The Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, said it has expelled 25 students for examination malpractices.
The institution has disclosed the establishment of the School of Agricultural Technology and the release of backlog of examination results.
In a release signed by the Polytechnic Public Relations Officer, Mrs Uredo Omale, and made available over the weekend, said the decisions were taken at meeting of the Moard in line with the recommendations of the Students’ Examination Malpractice Committee, INDEPENDENT reports.
The statement noted that the expelled students who were from the School of Management Studies were found guilty of various forms of examination misconduct during the Second Semester Examination for the 2018/2019 academic session.
According to the PRO, the Board has approved the establishment of the School of Agricultural Technology at the Itakpe campus of the Polytechnic.
“The approved School of Agricultural Technology which is to commence academic activities with National Diploma (ND) programmes in the 2020/2021 Session, will feature programmes such as Animal Health and Production Technology, Agriculture and Bio-enviromental Technology, Horticultural Technology and Agricultural Technology.
“The Board, in addition, approved the constitution of three (3) committees to handle pressing academic and disciplinary issues in the Polytechnic.
“The Committees are; Result Verification Commmitee chaired by the Deputy Rector, Dr Lamidi Kehinde, the Central Examination Misconduct Committee, chaired by Mr S. A Rowland, of the School of General Studies, and the Student Disciplinary Committee, chaired by the Director of Academic Planning, Mrs Ruth Haruna.
The release added that the Results Verification Committee is mandated to thoroughly verify results from Schools after Departmental and School Board meeting before recommending to the Academic Board for approval.
While the Central Examination Misconduct Commmitee is to scrutinize cases of Examination Misconduct/malpractice and report to the Academic Board for approval.
In the same vein, the Students Disciplinary Committee is to handle all disciplinary issues pertaining to students.
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