January 23, 2025
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Gbolahan Salman Sokoto

The Management of Khalifa International Schools, Sokoto, has inaugurated a College of Advance Studies (CAS), to award Diploma and Interim Joint Admission and Matriculation Board Examination (IJMBE), certificates.

Inaugurating the college on Monday, in Sokoto, the Chairman of the School’s Governing Council, Prof. Gajam Ardo, said the effort was to bridge the education gap in Sokoto state, as well as Northern Nigeria.

Ardo commended the School’s Proprietor, Alhaji Aliyu Oroji, for the initiative and sustaining the overall quality standard of Khalifa International schools to be among the ‘grade one’ schools in the country.

He said that the newly established CAS is affiliated to the Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, stressing that, all the necessary procedures on manpower and equipment were complied with.

” The newly established CAS will go a long way to uplift the standard of education in Sokoto state, all relevant teaching and non teaching materials were provided.

” The vehicles given to the College Provost, Registrar and students’ buses are to ease transportation services, as the college is far from UDUS main campus and the town, ”  Ardo said.

The College’s Provost, Mr Abdulmalik Hassan-Jiya, expressed appreciation over the provision of vehicles, stating that they would serve as encouragement to the staffers and reduce students’ transportation difficulties.

Hassan-Jiya, said that the college fees were affordable, adding that, the proprietor considered awarding scholarship to Sokoto indigenes.

This, he explained is in order to complement the state government’s efforts in educational development.

According to him, at present, the college started with five diploma courses that comprise: Accounting, Business Administration, Public Administration, Computer Science and Civil Law.

He noted that the school would enhance students’ transition to university education,”because, after two-year diplomas, they would secure admission into 200-level, through direct entry.”

The Director, Quality Assurance, Mr Iko-Ojo Joseph, urged residents to seize the advantage of the school in boosting enrolments across the state, stressing,”all the stipulated regulations were complied with.”

Mr Emmanuel John, the school’s Managing Director and Mrs Ukpi Shido, the College Registrar, also commended the Proprietor for providing the vehicles and good facilities which attracted students from different places.

 

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