ASUU Okays Admission Screening In Varsities

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Friday disclosed that the union has agreed and satisfied with the ongoing admission screening process in some universities across the country. The National President of ASUU, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, made this known while speaking with the News Agency in Lagos. He said, ”I want to say that so far, we are satisfied with the screening procedure. We cannot be in all the institutions at a time, but reports reaching us and from our observations, the universities are on the right track. “You see, no dictation from outside the universities can stop the institutions’ from doing this screening. It is part of the procedures spelt out by the Senate of the various universities for admission of candidates. “Government can only provide guidelines such as quota for the academically less-advantaged areas, but the issue of merit is strictly for the universities to determine.’’ Ogunyemi, however, urged the universities not to lose focus in ensuring that only qualified candidates were admitted into the respective programmes in the institutions. Adding that the screening will raise the quality of undergraduates which will transform to quality graduates.Thanks for reading.

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