Electrical Engineering Administration

Organization and Administration

Instructional activities in the University are conducted through Faculties and Departments.  The faculty is the forum for the coordination of teaching and research activities, while the department is the basic unit of teaching activities and academic organization.  The faculty is made up of departments in a distinct field of study and/or group of allied/related departments or a division of study.

Each faculty has a faculty board, which regulates teaching and the conduct of examinations in the various departments in the faculty.  The faculty board advices the vice-chancellor or senate on any matter referred to it by the vice-chancellor, or the persons severally in the charge of the branches of the faculty; such as the number of lecturers assigned to the faculty and whether they are having the prescribed qualifications which the board may determine with the general or social approval of the senate.

Each faulty is headed by a Dean, usually a professor, selected by the faculty board from amongst its members.  Each Dean holds an office for a term or two consecutive academic years. Therefore he/she is not due for re-election until after two years have elapsed.  In the absence of a professor the office of a Dean is held in rotation by members of the faculty holding the ranks of Reader or Senior lecturer on the basics of seniority as determined by Senate.

There is a committee of Deans consisting of the Deans of Several faculties which committee advices the Vice-chancellor on academic matters, head who presides over the affairs of the Department, Head of Department.  Each department has a departmental board, composed of teachers assigned to the department. The University’s organizational chart is attached here with. 

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ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE

2. STAFFING 

Recruitment, Retention, Dismissal and Welfare 

The University policy on staff recruitment is to hire the best qualified academic and administrative staff. The promotion policy is to reward scholarship, creativity and productivity. A copy, each of the conditions of service for the senior staff and junior staff is attached herewith. 

The conditions of service have been of some use in recruiting high calibre teaching and administrative staff, except that in the professional areas, in particular, these conditions of service are not competitive. In these areas, it has been difficult to recruit and retain staff.. 

The conditions of service have various disciplinary measures: warning, deferment of increment, withholding of increment, suspension, interdiction, termination, dismissal making good loss of or damage to University property – which could be taken against erring staff. Offences which attract termination and dismissal are spelt out in the conditions of service and the decision to terminate or dismiss any staff is taken by the Governing Council. 

Staff welfare package as provided for in the conditions of service include free medical treatment for staff and family (now in abeyance), various loans scheme, death benefits etc. 

2.1 TEACHING STAFF

2.2 THE TECHNOLOGISTS  

2.3 ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF 

2.4 STAFF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 

(a) The University strives to meet the NUC ratio of allocating at least 1% of its total recurrent expenditure to staff development. This then extended to all Departments and cadres of staff. This aggregate sum is then distributed to the various programmes and spread to cover the various areas of staff development, example doctorial training, attendance to learned conferences etc. 

(b) The Universities policy is to encourage scholarship, creativity, and productivity through promotion. Guidelines exist for assessment and promotion of all calibres of staff (academic and non-academic).