Short history of the Directorate   The University Governing Council out of strong conviction and taking cognizance of importance and role of conducive Environment in actualizing the mandate of the University established the Directorate of Environmental Management in 2008 and saddled it with responsibility of developing and enhancing the natural and physical Landscape of the University Campus to ac…

Directorate of Internal Audit as an intergral part of the University carries out the oversight function of ensuring that the internal controls set in place by management are adhered to.Internal control were means the whole system of controls financial and otherwise established by management for the purpose of maintaining the business of the organisation in an orderly and efficient manner. It is pr…

Dear Content Contributor,   Compliments of the season. I wish to express my profound appreciation for your support and comments so far received on the Weekly Tips issued by CISLT. I feel it is important that we remind ourselves of some salient points in the previous editions as we commence a new Academic Session, as follows: 1. The issue of our course design is paramount, due to the dynamics of th…

Dear Content Contributor, I wish to sincerely appreciate you for the time spent in reading and commenting on our weekly tips since its debut, middle of this year. Your positive comments and constructive criticisms are impetus that have put us on the right path. However, this tip will be the last edition for the year 2014, as we promise to do more in the years ahead. Meanwhile, as we are set for …

Dear Content Contributor,   As we are preparing to resume for active teaching and learning activities in few days to come, it is pertinent to plan our teaching strategies for the 2014/2015 Academic Session. However, as a University teacher, you have chosen to teach in the field of higher education because you are a subject-matter specialist with tremendous knowledge of your discipline. As you ent…

Dear Content Contributor, As we are planning to resume for the 2014/2015 academic session, let us take a look at a write-up by Maryellen Weimer, on how to effectively use questions in improving students’ interaction and participation during lecture time.   However, let us consider the following questions:   How many questions will be on the test? How long should the paper be? Will there be extr…

Dear Content Contributor, During this period of our recess, I think it is appropriate to reflect on our just-concluded teaching activities in order to evaluate our approach, disposition and methodologies adopted and their effects on our students’ learning outcome based on Senate-approved results. We need to ask: Is there any aspect that needs a change for improvement? Here's a great resource from …

Dear Content Contributor,   I hope you are enjoying your annual leave although; research activities are still on-going? However, I will like us to use this period to reflect on the concept of Teaching for Transformation.  Majority of high-performing teachers really want the best for their students; in terms of learning by regarding teaching as a high-impact profession that should be structured to…