The Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH), Ikorodu, has said that its can only admit few out 16,000 candidates that applied for admission, as a result, 14,150 others hope was dashed.
The Vice-Chancellor of LASUSTECH, Prof. Olumuyiwa Odusanya,
said on Tuesday that the institution planned to admit 1,850 pioneer students
out of the 16,000 candidates that applied for admission into its 37 approved
programmes.
Odusanya said this at the first quarter media conference
organised by the management of the institution in Lagos.
The Professor of Public and Community Health, and former
Provost of LASUCOM, Ikeja, said that the
admission exercise had been transparent and the new students would resume this
month.
“The university received its certificate of operating
license from the National Universities Commission (NUC) on Feb. 8, 2022.
“The NUC conducted a series of resource verification visits
in September 2022 and has given the approval to commence 37 academic programmes
in our five colleges.
“The colleges are College of Agriculture, Engineering
Technology, Environmental Design and Technology, Basic Sciences and Applied
Social Sciences,” he said.
Odusanya called on philanthropists and well-meaning
individuals to partner with and support the new university, noting that funding
was key to the success of any university.
“Such partnerships can be in the endowment of professional
chairs, lecture halls, and donation of books, equipment, laboratories and
computers.
“We will be accountable and give the best value to all the
resources given, so let us join hands to raise the banner of this institution.
“Also, the university has engaged the Tertiary Education
Trust Fund (TETFund) to visit us shortly so that we can continue to be a
beneficiary of interventions,” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Lagos State
government transmuted Lagos State Polytechnic to Lagos State University of
Science and Technology on Feb 22, 2022.
LASUSTECH, formerly called LASPOTECH was established in 1977
is a state owned University, serves the
people of Lagos, the nation, and the world as a premier, public, urban
university of science and technology dedicated to undergraduate, graduate, and
professional education, experience-based learning, and research.
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