The Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education, Kumbotso, Kano State, has purchased 90 Inter-connected Terabyte Capacity Computers at cost of N30 million as part of the institution’s Information Technology Development Initiative.
The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Yahaya Bunkure, said this while presenting 90 assorted computers to the institution Academic Union.
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He said the university has connected all its Examination centers with Close Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV) to check examination malpractice and enhance students’ performance.
“The supply of these gadgets was financed from the university’s Revitalization Funds.
“We are judiciously spending the money for the purpose of what the fund was meant for, and the mission is to ensure that the whole university is fully connected with the ICT in order to compete favourably with other Institutions of higher learning.
“As a University now, we are upgrading almost everything to fully tally with the University system that would make us one of the best, as we have been operating as an Institution of higher learning which has produced great leaders and teachers alike across the nation”.
In his remarks, the Chairman of the university’s branch of ASUU, Shittu Gargai, said the accessories procured included Smart Board, Protectors and other Computer items.
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Gargai said the gesture would go a long way in making the University and its staff to buckle up in academic excellence, and that the beneficiaries would be the students and the community at large.
The Secretary of the Union, Zubaida Musa, commended the Vice Chancellor for judiciously spending the Revitalization Funds given to the Institution.
