FUTA to admit only 26% of post-UTME candidates

The management of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) has stated that the institution will be able to admit only 26 per cent of candidates who participated in its 2015\2016 post-UTME screening exercise.

According to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) and Chairman of Admissions Committee, Pro. Tunde Arayela, the university’s carrying capacity is 2,534 students across its 39 departments but about 11,000 candidates sat for the admission screening test.

He explained that the candidates were screened based on merit and the standard regulations provided by the National Universities Commission (NUC).

Also, the Dean of Student Affairs Division and the Coordinator of the post-UTME exercise, Dr. Kayode Alese said the CBT examination was free of malpractice.

He added that candidates were screened even in the CBT halls as their passport photographs were displayed at the top right corner of their computers in addition to biometric capturing conducted on them.