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MIRACLE RESULTS: College of Education expels 566 students
A total of 566 students have been expelled by the Niger State College of Education over inability to measure up good academic performance for the 2017/2018 academic session.
139 students were withdrawn from School of Education, while 44 students were withdrawn from School of Languages.
In the School of Technical Education, seven students were withdrawn; 95 were withdrawn from School of Vocational Education
It was gathered that 130 students were withdrawn from School of Sciences while 151 students were withdrawn from the School of Arts and Social Sciences.
Academic Secretary of the college, Hajia Hadiza Kolo, who spoke to newsmen in Minna on Wednesday, lamented the development saying that most of the students were admitted based on their academic record in their secondary school certificate but could not cope with the standard in the college.
She expressed concerns over the rise in such scenario where students who passed the qualifying examination to the college were still not able to pass the semester examinations.
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She said, “We do not have a choice but to show them the way out. This is a citadel of learning and academic rules cannot be distorted for their sake.
“Most of them have eight credits at a sitting, but could not justify it by the evaluation they were given during the semester examinations of the institution.
“We are not against any student making nine or eighth credits at a sitting, but when it is made from a “miracle centre’’ there is bound to be problem because they cannot cope with academic rigours.
“There is no way the school can keep a student with twenty carry-over, we cannot do that because the institution’s name is at stake here.
“It is absurd and it beats my imagination that a student will have a good result and end up being withdrawn.”
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