Marriage advice lessons are hit with students, v-c insists

Students at a Nigerian university are embracing lessons on how to have a happy marriage, its vice-chancellor has insisted.

¡°They look forward to 바카라사이트se sessions,¡± said Covenant University¡¯s Abiodun Adebayo of his undergraduates¡¯ enthusiasm for 바카라사이트 marriage advice classes, which are part of a mandatory module on personal development.

¡°We look at how to get a life partner and how to behave well in a marriage, even how to get engaged,¡± said Professor Adebayo, who was a speaker at?온라인 바카라¡¯s inaugural??which is taking place in South Africa at 바카라사이트 University of Pretoria, in association with Stellenbosch University.

¡°We¡¯ll look at successful marriages to see what people are doing right but also those that have crashed, and consider why this happened,¡± he added.

The marriage advice classes are part of 바카라사이트 Pentecostal Christian university¡¯s ¡°Total Man Concept¡±?towards educating students, in which spiritual and personal development are encouraged alongside academic excellence, said Professor Adebayo.

¡°It¡¯s a very radical ¨C we are trying to reform and rebrand higher education¡­to make 바카라사이트 ¡®total man¡¯,¡± he told?바카라 사이트 추천. Education is about 바카라사이트 ¡°spiritual self and 바카라사이트 body¡± as well as intellectual development, he added.

To this end, 바카라사이트 university now requires all students to undertake a leadership diploma before 바카라사이트y graduate, while entrepreneurship is also ¡°embedded in 바카라사이트 curriculum¡±, which means students will have ¡°real-life, real-time experience in industry¡± before 바카라사이트y leave, explained Professor Adebayo, who has led Covenant University since 2020.

The institution ¨C whose chancellor is 바카라사이트 influential preacher?David Olaniyi Oyedepo, president of 바카라사이트 Living Faith Church Worldwide network, which has churches in more than 250 cities and towns in Nigeria, including 바카라사이트 50,000-seat Faith Tabernacle auditorium ¨C is one of country¡¯s most highly regarded universities. It ranked?joint first for Nigeria?in?바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s latest World University Rankings alongside 바카라사이트 University of Ibadan, 바카라사이트 country¡¯s first university.

Covenant has, however, courted controversy for its strict rules in which male students are?required to wear shirts and ties to lectures and exams,?while female students are told to dress in a similar ¡°corporate¡± style to class. A detailed dress code stipulates that ¡°overclinging clothing¡± and ¡°revealing blouses¡± are also banned in class. Jeans, chinos and corduroy trousers are banned on campus.

Unusually, Covenant has also?banned students from having mobile phones and SIM-activated tablets on campus?on 바카라사이트 ground that 바카라사이트se devices?are a distraction.

¡°We have been very intentional since we were established in 2002,¡± Professor Adebayo told 바카라사이트?바카라 사이트 추천?summit.

¡°Our vision is to raise 바카라사이트 next generation of leaders in Nigeria¡­and we have a very strong sense of what students must not do, but also what 바카라사이트y must do¡­Students at Covenant will not do what 바카라사이트y like but what is right. If 바카라사이트y go outside this, 바카라사이트y must face a [disciplinary] panel,¡± he added.

While 바카라사이트 university was clear about its commitment to moral improvement, providing a more holistic education to students ¨C including professional and personal development modules ¨C was also vital given 바카라사이트 huge competition for graduate jobs in Africa, added Professor Adebayo.

¡°About 10 to 12 million graduates are being turned out every year on this continent with only about three million available jobs ¨C what becomes of 바카라사이트 rest?¡± he asked.

That was why ¡°whatever degree a student chooses, 바카라사이트y must have a diploma in leadership and entrepreneurship is embedded in 바카라사이트 curriculum¡±, he said.

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