Latest news: Have u heard dat The Education Rights Campaign, ERC, has called on
the management of the Michael Otedola College of
Primary Education (MOCPED), Noforija, Epe, Lagos
State, to release the results and certificates of the
degree students of the college, even as it demands
that the Professor Olu Akeusola-led MOCPED
administration be probed for mismanagement of
funds.
This is coming as degree students of the institution,
on Monday, embarked on a peaceful protest to
demand for the immediate release of their results
and certificates by the school administration.
MOCPED is an affiliate college of Ekiti State
University and students can seek admission into
MOCPED for degree programs that would bear
EKSU's certificate. Though there is a cost and
responsibility sharing arrangement between both
institutions, MOCPED must regularly compile
students' results and present same to EKSU Senate
for approval.
According to ERC's national Coordinator, Mr. Hassan
Soweto, "unfortunately, since the degree
programme started about eight years ago, MOCPED
has not issued statements of results and
certificates to any of the students who has
completed this program and neither has any
proceeded for the National Youth Service.
"This is because the authority of MOCPED is
heavily indebted to EKSU and as a result, is unable
to present students' results to EKSU Senate for
approval. This is in spite of the huge amount
realised from the high tuition the degree students
pay. We must put it on record that a similar degree
program of EKSU is affiliated with Adeniran
Ogunsanya College of Education (AOCOED) and
there are no complaints about non-release of
results or certificates." Continuing, Soweto said:
"This allegation of indebtedness raises pointed
questions including whether or not student fees are
not being mismanaged or embezzled by the Prof.
Olu Akeusola-led administration of MOCPED. The
best way to allay this fear is for the College
administration to be probed and the ERC calls for an
independent probe panel to be constituted and
should include elected representatives of students
union and staff unions of the college in order to
ascertain how the college managed to default on
payment to EKSU despite the huge amount degree
students pay as tuition."
The ERC called on the management of MOCPED to
immediately release the final statements of results
and certificates of all those who have completed
EKSU's degree program affiliated with the college
as the situation has got to a stage where further
refusal to release the results and certificates could
warrant mass protests and demonstrations by the
concerned students who have been patient for so
long. The ERC also condemned the Lagos State
Government, the owner of MOCPED, for failing to
intervene in the crisis.

God help us in mocped