Metro
UNICAL suspends HoD for alleged alterations of examination results
The University of Calabar has suspended one of its lecturers, Joseph Akpan, for alleged misconduct.
The University’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi, disclosed this to journalists on Wednesday in Calabar.
She said the lecturer allegedly altered 235 out of 242 examination result scripts using his position as Head of the Pharmacology Department.
Obi added that Akpan allegedly altered students’ scores in the Introduction to General Antimicrobial Pharmacology (PHM 311) course.
She said: “The lecturer also allegedly gave out marks to two students, who did not participate in the examinations. Sadly, only five scripts were genuinely marked without alteration.”
The V-C noted that Akpan admitted the misconduct before the Senate Examination Misconduct Committee put together to investigate the matter.
READ ALSO: Court dismisses UNICAL Dean’s motion challenging ICPC lawyer’s qualification
“The lecturer admitted that he inflated the scores of students in PHM 311 to protect the image of the department, which management finds ridiculous and unacceptable.
“Consequently, the management of the University has directed that he should be relieved of his appointment as HoD and Coordinator of PHM 311 as well as suspended from duty with effect from October 8, 2024.
“Akpan’s official responsibilities are to be reassigned to other qualified lecturers in the department.
“He has also been directed to stay away from the university forthwith unless while responding to the invitation of relevant committees,” Obi concluded.
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
SPECIAL REPORT: In Sokoto, classrooms overtaken by goats, reptiles, as insecurity, lack of teachers, govt inaction push children out of school
SHEHU MUHAMMAD SHEHU reports on how insecurity, government inaction and lack of qualified teachers has significantly forced up the number...
INVESTIGATION: Abia residents in pains, as contractor abandons erosion control project after collecting N185m
Fresh from fashion school in 2022, Onuka Kalu planned to convert one of his father’s two shops, where he formerly...
Trump halts $50m Gaza aid, cites ‘condoms in Gaza’ claim
In a sweeping move to reassess U.S. foreign aid spending, President Donald Trump has frozen a $50 million assistance package...
INVESTIGATION: In Zamfara, forgotten Health Center throws community into health crisis
In the late evening of Friday, September 14, 2024, shortly after the Maghrib prayer, Bashir Muhammad, a 34-year-old father of...
INVESTIGATION: Insufficient teachers, learning materials worsen education access in Kwara communities
Qudus, a Junior Secondary School (JSS 2) pupil, would sit the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in a year to...