Osun State College of Technology (OSCOTECH) is a tertiary learning institution in
Esa-Oke
Esa-Oke is a Yoruba town located at the Obokun Local Government Area of the Ijesa North Federal Constituency of Ife/Ijesa Senatorial District of Osun State, South-West of Nigeria. It is a native Ijesa (Ijesha) community and shares boundaries wi ...
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Osun State
Osun State (; yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Ọ̀ṣun), occasionally known as the State of Osun by the state government, is a state in southwestern Nigeria; bounded to the east by Ekiti and Ondo states, to the north by Kwara State, to the south by Ogun S ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
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The college was formerly a satellite campus of the Ibadan Polytechnic.
It became autonomous on 12 October 1992 when the Governor of Osun State,
Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke
Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke (15 January 1955 – 23 April 2017) was a Nigerian politician, he was a two time senator who represented Osun West from 2007 to 2011 under the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and was elected again under the banner of th ...
, signed the law establishing the institution.
The Osun State College of Technology was acclaimed by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) as one of the fastest growing Polytechnic in Nigeria in 2000, and again in 2006.
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List of polytechnics in Nigeria
This article provides a list of polytechnics in Nigeria, as well as agricultural colleges and other tertiary educational institutes that provide practical training.
It does not include universities or teachers' training institutions.
The polytech ...
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Universities and colleges in Nigeria
Osun State
Educational institutions established in 1992
1992 establishments in Nigeria
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