The Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, has matriculated 6,268 students for the 2022–2023 academic year.
This Wednesday, at the matriculation and orientation exercise of the recently admitted students in Bauchi, the Rector, Sanusi Gumau, made the announcement.
Gumau, who was represented by Dalhatu Abubakar, the Deputy Rector, said that 6,268 people had enrolled as legitimate students at the college while 8,015 of the 9,372 applications had been accepted.
1,770 students, according to him, had been accepted into the Higher National Diploma (HND), and 4,498 others had been accepted into the National Diploma (ND) programmes.
He pushed the pupils to commit themselves to their studies to attain academic brilliance and maximise their potential.
“We established five additional Academic Directorates and affiliated with three notable tertiary institutions for the awards of nine degrees and 10 Postgraduate Diploma programmes.
“We equally made a lot of efforts in changing the face of the polytechnic and bridging the gap created by an infrastructural deficit in the institution,” he said.
Earlier, the Registrar, Hajiya Rakiya Maleka, said the school was famous for steadfastness in quality technological service delivery since its inception.
She admonished the students to utilise the knowledge acquired during the orientation exercise by making it an integral part of their stay in the polytechnic.
“You should read, study and concentrate on your learning because tomorrow belongs to those who prepared for it today.
“I, therefore, enjoin you to shun social vices. Please, do not engage in cultism; you are expected to dress decently while in the polytechnic to conform with our dress code,” she said.