The Kogi State Polytechnic has withdrawn two hundred and seventy-three students for poor academic performance in the 2024/2025 academic session.
This is because the academic board of the institution has released the first semester results of the 2024/2025 session, reports Daily Independent.
This was contained in a statement signed by Uredo Omale, Head of Public Relations and Protocol, and made available to journalists today in Lokoja. The PRO noted that the decision to withdraw the students for poor performance was taken at the 120th meeting of the Board held on Thursday, 17th April, at the Board Room of the Polytechnic Main Campus, Lokoja.
The statement said the Chairman of the Board, Professor Salisu Ogbo Usman, commended members of the Academic Board Result Verification Committee led by the Deputy Rector, Dr Samuel Taiwo Olowo for the due diligence on the results and charged them to sustain the tempo.
He however expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of some students which led to their withdrawal, despite providing a conducive atmosphere for learning.
Uredo said the withdrawal, which spread across twenty (20) departments and forty-two (42) programmes had a total of 273 whose examination results few below the academic benchmark and therefore asked them to pack their bags and luggage and leave the school.
In a related development, six students have been expelled from the Polytechnic on account of examination misconduct and related offences. The Board approved the expulsion, having been satisfied with the reports of the Central Examination Misconduct Committee led by Dr. (Mrs.) Grace Ehimony.
Meanwhile, the Rector, Professor Usman, commended the Board’s Central Examination Misconduct committee and those of Schools and Departments for a thorough job, just as he called for sustained synergy among the committees to make decisive resolutions capable of sustaining the quality of teaching and learning at the Polytechnic.
The Rector reassured the Polytechnic community of the Board and Management’s continued resolve to make reforms that would be of great benefits to institution.
The Chairman of the Board, while commending the members for their continued support, seized the opportunity to encourage students to always take advantage of the conducive atmosphere for learning and be more focused.
The statement charged the students withdrawn or expelled to submit all the Polytechnic properties in their custody, including their Identity cards, to the Security unit before exiting the institution.
