The Nasarawa State University, Keffi, through its Registrar, Alhaji Dalhatu Mamman, said it admitted only 4,078 out of 24,614 candidates that applied for admission into the 2015/2016 academic session.
The Registrar disclosed this on Friday when the management of the institution appeared before the State House of Assembly Committee on Education, Science and Technology in Lafia, the state capital.
According to Mamman, “After thorough scrutiny of the candidates that applied for the 2015/2016 admission into the university, over 4,000 candidates were given admission, out of which, 3,255 are indigenes of the state, while 823 that got the admission are non-indigenes.”
The Registrar stressed that the 2015/2016 admission followed due process in line with academic standard.
Speaking further, he said, “The University admitted only 74 direct entry students out of 152 direct entry candidates that passed the school examination for the admission.
“The University is committed to continue to collaborate with the Assembly in order to improve on the standard of education in the state for the overall development of the country,” Mamman reaffirmed.
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