By Adeyinka Adeniran
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Professor Kayode O. Adebowale, mni, FAS, has acknowledged the regulatory role of professional bodies, saying professional courses like Architecture are regulated by the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Architects Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON) for preparation, comparison of standard nationally and internationally, close monitoring and evaluation, in order to prevent abuse.
He made the acknowledgement while receiving on a courtesy visit, a team from the Architects Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON), which arrived at the University of Ibadan for an accreditation visit.
He noted that two accreditation exercises are usually done for professional courses, which demand double templates and preparation, and this poses challenges to the University.
The Vice-Chancellor requested structures and institutions where students are prepared sufficiently by the universities and impacted through practice by the professional bodies.
Professor Adebowale assured the assessors of the maximum cooperation of the University in achieving the purposes of the visit.
He gave the assurance that the exercise would be to the advantage of the Department of Architecture, and the University will continue to be the first and the best.
The five-man team, which comprised Arc. Dayo Odeyemi (FNIA), Arc. Sola Olajuyigbe (FNIA), Arc. Bolaji Rotibi, Prof. Babatunde Jaiyeoba and Prof. Oluwole Ajayi was led by the Dean, Faculty of Environmental Design and Management, Prof. O. Ipingbemi.
The leader of the visiting team and Chairman of ARCON, Arc. Dayo Odeyemi, FNIA, said that the compliance visit was for the assessment of the Department of Architecture, University of Ibadan.
He stated that the accreditation exercise was meant to evaluate the level of compliance of the Department with the recommendations of the advisory accreditation exercise done in October 2021.
