185 STUDENTS FROM KOGI POLYTECHNIC ARE DISMISSED DUE TO POOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.

Over 185 students who performed below expectations were asked to leave the school by the Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja Academic Board, which reviewed and approved the second-semester results for the 2021–2022 academic session.

At the board’s 13th emergency meeting, which was place in Hall ‘A’ on the Polytechnic main campus, significant decisions were made, including this one.

In a statement released on Friday by the Kogi State Polytechnic’s head of public relations and protocol, Uredo Omale, it was also revealed that fourteen students had been expelled for examination misconduct and other related offenses.

After reviewing the reports from the Mrs. Grace Ehimony-led Central Examination Misconduct Committee, the board confirmed the expulsion.

The board also exonerated two individuals, issued written warnings to another two students, rusticated three students for one semester, and asked seventeen students to carry over courses related to examination misconduct instances.

The reports of the Results Verification Committee, headed by the Deputy Rector, Dr. Kehinde Felix Lamidi, were approved by the Board, which was chaired by Dr. Salisu Ogbo Usman. The second semester results for HND I and ND I for the academic year 2021–2022 were accepted.

Usman, who also serves as the Polytechnic’s Rector, announced that the results for the graduating HND II and ND II students would be approved and made public in due course. He also praised the members of the Results Verification Committee for their thorough examination of the results and gave them instructions to keep up their zeal.

Despite creating a supportive environment for study, the board disapproved of students falling below academic norms and urged them to intensify their efforts and narrow their emphasis on their academic goals.

He praised the Central Examination Misconduct committee of the Board as well as the committees from the schools and departments for their thorough work and urged collaboration between the committees in order to come to firm decisions that could improve the quality of teaching and learning at the Polytechnic.

In addition, he assured the Polytechnic community of the board and management’s ongoing commitment to enacting changes that would benefit all parties associated with the university.