IN a bid to get more industry-related background for students, the management of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State, has partnered with the Nigeria Machine Tools Limited, Osogbo, the state capital, to offer Direct Industry Qualifications.
The partnership as facilitated by M8 Global Know Network is aimed at bridging institutions to industries for the 21st century relevant workplace skills.
The head of project and partnership of M8 Global Know Network, Dr. Lovedays Egbedion, stressed the need for a synergy between industries and academic institutions for current knowledge and resource collaborations.
He emphasised that the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has been promoting the Nigerian Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) for direct socio-economic impact between the public and private sectors.
He explained that this novel partnership has birthed at the FedPoly Ede as Access for Collaborative Education (ACE) Centre, with the aim of assisting schools to produce graduates that will be relevant to the industry.
In his remarks, the rector of the polytechnic, Dr John Taiwo Adekolawole, urged tertiary institutions to collaborate with the industries to achieve technological and industrial growth.
He stated that students would be enrolled for the Direct Industry Qualifications (DIQ) in Engineering and Sciences.
The general manager/chief operating officer of the Nigerian Machine Tools, Mr Pratish Thakur said, that the firm had nurtured plans with M8 Global to partner with academic institutions so as to assist them in teaching the students skills that would make them relevant to employers and entrepreneurs.
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