WARRI – The Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun, Delta State has said that the Institute is shifting her focus from local to international certification and training bodies in line with the Federal Government’s Content Policy and President . Buhari Change Agenda.
Principal/Chief Executive of PTI, Professor Sunny Iyuke, made the disclosure on Tuesday during a press briefing held at the Council Chambers as part of the 2018 PTI Graduation Ceremony climaxing on Saturday.
According to Professor Iyuke, the paradigm shift, he said, will help to incubate “fit-for-purpose world-class indigenous technical manpower to drive the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry in line with the global best practice.”
A total of 1,086 graduands will be awarded Higher National Diploma (HND), National Diploma (ND) and PTI General Certificates. He further explained that from the number, 53 students bagged Distinction and 356 students got upper credit.
The PTI Principal/Chief Executive further disclosed that since inception, the institution has churned out over 46, 000 technologists and technicians in various disciplines who are, today, providing services for the oil and gas sector.
According to Prof Iyuke, the “institution is developing hands-on training so that its graduates can fit into the operations of the industry with little or on-the-job training.”
While reeling out the the milestone achievements of PTI , the Don said , the Institute has collaborated with University of Port Harcourt to run post HND programmes in all fields of Engineering which will lead to the award of Bachelor of Engineering (B. Eng.).
Graduates from this arrangement, according to him, will exert advantage over university graduates because of their training in both practical and theories.
In addition, the PTI boss said that in conjunction with UNIPORT, the institution has commenced Master programmes in Information and Technology (ICT), while it has mounted Computer Science and Information Technology of National Diploma (ND) programmes.
“It is interesting to point out that our programmes are fully accredited by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE),” he affirmed.
Professor Iyuke further disclosed to journalists that projects completed or ongoing at the institute in the last one year included, 300-seater Lecture Theatre, renovation of academic block and the abandoned Swimming pool, construction of a standard swimming pool at Aladja and 200 metres road, among others.
Meanwhile, Principal/Chief Executive of PTI, Prof Sunny Iyuke, will be delivering the PTI Graduation Lecture entitled: “Digital Education: The DiPTI Experiment in Focus.
The lecturer affirmed that the drive for Digital PTI would provide an environment that would attract students and a broad spectrum of Nigerians and the entire globe in digital technology.
Iyuke hinted that Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, will be awarded with the PTI Life Recognition Award, for his priceless contributions to the development of the institute in particular and the oil and gas sector in general.
