Students of Federal Polytechnic Ukana, Akwa Ibom State and Port Harcourt Polytechnic, Captain Elechi Amadi, Rivers State that emerged overall best at the recently held Psychometrics Examination have received scholarships from International Psychometric Centre (IPCentre).
The scholarship was a fulfillment of the initial set goal by the institution which is to encourage any student that emerges best in the Psychometrics studies across all institutions taking the course in Nigeria.
International Psychometric Centre’s primary focus is on the Tertiary Education sub-sector of the Nigeria Education Sector where it designs and integrates detailed psychometric studies curricula as separate General Studies Courses into the existing benchmark minimum academic standards for all classes of Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria.
A student of Port Harcourt Polytechnic, Obia Goddwell and two computer science students of Federal Polytechnic Ukana, Sunday Blessed Nathaniel and Effiong Asuabiat Ime according to Head of Corporate Affairs of IPCentre, Patience Udoh were presented with cheque of hundred thousand naira each at their respective institutions.
While making a speech during the presentation, the Rector of Akanu Ibiam Polytechnics, Ven. Dr. Ogbonna Ibe-Enwo thanked the management of the International Psychometrics Centre, Ibadan, ably chaired by Otunba Abimbola Mosobolaje Davis for deeming it fit to encourage the students with scholarship initiative.
“I consider it a great honour to be part of this history-making event of today. I have been a Rector for seven years, and all these years, I have never witnessed or observed this level of response to good academic performance, and on behalf of the Council, Academic Board and the management of this school, we extend our gratitude to the IPCentre.
This is value added, it means not only will the students pass, but they have something to look forward to as compensation for their effort”, said Dr. OgbonniaIbe-Enwo.
Speaking in the same vein, the Deputy Rector Academics, of Port Harcourt Polytechnic, Dr Moses Neebe, who represented the Rector, thanked the IPCentre for the good gesture while explaining that Psychometrics studies started late last year in the school and there were challenges with their students not willing to take up the course.
He added “if you look at the total number of students who wrote the exam, they were about 60 to 70percent of the total number of students, yet their results came out good”.
He, however, assured IPCentre that subsequent results will be better than this present result, stating that the course has now been added to the school curriculum which makes it a compulsory course for the students to offer.
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