Kings Polytechnic Ubiaja, a proposed private Polytechnic, is an offspring of new Era Institute of Technology; Ubiaja which was established in 2005. The desire of the change from armature to Polytechnic was as a result of the foresight of the Proprietor, Late Chief Sir Francis Ijewere, retired Chief Banking operations of the Central Bank of Nigeria. He saw in a Polytechnic greater opportunities i
n the level and area of technological and skills acquisition than an institute, especially in a sidelined Zone, like Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo State, an opportunity for tertiary education. Pursuant to this change, he had to follow the due process of establishing a private Polytechnic, by applying to the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and was given a printed document on ‘’guidelines and procedure for the establishment of private Polytechnic, Mono technic and similar tertiary institutions in Nigeria”. Following the guidelines, the Proprietor put in place, a temporary site, all the needed resource (structures, equipment, and Staff, both academic and non-academic) and acquired over 50 hectares of Land for the permanent site. He there after invited the Board for advisory/approval visitation, which took place in April 2007. Essentially, the expectation of the Polytechnic is to provide for studies, training and development of techniques in Applied Sciences, Engineering, Arts and Commerce as well as in other sphere of learning. PHILOSOPHY AND OBJECTIVES OF THE INSTITUTION
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has produced guidelines on the setting up of private Polytechnics by prospective Proprietors. There it is emphasized that the National Philosophy and Objectives on Education should be the framework within which private Polytechnics must define their institution’s philosophy and general operational objectives. In consonance with the above, the philosophy of Kings Polytechnic, Ubiaja is based on the Nigeria’s National Objectives; it has to be geared towards self-realization, better relationship, individual and National efficiency, effective Citizenship, national consciousness, national unity, as well as towards social, cultural, economic, political, scientific and technological progress (FGN; 1981). In functional terms therefore, the objectives of the proposed Polytechnic are:-
1. to provide man power in applied Science, technology and Commerce, at both middle and high level.
2. to provide the technical knowledge and vocational skills necessary for Agricultural, industrial commercial and economic development.
3. to provide people who can apply scientific knowledge to the improvement and solution of environmental problems for the use and conscience of man;
4. to give introduction to professional studies in management, engineering and other technical fields and
5. to enable our men and women to have an intelligent understanding of the increasing complexity in technology.
