Eighty students were expelled from the University of Ibadan
at the end of the last academic session for poor academic
performance.
Vice Chancellor of Nigeria’s premier University, Professor
Abel Idowu Olayinka, disclosed this today at the
matriculation of 4008 students for the 2015/ 2016 session.
The event which was postponed last week held at the
university’s International Conference Centre.
Twenty-eight of the expelled students came from the
sciences, while 20 came from Agriculture and Forestry
department. Arts produced 13 of them, Basic Medical
Sciences 1, Public Health 1, Social Sciences 6, Education 4,
Technology 5, and Veterinary Medicine 2.
Olayinka told the freshmen that other reasons students
could lose their studentship include: examination
misconduct, unruly behavior, indecent behavior, vandalism,
miscellaneous hall offences, unauthorized use/
displacement/damage to university property, pilfering,
insubordination, direct sale of bed space/squatting in halls
of residence, membership of secret cult(s) on campus,
illegal participation in the National Youth Service
Programme, illegal registration as full-time student, and
infringement of other university regulations.
“Any of the under-listed is a criminal offence which must
be referred to the Police: fraud, theft, burglary, assault
occasioning bodily harm, murder, membership of a secret
cult inside or outside campus, possession of fire-arms,
arson, rape, possession and/or use of hard drug and drug
trafficking and other criminal offences”.
Olayinka advised the new students tasting freedom for the
first time that freedom is not absolute.
“Those of you who are leaving home for the first time
would realize that you are now exposed to enjoy a
measure of freedom, which you may not have enjoyed
before, as you are no longer under the watchful eyes of
your parents. This freedom, however, has its limitations. In
other words, your freedom ends at the point where you
trample on the fundamental human right of others, or when
you infringe on the rules and regulations of the University”.
He urged the new students to be studious.
“Let me inform you that at the University of Ibadan, we do
not tell students what to think. You have to learn to think
for yourselves. Our teaching is designed to produce
intellectual self-reliance-to teach you how to learn and
how to take charge of your thinking. We encourage you to
be independent in your judgment and critical in your
analysis. We work to help you develop these skills here at
UI, and we hope you will retain them for life. They will
continue to serve you as you experience a world that is
constantly and rapidly changing. I, therefore, want to charge
you not to restrict yourselves to your field of study alone
so as to profit maximally from the numerous activities that
will be presented to you throughout the duration of your
course in the university”.
He warned the students to comport themselves in a
manner that is befitting of an undergraduate student and or
new postgraduate student of this premier institution, as the
university would not tolerate any act of hooliganism and
wanton destruction of properties – all in the name of
students’ demonstration, indecent dressing, prostitution
and or any other social vices”.
Olayinka also warned students against cultism and sexual
harassment.
“Cultism by all estimation is evil and those who associate
themselves with it are also evil. For this reason, you
should not go into any relationship without thorough
investigation. The approach employed is that the cultists
camouflage in different colors to recruit members. You
should live a modest life and avoid flaunting your financial
disposition in public, as this is a veritable attraction to the
hoodlums who engage in cultism”.
The 4008 students admitted by the university this year
rank the highest in recent times as admission was pegged
at 3000.
The Vice Chancellor disclosed that out of 23,219 students
that made 200 and above that were invited for Post-UTME,
19,292 sat for the exam out of which 3,225 were given
admissions adding additional 783 admitted were from 2,512
applicants received from Direct entry.
“Those that make the institution first and second choice
with score 180 and above were 32,587. Those that make it
first and second choice with score 200 and above invited
for Post-UTME were 23,219. Candidates who sat for the
Post-UTME were 19,292 and candidates that were cleared
for admission were 3,225. 2,512 applied through Direct
entry and those offered admission were 783”.
“A breakdown of the undergraduate admission on a faculty-
by-faculty basis are: Agriculture and Forestry 408, Arts
618, Medicine 550, Education 784, Law 147, Pharmacy 90,
Science 571, Technology 369, The Social Sciences 351,
and Veterinary Medicine 120, totalling, 4,008”.
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