By Orji Sampson
Even as most of the high institutions in the state are still mid way into the second semester of this academic year, the fear and tension of admission runs has gripped the entire schools.
Having concluded with their internally conducted Post –UMEadmission test, candidates have been flooding the institutions in search of their names as released by the admission offices.
The recent promise made by the number one citizen of the state, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, that Imo indigenes hence forth will not pay school fees in the state owned institutions of learning, has further heightened the tension surrounding the admission wahala.
Reports reaching “Campus Gist” informs that IMSU and Imo poly’s Management Board are taking measures to ensure that the number of admitted Imo indigenes does not jeopardize their means of internally generated revenue.
Campus Gist further gathered that unsuspecting candidates are being compelled by racketeers to part with huge sums like one hundred thousand naira to three hundred thousand (100, 000 – 300, 000), depending on the disciple of the choice to measure in.
One of the candidate’s who spoke to campus gist in form of anonymity said his parents paid to a staff in one of the state owned institution, the sum of the two hundred and fifty thousand naira (250, 000) to have her name on the merit list for one of the medical courses.
Concerned citizens in the State have lamented on the implications of the proposed free Tertiary education for Imo indigenes. Some persons who spoke to campus gist had mixed feelings about the Governor’s gesture revealing that while it is good for a student already admitted, it becomes a danger to the aspiring candidates (Imo indigenes).
The Federal Institutions in the state on their own are not left out in the practice as Fedponek, FUTO and Alvan are all poised for action in the admission racket.
Reports have it that the first list of admitted candidates is already out in Fedponek and those candidates who didn’t use the school as their first and second choice during the jamb exam may not be favoured except you grease someone’s hands.
Parents and Guardians are now left in the pains of dolling out huge amount of money just to get their wards into the institutions of higher learning.
It must be noted that up there in the Northern states, their indigenes are pleaded with, to attend schools (in the best of environments) without paying kobo to anybody. The question now is, are we truly part of nation endowed with natural resources?
Admission Racket in Imo Institution of Higher learning
By Orji Sampson
Even as most of the high institutions in the state are still mid way into the second semester of this academic year, the fear and tension of admission runs has gripped the entire schools.
Having concluded with their internally conducted Post –UMEadmission test, candidates have been flooding the institutions in search of their names as released by the admission offices.
The recent promise made by the number one citizen of the state, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, that Imo indigenes hence forth will not pay school fees in the state owned institutions of learning, has further heightened the tension surrounding the admission wahala.
Reports reaching “Campus Gist” informs that IMSU and Imo poly’s Management Board are taking measures to ensure that the number of admitted Imo indigenes does not jeopardize their means of internally generated revenue.
Campus Gist further gathered that unsuspecting candidates are being compelled by racketeers to part with huge sums like one hundred thousand naira to three hundred thousand (100, 000 – 300, 000), depending on the disciple of the choice to measure in.
One of the candidate’s who spoke to campus gist in form of anonymity said his parents paid to a staff in one of the state owned institution, the sum of the two hundred and fifty thousand naira (250, 000) to have her name on the merit list for one of the medical courses.
Concerned citizens in the State have lamented on the implications of the proposed free Tertiary education for Imo indigenes. Some persons who spoke to campus gist had mixed feelings about the Governor’s gesture revealing that while it is good for a student already admitted, it becomes a danger to the aspiring candidates (Imo indigenes).
The Federal Institutions in the state on their own are not left out in the practice as Fedponek, FUTO and Alvan are all poised for action in the admission racket.
Reports have it that the first list of admitted candidates is already out in Fedponek and those candidates who didn’t use the school as their first and second choice during the jamb exam may not be favoured except you grease someone’s hands.
Parents and Guardians are now left in the pains of dolling out huge amount of money just to get their wards into the institutions of higher learning.
It must be noted that up there in the Northern states, their indigenes are pleaded with, to attend schools (in the best of environments) without paying kobo to anybody. The question now is, are we truly part of nation endowed with natural resources?
