The Vice-Chancellor of Chrisland University Professor Oyedunni Arulogun, has urged the Federal Government to extend the opportunity of TETFund grants to private universities in the country to improve research and nation-building.

Speaking ahead of the institution’s 7th convocation ceremony, she disclosed that artificial intelligence cannot replace natural intelligence, stressing the need for students to draw on their natural intelligence to excel.

She stated that since the last convocation, the university has recorded significant achievements in academic expansion, research innovations, and institutional partnerships, stressing that the institution has also strengthened its digital learning infrastructure.

The Professor of Health Promotion and Education explained that, in the line-up of academic, spiritual, and social events, the activities will culminate on October 29, 2025, when degrees will be conferred upon deserving graduates across various programmes of study.

She said, “There are four colleges: the College of Arts, Management and Social Sciences, which has nine accredited programmes. We have Accounting, which is one of our flagship programmes, and one of the reasons why parents want their children to come for Accounting is that when they finish, their children are already chartered accountants. We have Business Administration, Criminology and Security Studies, Economics, English, International Relations and Diplomacy, Mass Communication, Political Science, and Psychology.

“Then we have the College of Law. The College of Law is another flagship programme, and we have the leader of the flagship programmes — that’s Nursing — and Nursing has four accredited programmes. We have Medical-Surgical Nursing, Maternal and Child Health, Community Health Nursing, and Mental Health Nursing. The best graduating student this year is from the Department of Criminology and Security Studies. He has a CGPA of 4.95 — Popoola Israel Oladayo, the best graduating student this year.”

She noted that the institution will be graduating 252 students this year; 44 will be graduating with first-class honours, 133 with second-class upper, 63 with second-class lower, and 12 with third-class.
She added, “We have been able to achieve accreditation for our Postgraduate School. That is one of our achievements in the past year, and we are commencing academic programmes in the new session. We already have applicants who have been screened for admission.

“We have professional exams for Medical Laboratory Science students who scored 100% in the council exam. Also, the Faculty of Nursing scored 100% in their exams. One of the reasons why people want their children to come for Nursing in Chrisland University is that by the time they graduate, they already pass the Nursing Council exam. Also, the Department of Physiotherapy, which is graduating Doctor of Physiotherapy students for the first time, also scored 100% in their professional exams.”

“In terms of TETFundTETFund, we know that private universities don’t enjoy TETFund. Our belief is that it should be extended to private universities because there is also a need for research, and a series of research projects are going on in private universities. These different research efforts also contribute to the growth and well-being of Nigerian citizens. It would be a fantastic idea if that kind of fellowship is also extended to researchers in private universities.”

On the comment about Mathematics no longer being compulsory for Arts, she said, “The truth of the matter is that every one of us makes use of Mathematics in our everyday lives. I think personally that Mathematics is key; some levels of reasoning require Mathematics. The only challenge I have with that policy is the tendency of the students not to take it seriously anymore. I think the policy should remain so that they don’t lose the value embedded in the subject Mathematics.”

“In Chrisland University, the flagship courses are Nursing, Law, and Accounting, and we can boldly say that in the nearest future, if anyone thinks of sending their children to the university to study any of these courses, they would think of Chrisland first.”