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Education is the state's main social industry.
The Native of Kogi State take pride in the Education
of their Siblings, playing a prominent role in
Education Industry in Nigerian Nation and Diaspora.
There are more than 20 Institutions of Higher
learning presently in the State comprising State
University, Polytechnics, Colleges of Education,
Colleges of Agriculture, Advance Teachers Colleges,
Schools of Nursing and Midwifery, Health Technology
Colleges.
 With
the Full compliance to Primary Education Standard,
having established Primary Schools in all 21 Local
Government of the State, the State was recently
awarded Certificate of Excellence.
In
year 2005 Kogi State University was accredited
to a Full Standard State University offering 29
courses.
The
Making of Kogi State University
Kogi State University (KSU) in Anyigba was established
in 1999. As at that time, the university was at
best seen by many as a glorified secondary school
after 21 of its 30 academic programmes presented
for accreditation in March 2005 were denied accreditation
by the National Universities Commission (NUC).
The
University had been denied accreditation in 21
out of  its
29 courses by the National Universities Commission,
due to bad planning at the Institution by the
earlier regime of Kogi State. In a swift and unprecedented
response, the regime of Governor Ibrahim Idris
took necessary steps to right the wrongs. He provided
the sum of 1.2 billion Naira for provision of
facilities, completion of abandoned projects and
recruitment of senior academic staff and Professors
at the Institution.
The
University though new holds a lot of promises
for indigenes of the states and its environs who
over the years have been denied an indigenous
university of their own. This would in no way
ease the problems associated with gaining admission
into higher institutions outside the state.
With
adequate funding the school stand a bright chance
of making a mark in the life of its students within
and outside the state. At the helms of the affairs
of the school presently is the one-time vice chancellor
of University of Agriculture Makurdi, Professor
Francis Idachaba. Ever since his appointment as
the vice chancellor, he has introduced very stringent
measures into the university system, thereby making
student to devote a substantial amount of their
time to the pursuit of what brought them there.
Importantly, he has also set a standard for the
qualification necessary for lecturers to be qualified
for appointment in the new university. This has
helped in no small ways to bring some sanity into
the university environment. |
