BRIEF HISTORY

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTION

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTION

Gateway Polytechnic Saapade was established vide the Enabling law 

NO. H.B 30/OG/2005

 which was passed by the Ogun State House of Assembly and assented 

to by Ogun State Government on 27 February, 2006. The Polytechnic

was commissioned on Thursday 22nd June, 2006 as an Information and

 Communications Technology (ICT) based institution. Our mission 

statement is: "To promote ICT as an instrument of mass education,

 provide ICT driven quality education, empower the individual to be competent, 

responsible citizens who value education as a lifelong process. Our main objective

 is to produce graduates of higher quality and value with unique expertise and necessary

 ICT skills, to meet local and global challenges. Our aim is also, to equip our students

with the requisite skills that would make them the preferred in the labour market, as well

as make them creators of jobs and society leaders. The Gateway Polytechnic Saapade

is an investment in human capital development that will cater for the technological and

industrial needs of the growing population of Ogun State and Nigeria. Through

a strong emphasis on Entrepreneual skills, we will produce graduates who will be self

reliant and creators of jobs.

The Polytechnic will be developed to be one of the best in the country, especially in the 

area of innovation and academic excellence and will apply consistent ingenuity, enterprise

 and prudence in the management of its affairs.The Polytechnic, which was actually 

established by the State Government in Ogun State is an ICT driven and was accepted 

and recognised by National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), meaning that all the 

courses of study on offer have high ICT content and NBTE Accreditation. The operational 

objective and goal of the Polytechnic is that on graduation, irrespective of the course of study, 

every student will end up with a professional ICT certification in addition to either the

National Diploma (ND) or the Higher National Diploma (HND).

RECOGNITION BY ORGANIZATIONS
The Polytechnic has earned the full recognition and is in working collaborative relationship with the following National and International Governmental and regulatory bodies.

National Board for Technical Education (NBTE)
West African Examination Council (WAEC)
National Examination Council (NECO)
Joint Admissions & Matriculations Board (JAMB)
Education Trust Fund (ETF)
Industrial Training Fund
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)
Linux Professional Institute
Cisco Networking Academy
Microsoft Certified Professional