Ogundipe made the appeal on Sunday in Lagos.
According to him, in the face of the resurgence of Novel
Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, all academic activities of the institution,
including examinations, will be online.
“We are to conduct our post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination (post-UTME) test on Feb. 15 to Feb. 23; that is, it will run for
about nine days.
“This examination is going to be e-examination such that
wherever the candidates are, they do not need to come to campus. It is simple
and convenient.
“We looked at the issue of indigent candidates, we then
decided to see how we can carry them along.
“Right now, we have started talking to some friends of the
university and alumni to see how we can get tablets that we can give them.
“We have got the number of these indigent candidates
registered for the post-UTME test, and they are above 200,” he said.
Ogundipe said that the candidates would need the tablets not
just for the purpose of the post-UTME test but also to facilitate other e-learning
processes.
“We are talking to the alumni president and friends of the
university to get these tablets in order to facilitate the e-learning
processes.
He said that over 50,000 candidates applied for admission
into the university in the 2020/2021 academic session, with about 22,000
scoring 200 marks and above.
According to him, 21,955 candidates have so far paid for the
conduct of the post-UTME test.
“It is the first time that we are conducting this type of
examination, and it is such that these candidates must have their laptops with
cameras.
“If they do not have a camera attached to their laptops,
they will not be allowed to participate in the examination.
“We expect the results to come out within one week after the
conduct of the examination,” he said.
Ogundipe said that the university had collapsed 2020/2021
academic session with 2021/2022 academic session.
“It is going to affect our admission number, because it
means we have to admit two streams, except if JAMB is not conducting its
examination this year.
“If it is conducting, we are mandated to admit students,”
the vice-chancellor said.
Ogundipe reiterated that the institution would commence
online lectures for returning students on Monday.
He said that the university could not afford bringing back
students to campus due to COVID-19 pandemic.