The Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) has upgraded the institution with the N2billon Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) allocation received from 2010 to date, the Rector, Dr Margaret Ladipo has said.
Mrs Ladipo spoke at the stakeholders town hall meeting on TETfund interventions for the Southwest geopolitical zone, held at the University of Ibadan (UI), Ibadan the Oyo State capital.
In her presentation to the Supervising Minister of Education, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, on how the institution spent the allocation, Dr Ladipo said the college expended about N214 million on workers on P.hD, Mphil and Masters within and outside the country.
According to her, another N100 million was earmarked to equip the library with books, and piece of furniture, in addition to the introducing the e-library unit.
“For the same period an allocation of N30.5 million was given to enable staff to attend conferences. Through this fund, a total of 1,445 members of staff from various schools, departments, units and sections attended conferences and seminars locally and outside the country,” she said
With the allocation to the institution within 2010 till date, YABATECH has increased its capacity and reposition for higher performance, Dr Ladipo added.
“We have introduced new programmes to meet national and interventional needs and standard. We sponsored 423 staff in2010, 441 in 2011, 552 in 2012, and 499 in 2013 for local and foreign conferences, workshops and seminars to expose them to contemporary trends in teaching, learning, learning and research.”