The University of Ibadan has admitted 2,671 candidates for the 2012/2013 academic session. This is out of the 41,367 candidates who applied to the university, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has said.
Adewole, who said this at the matriculation held at the International Conference Centre of the university, last Friday, added that 75 students admitted in the 2011/2012 session were asked to withdraw for failure to meet academic requirements.
He said the university has built a reputation for itself as an emerging institution of first choice, saying it is fast becoming the destination of parents who want an institution with integrity for their children.
He assured the students that the university had relevant resources to make them the best they want to be in life and urged them to earn the honour of being outstanding graduates of the institution.
In his matriculation lecture entitled: Balancing the protest culture among undergraduate students and making the best use of the golden opportunity for academic excellence, Prof Innocent Modo of the University of Uyo, said the nation’s university system must take its rightful place among the comity of world-class ivory towers.
He advised the Federal Government to adequately fund the universities in order to maintain their facilities.
Modo also called on private and individual organisations to assist in contributing towards the education tax fund. He urged the matriculants to focus on achieving academic excellence rather than embarking on the protest culture of criticizing what is wrong within the society or the school.
“You must blend fast and fit into the good name that the school has built over the years, you are therefore, advised to face your studies squarely while still acting as watchdogs of government and the university,” he said.