Oyebanji, who stressed the need to prepare students for the changing global dynamics and the need for graduates to adapt to a rapidly evolving job market, charged universities to align education with the demands of the modern workforce.
The governor made the call in Ado Ekiti on Friday, while hosting the Governing Council and management team of the Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere Ekiti, led by its Chairman, Patrick Aina.
He said such a review would be “an added advantage and opportunity to contribute to national economic growth by producing graduates who can drive innovations, entrepreneurship, and employment generation”.
Oyebanji, who charged BOUESTI to actively engage and leverage the public/private partnership for comprehensive development, expertise resources and innovation in the university, said, “I am glad to note that 20 of the courses you are offering now are not common courses.
“My concern, in fairness, with the kind of courses being offered in our institutions is their relevance to the current situation. I don’t think we should just be turning out students that would not be relevant in the 21st century, I don’t believe in that.
“So when we accredit courses because we want the students to pay fees, but we don’t look at the future of those courses, it will hunt us in the future, so I will just plead with BOUESTI to look at the relevance of these courses that will make students be solution providers, and employers of labour,” the governor said.
The Chairman of, BOUESTI Governing Council, Aina, said the meeting was to congratulate the governor on his outstanding performance and various achievements recorded in his one year in office.
He thanked Oyebanji for the flag off of the construction of the Ikere- Igbara Odo Road project, which he said would be of great benefit to students and staff of the University.
He, however, used the opportunity to acquaint the governor with the progress of the university since he assumed office as the Chairman Governing Council, as he appealed for the government’s assistance in addressing some of the institution’s other challenges.
