The Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) has sent an application to the National Universities Commission for approval to admit 9,000 fresh students in its next academic session.
Prof. Boniface Egboka, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, at a briefing, described as pathetic a situation where out of over 80,000 candidates who took part in the Post-UTME and qualified to gain admission, only about
3,700 would be admitted.
According to him, the institution had adhered strictly to the admission guidelines as directed by the Federal Government, as well as the stipulated percentages for merit, catchment and disadvantaged areas.
However, he said it would be unfair for qualified persons to be denied admission.
Using the faculties of Medicine and Law as examples, Egboka said out of the 2,000 candidates that scored up to 291 in the matriculation examination and were qualified to study Medicine and Surgery, only 100 would make it, while only 180 students would be admitted for law out of 3,000 that scored above 280.
-Dailytimes
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