IMO University: 700 Students Expelled Over Exam Malpractice

Reports have emerged that over 700 students of
the Imo State University (IMSU), Owerri, Imo
State, have been expelled in the last 12 months
for examination misconduct. Daily Post report.
Speaking at a briefing, the Vice Chancellor of the
institution, Professor Aloysius Ukachukwu Awuzie
disclosed that a panel on disciplinary matters
involving staff had also been set up.
The VC said the university had embarked on the
procurement of pews to ensure that no student is
forced to receive lectures standing and that
examination halls were not crowded.
Prof. Awuzie disclosed that the institution had
graduated about 150 medical doctors from its
college of medicine in the last two years, while
another 70 are expected to graduate before the
end of March.
"The advent of the seventh governing council has
brought in its wake the commencement of the
process for the ethical and moral rebirth within
the university community and the process for a
comprehensive intellectual values re-engineering
among staff and student", Awuzie concluded.