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DSVEC UBULU – UKU QUALIFIES 100 GRADUATES

BY JOSEPH CHUKWUDEBE

The Delta State Vocational Education Centre Ubulu Uku kingdom, Aniocha South Local Government Area, Delta State has pleasantly qualified 100 graduates from her first edition of exhibition and award ceremony.

Speaking as the administrator the chaplain of the Delta State Vocation Centre, Ubulu – Uku kingom Mrs. Nwaobi who stood in for the administrator of the centre Pastor (Mrs.) Gilo said that they sincerely and respectfully thank the Delta State Governor, His Excellency, Senator, (Dr) Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa who in his governmental applications to extend prosperity to all Deltans with the intents of transforming Delta as an industrialize state through the job creation drive decided to create more vocation Education Centres across the state which did give birth to Vocational Training Centre, Ubulu – Uku kingom. 

Speaking again to the audience the administrator said that in these times of economic downturn and high rate of youths unemployment that the governor Okowa has set of strategic objectives to strengthen Vocational Education Training (VET) and to expand a formal apprenticeship scheme in Delta State adding that industrialization is sinquanon for development as well as springboard to a wider spread development. She said that Vocational Education Training is the natural panacea for unemployment and eradication of poverty and deplorable conditions adding that backwardness should be heavily avoided.

Speaking again to the audience she said that executive governor of the state signed the bill setting up the Delta State Technical and Vocational Education Board into law in the 2015 with comrade Michael Akpobire as its pioneer Executive Secretary to drive the policy adding that in January, 2019 Delta State Vocational Education Centre (DSVEC) Ubulu – Uku kingdom was put in place like every other centre in the state, which is headed by an administrator, Again the administrator told the audience that enrolment of trainees did begin in December 2018 adding that after they had orientation exercise in January 2019 they had 50 trainees registered. 

She pleasantly told the audience that 100 students graduated from the centre which would largely boost the technological development of not just the community alone but, the entire state. She listed the eight departments which made up the centre:

·        Electrical Department

·        Hair Dressing, Makeover Department

·        Barbing Department

·        Tailor Department

·        Catering and Hotel Management Department

·        ICT Department

·        Computer Engineering Department

·        Event management Department

The administrator also stated the challenges facing the centre as:

·        Lack of Toilet facilities

·        Lack of adequate seats for the trainees and

·        Lack of Bore – hole.

Speaking as the Chairman of the ceremony Secretary, Delta State Universal Basic Education Board, Asaba Sir Abua Byron Unini narrated to the audience how the pleasant ideas of reintroducing the Vocational Education Training Centres in the state began adding that the administration of the executive governor Okowa should be praised and appreciated for the reintroduction of Technical Centres in the state.

 He said that all the challenges facing the Ubulu – Uku kingdom centre had been noted adding that his own office would speedily and radically address the issues of bore – hole facility. 

He also goaded parents of the trainees and other well meaning citizenry of the community to frankly support the centre with goodn;esses of facilities adding that the administrator of the centre appreciated some uncommon individuals who had unimaginably assisted the trainees and the centre itself. 

He congratulated the graduates of the centre as well as rendered recipes to them to positively apply the skills they had learned from the centre so that they would be able to improve themselves and the entire state.

Speaking to the audience the Ag. Executive Secretary Delta State Technical and Vocational Education Board Anthony Nwanti told the gathering that when governor Okowa assumed office that he identified that an idle mind is very hopeless, hence he established the Technical and Vocational Education Board (TVEB) to oversee the workings of Technical Colleges and Vocational Centres across the states adding that Ubulu – Uku kingdom Vocational Education Centre for the training of future entrepreneurs and employers of labour. 

Speaking further Nwanti said that the Delta State Technical Colleges and Vocational Centres were indeed bringing out the developmental potentials God Himself have given to the youths of the state adding that the state governor Okowa did give approval for the running of the centre few months ago and of a truth the centre has qualified the lucky grandaunds and future employers of labour. 

Speaking again Nwanti said that vocational Education is a system of study that prepares the individuals, for jobs that are heavily based on manual or practical applications adding that it is totally related to specific trades, occupations vocations such as ICT, Fashions Design, Catering and Hotel management, wood works, Building Technology et’al.

Speaking further to graduands Nwanti says that with the skills and knowledge the graduands had acquired from the training would certainly help to make monies, to be self employed, as well as having more opportunities to earn an honest living. The centre departments were inspected by the government functionaries that graced the graduation ceremony.

The graduation ceremony recorded the following graduands as the best graduates and from the department of Information Communication Technology ICT, Isichie Christian Chisom while Adingwupu Victor from Electrical department became the best graduand. The Instructors of the two departments are Uwandi Michael Uche for ICT and Eboka Jude is for Electrical instructor.

To lively up the graduation ceremony the graduands themselves trilled the audience with cultural dance and chorography displays.