About 3,977 fresh student of Osun State College of Technology, Esa Oke, Osun State have taken oath as to begin their academic training in the institution.

According to the report in Osogbo on Monday, Dr Samson Adegoke the school Rector said this while addressing the new students, noting the readiness of the institution to adequately prepare the students for the highly competitive labour market.

Adegoke added that the institution has made available well-equipped skills acquisition centres where students could learn vocations they could fall back on after graduating.

He said, “OSCOTECH prepares her students thoroughly for the highly competitive labour market. Emphasis is placed on programs that are capable of making students self-reliant, the College has a well-equipped vocational center known as the Centre for Entrepreneurship, Vocational Skills Acquisition and Empowerment.

“At this centre, students can learn vocations they can rely on after graduation. The pre-condition for graduation is that each student must acquire a skill in any vocation of his/her choice before graduating at both ND and HND levels.

“The centre also has provision for training the unemployed, underemployed, retirees, professionals who want to be certified, and people of similar intents in skills acquisition in any discipline. The programmes are designed in short courses aimed at impacting skills required in all workplaces for professionalism, entrepreneurship, and self-reliance.”

He asked the fresher to be good ambassadors of the institution by avoiding cultism and other vices that could tarnish the reputation of the College.