The Vice Chancellor of the Southern Delta University (SDU), Ozoro, Delta State, Prof Sunny Awhefeada, has assured staff of the university of the management’s continuous commitment to their welfare and training.
Key Highlights:
- Sunny Awhefeada reaffirmed management’s commitment to staff welfare and training.
- Southern Delta University organized a workshop on effective teaching, timetable compliance, and quality lecture delivery.
- The Vice Chancellor said capacity building is key to improving academic performance and achieving international recognition.
- Staff were urged to embrace quality assurance practices and effective teaching methods.
- Guest lecturers emphasized that maintaining academic quality is a shared responsibility of all stakeholders.
He gave this assurance at a one-day workshop for academic staff on effective teaching, timetable compliance, and quality lecture delivery organized by the university.
While flagging off the workshop, Prof. Awhefeada stressed that his administration is committed to the effective training and well-being of academic staff, hence the decision to prioritize capacity building to sensitize and empower staff on how to discharge their responsibilities.
Prof. Awhefeada said the workshop is part of his vision to transform the university into a model of a pacesetter and academic advancement that will automatically translate to attaining international visibility.
The vice chancellor said the workshop is for every academic staff targeted at quality and productive delivery, while describing the guests lecturers, Prof. Ochuko Anomohanran and Prof. John Odili as erudite professors endowed with the requisite knowledge that will enhance lecturers’ development to deliver on their mandate effectively.
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He told the participants to pay rapt attention to the lectures in order to prepare themselves to fulfill their mandates.
However, he charged participants to leave a legacy in academic advancement through effective quality assurance being a formative process to pave way for better opportunities for the students.
The resource persons spoke on topics, such as: “The Interconnected Roles of Quality Assurance for Lecturers, Students and the University in Southern Delta University, Ozoro” by Prof. Anomohanran and “Academic Advancement through Effective Quality Assurance Practices in Southern Delta University, Ozoro” by Prof. Odili.
The guest lecturers in their separate statements, emphasized that the responsibility of quality assurance do not lie on the shoulder of one individual but a collective one.
