. The information in TEEAL covers several subject areas:

                                                                                             

Agricultural Engineering                        Chemistry/Biochemistry/Biophysics           Food Science/Nutrition

Agriculture                                           Economics/Social Science/Development   Human Medicine/Physiology

Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine      Entomology/Pest Control                          Forestry

Biology                                                Environment/Ecology/Natural Resources    Plant Science/Soil Science

Biotechnology/Applied Microbiology     Fisheries/Aquatic Science

For: The Polytechnic,

Thanks to CTA  - Dr. Mrs. Blessing C. Okogbue, Ag. Director

CTA website: www.cta.int

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Developing the key players in the educational system

The teaching staff in the educational sector both at the tertiary and basic school levels; need motivation, constant upgrading and consistent training and re-training for capacity enhancement.  An African proverb says, 

“A container cannot give out what it does not contain when opened or mounted with pressure”.

A teacher employed to teach can only impart from his knowledge bank. Local-oriented teachers cannot graduate students that will perform at the international level, it will require teachers developed with internationally-based content whether outside or within their home countries. The content of the training package matters a great deal if they are going to impart and groom others. For instance, if a lecturer does not have computer and internet skills, how will he/she adopt modern teaching and learning platforms and methods? Skilled and competent lecturers can mentor their junior colleagues/students or organize tailored trainings to share relevant knowledge and skills.

For this reasons, the academic planning unit of the Polytechnic deems it necessary to draw viable plans for development of the academic community in the system. The academic staff are therefore enjoined to be open to change and  have a heart of service and patriotism to move the Federal Polytechnic Ekowe forward for a better Nigeria.