By Ndubuisi Precious
Provost of Alvan Ikoku College of Education, AIFCE, Owerri, Dr. Mrs. Stella Ngozi Lemchi has described her one year in office as one driven by passion and commitment to achieving excellence in education, innovation and quality service delivery.
She stated this during the grand finale of the institution's 60th anniversary/Diamond Jubilee celebrations held at the College's auditorium on Thursday.
The Alvan chief executive furthered that since the inception of AIFCE in 1963 as the Advanced Teachers' Training College, to becoming a beacon of teacher education and innovation, it has navigated challenges, embraced change, and consistently pushed the boundaries of excellence.
According to her, "the journey of the past sixty years of the AIFCE has been marked by transformation, growvth, and the pursuit of knowledge. Our success story is not merely defined by infrastructure or statistics, but by the lives we touch, the tdeas we nurture, and the dreams we inspire.
"This jubilee is a testimony to the fact that education is the cornerstone of socetal progress, and we, the Alvan community, take imntense pride in our role as custodians of this noble mission."
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She continued, "when l assumed the position of Provost in July 2022, I pledged to reposition and re-strengthen our College. Through collaborative efforts, dedication, and resilience, we have embarked on a jouney to restore Alvan an the primus inter pares, a Center of Excellence in teaching, learning, research, innovation, entrepreneurship, and community service.
"The past year has been transformative, witnessing remarkable changes and achievements that resonate with our shared comnmitment to progress.
"We have expanded intrastructure, elevated service delivery, and rejuvenated the spirit of research and development within our academic community.
"We have also imnproved the morale of staff and students, engaged with the college community and our host communities and restored the contidence of all those connected with the College."
"The restoration of our university status stands as a testament to our dedication to growth and advancement. This milestone is a collective achievement, made possible by the synergy between our administration and the govemment of Imo State." she added.
She listed her achievements in one year of office to include reconstruction and renovation of Alvan Health Centre, classroom blocks, flood control within the institution, landscaping and electrification of the College's Senate Building; accessing of TETFUND library and annual intervention from 2019 to 2023 and purchasing of utility vehicle (SUV) for the College.
Others were, digitalisation and eradication of malfeasance in result collation, computation and transfer; increment in students enrolment into the institution and in the College's Internal Generated Revenue; speedy mobilisation of graduands for NYSC; creation of Parents-Management Forum; achievement of 100% in accreditation for NCE programmes; clearing of the backlog of promotion arrears from 2018 to date; among others.
