AFUED Partners with Canadian Education Council to Boost Student Employability and Global Career Readiness

An international organisation, the Canadian Education Council (CEC), has held a two-day training workshop for students of Adeyemi Federal University of Education (AFUED) Ondo.

The programme, which held between Tuesday February 24 and Wednesday February 25, 2026, was done in collaboration with the University's Counselling and Human Development Career Services Centre (CHDCSC).

In his remarks before the commencement of the training Workshop, the Vice-Chancellor AFUED, Prof. Bayode Isaiah Popoola, lauded the CEC for partnering with the institution in facilitating the exercise, which he said aimed at opening “our University to the rest of the world”.

The University Administrator expressed appreciation to the country Director of the CEC, Dr. John Adeniyi, for choosing the University as one of the tertiary institutions to benefit from the initiative, while advising participants to make judicious use of their time during the period of the training workshop.

He said: "I would like to thank the CEC and its Country Director, Dr. John Adeniyi for bringing this programme to our institution, which is meant to showcase our University to the rest of the world.

“I also want to enjoin participants to take advantage of this initiative because it is not all Universities that has this privilege, anything that will showcase our University is welcome here”, he remarked.

Earlier in his address of welcome, the Director, Directorate of International Linkages and Research Development (DILRD) AFUED, Dr. Adejumoke Ale, stated that the Career Training workshop, which is the first to be organised after the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the University and the CEC aimed at providing knowledge to students as well as educators, in order to encourage self-discovery, promote clarity, develop their soft skills, confidence, motivation and prepare students for job readiness after their graduation.

The AFUED DILRD Director, described the partnership between AFUED and CEC as strategic milestone and holding of the career development training workshop, as the demonstration of the implementation process of the collaboration.

Ale expressed appreciation to the University Management for support to her Directorate and expressed optimism that the partnership by the University and the CEC, would have positive impact on quality of teaching in the institution.

In a seminar presented on the occasion by the National Country Director of the CEC, Dr. John Adeniyi, he stated that the collaboration between his organisation (CEC) and the University would help in fostering global career opportunities for students of the University "to be at par with their counterparts across the world '.

Speaking on : “From Campus to Career : The Power of Internship and Career Development”, the CEC National Country Director, noted that one of the big problems currently being faced by degree holders in Nigeria today has to do with their inability to find jobs after graduation.

He emphasised importance of education saying for it to be meaningful, “education must go with professional training in “order to enhance employability”.

Dr. Adeniyi also highlighted what he listed as current challenges being faced by graduates in Nigeria as including lack of Internet experience, poor Curriculum Vitae (CV) writing, problem of skill gap, and fear of competitive job markets.

The CEC National Country Director lauded the University for establishing the Counselling, Human Development and Career Service Cantre in the institution, saying if facilities at centre is fully utilised, students of the University would overcome challenges of unemployment after their graduation from the institution.

The two-day Career Development training workshop, which held at the Prof Babatunde Ipaye Lecture theatre also featured the unveiling of the maiden edition of the University's Directorate of Linkages and Research Development newsletter by the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Bayode Isaiah Popoola.

Eminent personalities who witness the event included principal officers of the University: the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Bayode Isaiah Popoola: His Deputy, Prof. Ireti Folasade Alao; Representative of the Registrar, Mrs. Olufisayo Fakorede, Mrs. Adeyinka Tugbiyele; Bursar, Mrs. Taiwo Adedoyin and Librarian, Dr. Azino Akpokuriere.

Others were National Country Director CEC, Dr. John Adeniyi; Chairman Committee of Deans AFUED, Prof. Oyenike Oyinloye, Deans and Directors, Heads of Departments and Units from the University as well as staff and students from the institution to mention but few.