Seven hundred students of the Federal University of Minna (FUT MINNA) were expelled in the last academic session, it was learnt yesterday.
The school also matriculated 5,141 students for the 2016/2017 academic session.
Vice Chancellor Prof. Musbau Akanji, who addressed reporters after the school’s 30th matriculation ceremony, said majority of the students were expelled due to low academic performance as they scored below the 1.5 grade point pass mark.
His words: “At the end of the 2015/2016 academic session, the university expelled about 700 students for various offenses; majority of them were due to low academic performance. Because we cancelled the pass degree and so most of those expelled could not score above 1.5.”
“We have investigated why we had such number of failures and have put in measures to address a recurrence. The university has put in mechanism to engage tutorial teachers from the Postgraduate students.”
Prof. Akanji urged the new students to start working hard and be consistent in their studies, even as he advised them against engaging in financial racketeering, examination malpractice, cultism, fighting, theft, assault and illicit drug dealing.