The Kogi State Polytechnic has announced the expulsion of 25 students for their involvement in various forms of examination malpractice.
The institution disclosed this in a statement issued by its Head, Public Relations and Protocol Unit, Mrs Uredo Omale, on Saturday in Lokoja.
The statement disclosed that the decision was taken at the meeting of the institution’s Governing Board held on Aug. 13 and in line with the recommendation of the Students Examination Malpractice Committee.
Omale said that the students were found guilty of various forms of examination misconduct during the second semester examination for the 2018/2019 academic session.
She said the board also approved backlog of results across all schools, beginning from the 2016/2017 academic session.
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The meeting, according to her, also considered and approved the establishment of the School of Agricultural Technology at the Itakpe campus of the Polytechnic.
The institution’s spokesperson said that the newly-approved school would commence academic activities with National Diploma (ND) programmes in the 2020/2021 Session.
She added: “It will offer programmes such as Animal Health and Production Technology, Agriculture and Bio-enviromental Technology, Horticultural Technology and Agricultural Technology.”
She further stated that the board also approved the constitution of three committees to handle pressing academic and disciplinary issues.
They are: Committees for Result Verification to be chaired by the Deputy Rector, Dr Lamidi Kehinde, the Central Examination Misconduct Committee, to be headed by Mr Stephen Rowland of the School of General Studies and the Student Disciplinary Committee to be chaired by the Director of Academic Planning, Mrs Ruth Haruna.
