Kwalejin Yaba

An kafa Kwalejin Yaba a cikin 1932 a Yaba, yanzu wani yanki ne na Legas a Najeriya don samar da ilimi mai zurfi ga 'yan Afirka, galibi a cikin batutuwa na sana'a da koyarwa. An canja ma'aikatan kwalejin don fara Kwalejin Jami'ar, Ibadan a cikin 1948 kuma an yi amfani da ɗakin kwalejin don sabon Kwalejin Fasaha ta Yaba.

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Kwalejin Yaba Higher ta samo asali ne daga E. R. J. Hussey, wanda ya zama Darakta na Ilimi a Najeriya a 1929. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan ya isa, ya ba da shawarar kwaleji mafi girma a Yaba mai kama da Kwalejin Makerere a Uganda, aikin da ya gabata. Manufar ita ce da farko don horar da mataimakan sassan gwamnati da kamfanoni masu zaman kansu, tare da karuwa a hankali a cikin ka'idoji har sai a ƙarshe kwalejin zai kai matakin jami'ar Burtaniya. Hussey ya sami karɓar shirin, ya fara da "school na likita na musamman a Kwalejin Sarki". A shekara ta 1932 makarantar tana da nata gini - hutun wucin gadi - kuma an kara wasu darussan.

Kwalejin da ke Yaba cibiyar zama ce ta maza. An buɗe shi a hukumance a watan Janairun shekara ta 1934. Ya ba da horo na sana'a a cikin batutuwa da suka haɗa da noma, gandun daji, magani, kimiyyar dabbobi, binciken da aikin injiniya da injiniya. Har ila yau, ya ba da horo ga malamai na makarantar sakandare, galibi malamai kimiyya. Yaba tana da alaƙa da Jami'ar London. Kwalejin ta ba da takamaiman difloma, don haka 'yan Najeriya da ke son ilimi mafi girma dole ne su je kasashen waje ko samun digiri na waje daga Jami'ar London ta hanyar darussan wasiƙa.

'Yan Najeriya masu ilimi sun soki Kwalejin Yaba. Kwanaki huɗu bayan bude kwalejin, jaridar Daily Times ta Najeriya ta bayyana shi a matsayin "babban ra'ayi, da kuma tsari mai ban sha'awa, wanda ya dogara da tushe mai rauni". Da yake lura da ƙananan ka'idojin Makarantun Tsakiya, waɗanda masu digiri za su shiga Yaba, Daily Times ta ce "..muna so mu bayyana da karfi cewa wannan ƙasar ba za ta gamsu da ƙaramin alama [na ilimi] kamar yadda shirin yanzu yake barazana". Ƙungiyar Matasan Najeriya, wacce mambobin Legas masu basira suka kafa waɗanda ke nuna rashin amincewa da shirin Kwalejin Yaba, nan da nan ta zama muhimmiyar ƙungiyar 'yan kasa.

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Farawa a cikin 1935 akwai karuwar matsin lamba na hukuma don mutanen arewa su halarci Kwalejin Yaba. A cikin 1939 Darakta na Ilimi, Morris, ya ba da shawarar cewa Yaba ya horar da malamai na makarantar sakandare ta arewa a nan gaba. Babban Kwamishinan ya kuma damu da cewa mutanen arewa suna samun ilimi a Yaba ya isa su cancanci su sami mukamai na aikin gwamnati don kauce wa haɗarin mutanen kudancin da ke kafa iko a kan irin waɗannan mukamai. Sauran jami'ai sun yi la'akari da cewa horar da mutanen arewa a Kwalejin Kaduna daidai ne, idan ba mafi girma a wasu batutuwa ba, kuma zai zama mai rahusa.

Saboda iyakokin tsarin karatun Kwalejin Yaba a duk lokacin da yake, yawancin 'yan Najeriya da suka cancanci karatun jami'a sun halarci Kwalejin Fourah Bay a Saliyo ko, idan sun fito ne daga iyali mai arziki, sun halarci jami'a a Amurka ko Ingila. A shekara ta 1948 an tura Kwalejin Yaba zuwa wani wuri a arewacin, ya zama Kwalejin Jami'ar Ibadan. Kwalejin Fasaha ta Yaba, wacce aka kafa a 1947, ita ce magajin Kwalejin Kwaleji ta Yaba, kuma ta zama cibiyar ilimi ta biyu bayan Jami'ar Ibadan . 

 Shahararrun ɗalibai 

 T. M. Aluko, marubucin littafi
 Ishaya Audu, Ministan Harkokin Waje (Ministan Harkokin waje) daga 1979 zuwa 1983 a karkashin Shehu Shagari
 Stephen Oluwole Awokoya, Minista ilimi a tsohuwar Yammacin Najeriya
 Olumbe Bassir, masanin kimiyya da kuma ilimi na Saliyo
 Saburi Biobaku, masanin kimiyya kuma masanin tarihi, mai kula da Jami'ar Obafemi Awolowo.
 Akintola Deko, Ministan Noma a Yammacin NajeriyaYankin Yammacin Najeriya
 Joseph Chike Edozien, mai mulkin gargajiya na Asaba, Najeriya a Jihar Delta
 Erediauwa, Oba na Benin
 Samuel Fawehinmi, mai ba da kayan gida na Najeriya
 Eni Njoku, Mataimakin Shugaban Jami'ar Legas na farko kuma daga baya Mataimakin Babban Jami'ar Najeriya
 Michael Okpara, Firayim Minista na Gabashin Najeriya a lokacin Jamhuriyar Farko, daga 1959 zuwa 1966
 Ayo Rosiji, ɗan siyasa, ɗan siyasa kuma tsohon Ministan Lafiya da Ministan Bayanai
 Shehu Shagari, Shugaban Jamhuriyar Najeriya ta Biyu (1979-1983) 
 Tunji Sowande, lauya da mawaƙa na Burtaniya da aka haifa a Najeriya
 Jaja Wachuku, Jakadan Najeriya na farko kuma Wakilin Dindindin a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya
 Akintola Williams, mai ba da lissafi, wanda ya kafa Kasuwancin Kasuwancin Najeriya da Cibiyar Masu ba da lissafin lissafi na NajeriyaCibiyar Masu Bayar da Bayani na Najeriya
 Frederick Rotimi Williams, dan Najeriya na farko da ya zama Babban Lauyan Najeriya

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