Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka Lagos, has requested the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board to grant it a waiver in technical courses.
The Provost of the institution, Dr. Wahab Azeez told newsmen on Saturday in the state that such a waiver would attract more prospective students to the college.
Azeez while speaking against the backdrop of the poor enrolment of students in the college disclosed that such a waiver would attract more prospective students to the college.
Also, he explained that the idea was to create openings to attract school certificate holders to the college and build a career in technical education.
He said, “Enrollment has not been encouraging and we are not silent on it. So, what we did was to approach JAMB to give us a wave in certain technical and vocational courses.
“We are hopeful that our request will get a positive response from JAMB and it will throw the opportunity for more students to register for technical or vocational courses in our college.
“Technical and vocational education is where the money is. Students who finish from the college may not necessarily look for a paid job because of the training they have acquired,’’ he expressed.
According to him, part of efforts to project the image of the college was to reach out to the Ministry of Education with the purpose of having direct access to technical secondary schools.