Fed. University Of Tech. Minna Sacks 460 Students For Poor Academic Performances

No fewer than 460 students of the Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna in Niger State have been asked to withdraw from the institution for reason of poor academic performances.
They were said to have been unable to measure up to the requirement set for students to move to the next level in the pursuit of the university education,
Information reaching us showed that letters of withdrawal have been served on the affected students by the school management. The students asked to withdraw from the institution were those admitted for the just-concluded academic session. They were in 100 level.
It was learnt that the rusticated students could not garner a Gross Point of 1.5 after the session and going by school’s standards, they could not continue the programmes.
It was gathered that with the cancellation of Pass certificates by Universities in the country by the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the inability of the students to make the cut off grade, there was no way they could perform better in the next level of their education.
Students from virtually all the programmes being offered by the Institution were affected by the withdrawal policy.
It was also learnt that some 200 and 300 level students would be affected by the same policy when the University completes the compilation of their results.
Meanwhile, the Information Officer of the University, Lydia Legbo, has confirmed that the students were asked to withdraw from the University because of “poor academic performance.”
Legbo said the institution cannot violate the NUC guidelines and that all the affected students were warned to be dedicated to their studies when they were offered admission. [myad]