By Ejiro Nesisa
The President of Students Union Government, Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Delta State,Comrade Edemakiota Etiosa O.has charged the newly admitted students of the institution to be of good conducts as they begin their academic journey in the school. The SUG President gave this charge at orientation programme organised by the school authority for the fresh students on Wednesday on campus.
According to him, they should know why they are in school and shun any activity that is capable of ruining their educational pursuits. He said, among others things, they should shun cultism, drugs abuse, truancy, and take their students seriously.
The 500 Level student of the Department Electrical and Electronics Engineering charged the students to take whatever information given to them in the orientation programme seriously as it(guiding principles) would help them in their conducts while on campus. According to him, it is now that they are young that, they can study as a time would come, they have to settle down, get a good job and take care of their family.
While thanking the Management of the school especially the Vice Chancellor, Prof.(Engr.) Akpofure Rim-Rukeh, and other management staff for the opportunity given him to serve in this capacity and ensuring the orientation is a success, he appealed to the school authority to take the welfare of the students more seriously.
In a lecture titled: “Indecent Dressing”, Director, Servicom, Prof.Kenneth A. Ibe charged the students to always dress properly within and outside the campus. According to him, the act of the girls and boys dressing half naked, which, to them, a sign of civilization, is wrong. They should not copy negative attributes of their fellow students but copy the good ones. He however expressed gratitude for the students as right in the hall, no students dressed indecently and charged them to continue in this direction.
On his part,the Deputy Registrar admission, FUPRE, Mr. Johnbull Arukenifo Otolo who spoke on:” Guidelines on University Policy on Students Registration” charged the students to follow the due process of registration and other procedures of the school to enable them become the bona-fide students of the school just as he charged them to take their studies seriously to come out in flying colours.
Not left is FUPRE Deputy Registrar, Exams and Records, Mr. Kennedy Ebakata who spoke on: “Measurements and Evaluation“. He said, the students should take their studies seriously at the beginning of their studies to enable them have sound grades that would land them in first class on graduation. Mr. Kennedy who displayed the chart of the various grades on the screen for them to see, said, when they start very well and keep on with that pace, they would be in first class position. His words:” It is not just to start well by acquisition of ‘A’ grades in performance, you must sustain the tempo to the end, it is then, you can find yourself in first class position on your graduation.”
Other speakers are: Assistant Chief Superintendent, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences(ICPC) Asaba, Mr. Nathan Onyebuchi who spoke on crime and its negative consequences, Mr. Sylvester Ebhonu, CEO, The Digital Librarian who spoke on the usefulness and dangers in the use of Artificial Intelligence(Al) in academic work, among others.The climax of the programme was questions and answers among the students and lecturers.