Auchi Poly expels students

The Management of Auchi polytechnic, Edo has expelled 40 students for result falsification of results.

According to a news bulletin of the Information and Public Relations Unit of Auchi polytechnic that was signed by Adebola Ogunboyowa on Wednesday, the  Auchi polytechnic students were expelled as a result  of the regular verification exercise for the 2020/2021 academic session that had commenced.

Ogunboyowa added that the Auchi expelled students were involved in forgery and falsification of their results to gain admission into the National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) programmes.

She  also added that the expelled students cut across different departments in the polytechnic.

She  further disclosed that the Rector of Auchi polytechnic, Dr Salisu Umar, had proposed 12 new programmes to commence in the 2022/2023 academic session.

The new programmes include Printing Technology, Welding and Fabrication Technology, Procurement and Supply Chain Management, Library and Information Science Taxation, Leisure, Tourism Management Technology and Social Development.

Others are Microfinance and Enterprise Development, Computer Engineering Technology, Economics and Development Studies, Agricultural Extension and Management and Crop Production Technology.

“In pursuit of the Rector’s vision, 12 new programmes at both National Diploma and Higher National Diploma are proposed for resource inspection by National Board for Technical Education (NBTE).

“Ten of the proposed programmes are for the ND level while two are at HND level,” Ogunboyowa said.