The Federal University, Otuoke, (FUO) Bayelsa State, on Saturday,
matriculated a total number of 2,430 students for 2016/2017 academic
session.
The VC Prof. Seth Jaja, who spoke on the 6th matriculation ceremony said
the admissions were based on merits and in line with standards set by
the Federal Ministry of Education, National Universities Commission
(NUC), Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the institution’s
Senate.
Jaja said the university only ran 12 academic programmes, which he said
limited the number of prospective students offered admission into the
institution.
He said the first challenge he faced when he assumed office on February
2016, was how to bridge this gap needed more in faculties like
Engineering, Management Science and Education, which were hitherto not
available.
He added that this challenge was overcome when the National Universities
Commission, after due resource verification exercise, graciously
approved 16 new additional programmes which increased the university’s
carrying-capacity from 1,500 to 2000.
He noted that the approval helped to minimize the challenges of meeting
the university’s social responsibility