The Vice-Chancellor of the University of
Ilorin, Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali, has said that out of 103,238
applicants comprising 21,082 males and 52,156 females for admission to
the university for next session, the university will be able to
accommodate less than 11,000.
He stated that the university was
receiving high admission pressure from applicants even when some federal
universities, according to him, had 148 admission seekers.
Ambali spoke on Monday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, during Unilorin’s 32nd convocation media briefing.
He said the institution remained
committed to improving its services, expanding its facilities and
furthering its frontier through innovative programmes.
He added that it was more vigorously
committed to meeting the rationale for the establishment of the
university, as stated in the Third National Development Plan.
The VC said 67 of 6,069 first degree graduands bagged first class.
He added that 1,505 made second class upper division, 3,200, second class lower; 1,124, third class while 70 got pass.
Ambali said, “We received a letter to
the effect that the Nigerian Army highest hierarchy has approved a
collaborative programme leading to the award of a Master of Arts Degree
in Peace and Security Studies with Unilorin, through its Centre for
Peace and Strategic Studies.
“Through this programme, senior officers
of the Nigerian Army will be trained at Unilorin in continuation of the
training at one of their higher educational institutions. With this,
the university is poised to impact more and contribute further to the
Nigerian project.”
Ambali, who is also the Chairman of the
Association of West Africa Universities, also said it was unsavoury
that no Nigerian university was ranked in the first 100 of the global
university ranking.
He stated that the Nigerian universities were making efforts to be ranked better.
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