Pre Degree Science Programme

Chairman's Welcome

On behalf of the Vice-Chancellor, Senate and Board of Pre-Degree Science Programme, I welcome you all to Great Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso.

The Pre-Degree Science Programme was proposed by the University Senate in May, 1994. This was in response to the need for a refresher course to programme to prepare secondary school leavers for their first year and subsequent years of study in the University. In 1995, this programme opened with the first set of students totaling seven hundred and ninety-two (792) and has since witnessed steady increase over the years. For instance in 2007 alone, three thousand, two hundred ninety-eight (3,298) students enrolled for this programme. Hence, you should count yourself lucky to be part of the programme this year.

The aim of the Pre-Degree programme is to provide opportunity of University Education for applicants who could not be admitted to the University through UME. The programme is highly intensive and spans over a period of eight months, during which students are tutored in Biology, Chemistry, English Language, Mathematics and Physics. To achieve this, The Board has appointed experienced and dedicated set of instructors for each of the courses. It is therefore imperative for you as students to cooperate with your instructors in order to share from their wealth of experience. Furthermore, the various curricula for the courses have just been reviewed and your set will be the first to go through the revised edition. You are therefore advised to be very hardworking and diligent for successful outing in the programme.

To those of you with excellent results at SSCE, this is also an opportunity to re-ascertain your academic ability. It is important to bring to your notice that placement into the undergraduate programmes of The University depends on your performances at the end of PDS final examination. Students should therefore realize that they are not yet undergraduates of this University and that they have to work hard in order to become one.

All lectures and other activities of the programme are held within the 1500 Lecture Theatre and PDS complex. The former was completed in 2005 and was declared opened in May 2008 by their excellences Otunba (Dr.) Adebayo Alao-Akala and Prince (Dr) Olagunsoye Oyinlola, the Executive Governors of Oyo and Osun States respectively. The PDS complex has office spaces, reading rooms, a library and audio-visual facilities. I hereby appeal to you all to make good use of these facilities. 

LAUTECH is a non-residential institution, students are therefore expected to arrange for their accommodation in town and maintain healthy relationship with their neighbours. You are strongly advised to shun all immoral activities like cultism and examination malpractices as these may jeopardize your future. Pre-Degree students are not yet members of the student union and are therefore should not partake in any of their activities. You are also advised to put God first in all your academic endeavours. If you are in doubt about any of the PDS activities, you should feel free to approach the office of the Chairman for proper guidance and counseling.

Once again, I welcome you all and wish you a successful academic programme in LAUTECH.

 

Prof. L. A. Sunmonu

Chairman, Board of Pre-Degree Science Programme

LAUTECH