The Enugu State University of Science and Technology(ESUT), has expelled about a hundred and seven students from the institution.
The students, who were at the various stages of their University education, were sent packing for alleged forgery of their Ordinary National Diploma, OND, certificates.
The Vice chancellor of the University, Professor Cyprian Onyeji, who made this known on Friday during the 32nd matriculation ceremony of the University, cautioned the new students to be of good conduct anddiscard all forms of examination malpractices.
According to the Vice Chancellor, the senate of the university approved the expulsion of the students during it’s 238th regular meeting, having discovered that the affected students forged the OND certificates with which they gained admission into the university.
Onyeji disclosed that ESUT had in the past one year sanctioned up to one hundred and fifty students for their involvement in various forms of examination malpractices.
He announced that the university was introducing biometric data capturing as a measure to curtail exam malpractices in the university, adding that consequently, every student of the institution would undergo a biometric identification in examination hall during exams.
According to him, this would help in fishing out impersonators, otherwise known as’ mercenaries’, who were usually hired to stand in for other students during exams.
As a strategy of promoting academic excellence, he announced that the university would award scholarships to students who make cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 4.50 at the end of every session.
A total of four thousand two hundred students who were admitted newly into the university participated in the 2013 matriculation ceremony of the University, held at its main campus at Agbani, Enugu State.
