The Abia State College of Education (Technical), has concluded arrangements to commence on-line teaching in line with the directive of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu.
Consequently, the College Provost, Dr. Philips Nto, has directed all deans and heads of departments to collate necessary logistics required for the immediate take-off of the programme.
In a circular he sent out to members of the Academic Board, Nto described the directive of the governor as a welcome development aimed at keeping the students academically busy for the period that COVID-19 would last.
The provost directed all academic staff of the college to liaise with their heads of department for briefing so as to make the exercise successful.
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He said since ASCETA had been the epicentre of the state government’s education for employment policy, there was the need for it to lead in not only science and technology, but in e-learning.
Meanwhile, the provost has commended Ikpeazu for the proactive steps he had taken so far to check the spread of COVID-19 in the state.
Nto said it was instructive that even when the pandemic was yet to creep into the state, the governor set up isolation centres and medical staff to tackle it.
According to him, Ikpeazu’s immediate lockdown of the state, closure of borders as well as offering palliatives to the vulnerable had yielded results.
He called on the people of the state to continue to support Ikpeazu in his determined fight to safeguard the people from the dreaded COVID-19.
He pledged the loyalty of the staff and students of ASCETA to the government in its bid to reposition the college as one of the most vibrant Colleges of Education in the South-East.
