The process to upgrade the Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo to a degree awarding University has commenced in the Oyo State House of Assembly, as a bill to effect the implementation was scaled through first reading on Tuesday.
The bill titled “Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo Law, 2022” presented before the House by the Executive Arm of Government and It has been read for the first time.
The bill, when passed into law will make provision for the establishment, constitution and functions of Emmanuel Alayande University of Education at Oyo and for other matters incidental thereto or connected therewith.
When passed, the institution will now award University degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic titles and distinctions to and on persons who have pursued a course of study approved by the University and have passed such examinations or other tests and satisfied such other requirements as the University may prescribe.
It will also confer honorary degrees, fellowships and other academic distinctions.
It will be recalled that some states like Sokoto, Ekiti, Delta, Edo, Ogun, Rivers and Lagos have already upgraded their Colleges of Education to degree institutions.
