Activities marking the 2024/2025 academic session have begun at Plateau State University, Bokkos, in line with the approved academic calendar. On November 5, the university’s senate approved the commencement of full academic activities effective November 4, with online registration for returning students. The university has also released the first list of candidates admitted for the 2023/2024 academic session.
By this arrangement, the university aims to set the pace in strict adherence to universal standards and ensure early grooming of students to compete favorably with their counterparts in other universities nationwide.
“We want to change the popular perception that no academic activities happen within the first week of resumption and prior to Christmas,” said Chairman of Senate and Acting Vice Chancellor, Prof. Shedrack Best, through Deputy Vice Chancellor Academics, Prof. Moses Pyefa Galadima. Prof. Best directed lecturers and faculty members to start lectures unfailingly on Monday, November 11.
During the meeting, Senate ratified management’s decision approving a two-installment payment option for tuition fees of 70% in the first semester and 30% in the second semester.
The Senate approved 24th November as deadline for payment of fees by Returning Students in the first semester, after which they are to pay a late registration fee of N10,000.
Also considered was a report on efforts to address security concerns. This includes the allocation of 90% of hostel accommodations to new students and 10% to returning students.
Senate also discussed efforts at fully digitizing the university’s operations. Lecturers and faculty members were encouraged to utilize the university’s portal for the management of student records, courses, and results.
Other reports reviewed and ratified by the senate include measures to regulate commercial motorcycle movement within campus to enhance student and staff safety, efforts to regulate union levies and departmental charges, and efforts to enforce the ban on sale of handouts by some lecturers.
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