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As University of Lagos gets set for non -physical Post- UTME test, the university Vice-Chancellor, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe has appealed to public -spirited Nigerians to assist indigent candidates to get tablets to aid the mission.
Ogundipe made the appeal during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lagos .
According to him , in the face of the resurgence of Novel Coronavirus 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 February 15 to February 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 told NAN .
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 .
He said , “We are talking to the alumni president and friends of the university to get these tablets in order to facilitate 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 told NAN 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 to bring back students to campus due to COVID – 19 pandemic.
NAN
Fatimah Oyesanmi
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