Ilaro Poly student bags IPC scholarship award

A student of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro (IPC), Ogun State, Olafare Christianah, has won N100,000 worth of scholarship award by the International Psychometric Centre, Ibadan, for emerging as the overall best student in Psychometrics examination organised for polytechnics and colleges of education students in the country.

Olafare, HND 1, Public Administration student competed against Ahmed Oladipupo, an ND II, Mechanical Engineering student and Emmanuel Ajibode, HND II of Marketing Department, also of the same Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro.

According to the corporate affairs manager of the polytechnic, Patience Udoh, the three students scored 90 per cent and it took the efforts of the technical team of the institution that conducted the post examination oral interview for Olafare, to emerge as the winner at the end of the second round of the oral examinations.

The rector of the institution, Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Dr Olusegun Aluko, in his reaction said that he was not surprised that three of his students came out with the highest marks, saying this was due to the high academic standards maintained by the school.

“This scholarship award will definitely encourage our students to study more, especially for a course like Psychometrics, which is being run online, an idea we have encouraged even before the emergence of the pandemic,” the rector noted.

Deputy director, International Psychometric Centre (IPC), Ibadan, Timilehin Fashola, while briefing the media said Psychometrics as a mandatory course was approved by the Federal Government in 2018 for all tertiary institutions in Nigeria and not only for polytechnics and colleges of education.

He noted that the implementation of the course in universities has been delayed due to incessant strike actions.

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