EKSU Urges New Students to Embrace Discipline and Excellence

Ekiti State University has urged newly admitted students in its sandwich programme to regard their matriculation oath as a serious commitment to academic discipline, integrity and responsible citizenship.

Vice-Chancellor Babatola Ayodele said the students had been admitted because they showed the potential to succeed. Represented by Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs Williams Adebayo, he told them that admission was not a destination but the beginning of a journey whose outcome would depend on how they used the opportunity.

Ayodele acknowledged that students could face difficult courses, demanding assignments, examinations and competing responsibilities. He urged them to remain focused, seek help when necessary, learn from mistakes and continue making the small efforts that build success over time.

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Your admission is not a destination; it is the beginning of a journey. What you do with the opportunity before you will determine the quality of the destination you eventually reach.

He said the sandwich programme was created for teachers, professionals, workers and others who want university education while continuing their careers and managing other responsibilities. Rather than viewing work experience as a disadvantage, students should use it to enrich their learning through their knowledge of the workplace and wider society.

Ayodele asked the students to make excellence, integrity and responsibility the pillars of their academic journey. He also urged them to use their time wisely, learn from lecturers and fellow students, protect EKSU’s reputation and avoid conduct that could undermine the institution’s values and traditions.

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Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.