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GTBank’s Training Academy gets CIBN Accreditation as School of Banking Excellence

The Guaranty Trust Bank Training Academy for pre-entry level staff was accredited by the Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) as a School of Banking Excellence in recognition of the quality of the entry level programme which takes fresh graduates through an intensive Four-month pre-career course. 

The criteria for endorsing the GTBank’s Academy for Basic Banking by the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) focused on evaluating the level of alignment of its curriculum with the professional papers of CIBN and the Competency Framework of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). CIBN, the sole accreditation agency for the Banking and Finance industry in Nigeria, set up a panel of eminent Scholars and seasoned Bankers in September 2014 to assess the curriculum and learning facilities of the academy. At the end of the evaluation, the panel applauded the high learning standards of the academy as well as the foresightedness of the Bank to set up a credible institution that prepare participants for a professional banking experience whilst recommending the academy as a School of Banking Excellence.

Part of the accreditation is the exemption of trainees who are successful at the GTBank Entry Level Training programme from 9 courses in the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigerian (CIBN) Professional Certification examination.

The GTBank Recruitment process is very credible and transparent as it ensures that eligible candidates who have applied to work with the Bank by submitting the relevant documents on the Bank’s Career portal are shortlisted for a computer-based assessment covering Spatial Reasoning, History/Current Affairs, Abstract reasoning, Verbal and Numeric reasoning etc. The assessment is designed to determine if the shortlisted applicants possess the requisite skills for a job role in the Bank. Successful candidates are then invited for three different stages of interviews; Pre-documentation, Panel and One-on-one interview. Candidates who make it through to the Final Interview stage of the recruitment process will be offered a place in the Bank’s four-month Entry-Level Training Programme where they are expected to make a minimum average score specified at the beginning of the Programme, before they are absorbed into the Bank as staff . The GTBank School of Banking Excellence was set up with a competency-based curriculum where participants are trained and tested on practical, social, and technical aspects of Banking as well as personal development.

Commenting on the award, Mr. Segun Agbaje, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Guaranty Trust Bank plc said “We instituted a dynamic talent management strategy designed to identify, attract, train and retain our employees as we are aware that we are competing for the best people globally”. He added “We believe that the GTBank Academy of Basic Banking is critical to developing the next generation of proficient staff, who will best serve our clients and grow our business”.

Guaranty Trust Bank plc with over 200 branches within Nigeria, presently has business subsidiaries in Ghana, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and the United Kingdom. The GTBank brand is regarded as one of the best run financial institutions across the aforementioned countries singularly for its bias for World class customer service ethics, organizational structure, culture and innovation.

.........................................................GTBank – Ogun State Principals Cup, Season 3 enters Quarter Final stage

The MKO Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta is set to host the Quarter Final matches of the GTBank – Ogun State Principals Cup, Season 3 which kicks off on Wednesday 18^th and Thursday 19^th March, 2015 with 16 State secondary schools competing for the prestigious trophy in both the male and female categories. The football competition is geared towards the development of grassroots football, the discovery of young football talents and fostering camaraderie amongst secondary school students.

The 3^rd season of the biggest grassroot football competition in Nigeria commenced in January 2015 with 229 Male teams and 115 Female teams from 344 participating schools in Ogun state. The Season 2 Trophy of the football competition was lifted by Remo Divisional High School, Sagamu in the male category and Alamuwa Girls Grammar School, Ado-Odo in the female category.

The Quarter Final stage of the tournament will see the following schools slug it out for a place in the Semi-final stage of the competition; Asero Senior High School, Abeokuta Pakoto Senior High School, Ayede-Ifo Idomila Comprehensive High School, Ijebu-Ode St. Anthony’s Grammar School, Esure Makun High School, Sagamu Ode Remo High School, Odo Itolu Community Senior High School, Ilaro Yewa and Community Senior High School, Tube Ipokia for the male category. The quarter finalists in the female Category are; United Comprehensive High School, Wasimi Muslim High School, Isolu Our lady of Apostles Senior Secondary School, Ijebu Ode St. Anthony’s Grammar School, Esure Remo Divisional High School, Sagamu Ikenne Community High School, Remo Ajogbo Senior Grammar School, Ajibode Ota and Community Senior High School, Ijoun Yewa

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The star prize of N1,000,000 will be won by the winning male and female teams while the 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd runners up will receive N750,000, N500,000 and N250,000 respectively. GTBank will also upgrades the existing sports infrastructure in all participating schools.

The Bank compliments the Principals’ Cup tournament with an annual residential coaching programme known as “Camp GTBank”. Camp GTBank is a football developmental programme designed to discover, sharpen and cultivate the skills of outstanding talents of the GTBank Principals Cup for Lagos and Ogun states drawing on the experience of top coaches from European clubs.