By Noah Ocheni, Lokoja
No fewer than 27 Students of the Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja were expelled over offenses bordering on examination Malpractices.
According to the press statement issued by the public relations officer of the institution, Uredo Omale said the Academic Board on Tuesday considered reports of various committees and consequently approved the expulsion of 27 students over examination misconduct.
Out of the 27 Students expelled, 24 were from the School of Management Studies with varied offenses related to examination malpractices.
While some were found in possession of a text book relevant to the examination in question, others were also expelled for hiring mercenaries to write examinations for them.
According to the statement, the Board is in the process of withdrawing Certificates of their accomplices who are former students of the institution for unworthy actions that portrayed the Polytechnic in bad light.
The Board also considered the recommendations of the Academic Board Results Verification Committee and approved supplementary results of 3, 262 students for the 2018/2019 session.
The Board also approved the establishment of the study centre of Federal University, Lokoja (FUL) in the Polytechnic, for the purpose of running programmes such as; Top-up, Conversion and Post-Graduate programmes.
While commending members of the Academic Board for the support so far, the Rector of the Polytechnic, Dr Salisu Ogbo Usman, restated Management’s commitment to upholding the dignity of the Polytechnic through strict adherence to rules.
