The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has accredited 6 new courses for the Osun State College of Technology, OSCO-HEALTH, Ilesa. The NBTE, during the accreditation visit, also reaccredited an already existing course in the institution. The newly reaccredited courses by the NBTE for OSCO-HEALTH, Ilesa, include H.N.D. in Health Information Management, N.D. in Medical Imaging and X-ray Technology, H.N.D. in Dental Therapy, and N.D. in Dental Surgery Technology.
Others are the N.D. in Dispensing Opticianry and the N.D. in Epidemiology and Disease Control, while the N.D. in Environmental Health Technology was reaccredited.
Speaking during a briefing after inspecting facilities around the school, the NBTE team leader, Mr. Sama’Ila Tanko, expressed delight at what the team met on the ground. He said the school management has shown that they are ready to kickstart the running of the new courses for the benefit of society.
While stressing that the exercise of the National Board for Technical Education is not a witch-hunt, Mr. Tanko said rigorous inspection before accreditation is done to ensure that tertiary institutions follow laid-down procedures.
In his words, inspecting facilities in the various departments, ”I can see that the school is improving. The school looks set and ready to start running the new courses”. “If we want our educational system and Nigeria at large to improve and to secure the future, then we need to get it right while approving the running of courses in our tertiary institutions, and that is the reason for the accreditation visit by NBTE.”. He stated.
In an address, the Provost of Osun State College of Health Technology, Ilesa, Dr. Lateef Olarewaju Raheem, expressed his determination to continue to improve the school and produce graduates who can compete with their peers from any part of the world.
He commended the administration of Senator Ademola Adeleke for his support and for making efforts to see that OSCO-HEALTH, Ilesa, becomes the best Health Technology Institution around.
Kingsley Omoyeni,
Public Relations Officer