By Amaechi Agbo

As part of its avowed disposition for the advancement of experiential learning, the management of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) on Monday received 400 desktop computers from the Enugu State Government and deepen scholarship in the University.

Receiving the commuters along with the university management, the Vice-Chancellor Professor Aloysius-Michaels Okolie, expressed appreciation to the Enugu State Governor,  Barr Peter Mbah for his continued efforts in repositioning the University

The Vice-Chancellor stated that the 200 of the computers will be deployed to the ESUT College of Medicine, while the reaming will be installed in the 500-capacity ICT building at the University’s Main Campus, Ebeano City, Enugu State.

Expressing his great delight over the donation, the Vice Chancellor stated that the computers would help to activate the 500-capacity ICT Centre in the main campus, noting that the centre would be used for internal and external examinations such as JAMB’s computer-based examinations, NECO, and Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board, JUPEB examinations.

“We thank His Excellency, Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State for this noble and generous support to ESUT, which would enhance scholarship in our university. The students of this university would make effective use of these computers and the dream of actualizing experiential learning would be actualized in the University.

“We have decided to activate the experiential learning model in its academic and practical form in the University starting from the 2026/2027 academic session. We have already mandated the Director of Academic Planning, Professor Chike Anibeze, to set up several committees that would further review the 30% component of CCMAS in order to infuse AI, Cyber Security, Data Science and other new courses with approval from the NUC into our curriculum, so that whatever course you are studying in ESUT, you will learn new knowledge of what would make our graduates to be globally competitive and market-ready upon graduation,” he said.

Prof Okolie said that ESUT would serve as a complementary ground for producing smart teachers who will drive the Smart Green Schools initiative of the Enugu State Government. He said ESUT would be the signpost for the revolution of education sector in Nigeria in providing solutions for the challenges of our time.

Speaking in an interview, the Provost, ESUT College of Medicine, Prof Uchenna Ekwochi described the donation as “the game changer” adding that it would upscale activities in the College particularly their e-library.

Prof Ekwochi who expressed deep gratitude to the Governor of Enugu State and the ESUT management, further stated that the computers would be judiciously deployed, monitored and used.

“When we received the set of computers, our joy was exceedingly high because we requested for it. We are going to deploy them in our e-library where students are going to optimally make good use of them because already we have internet connectivity in the College. The computers will also be useful in some offices that critically needed it for their secretariat works.

“Having said that,, I want to express, on behalf of the College, our deepest appreciation to His Excellency, Barr Peter Ndudbuisi Mbah for always coming through for us. There is no request that we have made that he didn’t approve and implemented. We are assuring him and the university management that the computers will be judiciously deployed, professionally maintained and effectively protected,” he said in a telephone interview.  

The computers were delivered to ESUT by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Enugu State on Legal Matters and Intergovernmental Affairs, Juliet Okonkwo.