'Only 2,000, out of 5,000 came for registration', Rector says

The Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Kaura -Namoda,  Ahmad Lugga, said only a fraction of candidates who were offered admission into the college in the 2016/2017 session took up the offer.

Lugga said this on Saturday during the matriculation ceremony of new intakes.

He said, “we recorded the sale of over 5,000 forms, but to our surprise, only 1,307 students turned up for registration into National and Higher National Diploma programmes.”

“Although the figure is higher than the 1,175 matriculants we admitted last session, it is still worrisome for us to see that out of over 5,000, less than 2,000 came for registration. ”

He said all the 17 National Diploma (ND) and 14 Higher National Diploma (HND) programmes offered at the institution had been fully accredited by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE).

He added that the Center for Research and Entrepreneurship Development (CRED) had fully taken off and would prepare students to acquire additional skills.

Similarly, the rector said  the polytechnic would commence two new HND programmes and  eight new ND  in the 2017/2018 academic year.

He said the school was still waiting for the commencement of an eight kilometers road construction pledged by the state governor last year.

He urged the matriculating students to be of good behavior warning that anyone person or group caught violating the school