Federal Polytechnic Bauchi Holds Matriculation for 2017/2018 Session.
The Federal Polytechnic Bauchi, admitted no fewer than 4,990 students into its various programmes during the matriculation ceremony for 2017/2018 academic session held on Wednesday, 11th April, 2018.
?Speaking at the event, the Rector of the Polytechnic, Mr Sunusi Gumau, said that 8,409 applicants were admitted into the polytechnic but only 4,990 registered.
According to him, the polytechnic has recorded rapid progress, producing excellent students, in spite of challenges in the areas of infrastructure, funding and governance.
Gumau warned the students against engaging in social vices like cultism, drug use and drug abuse, smoking, fighting or stealing.
?He urged the staff and students of the institution to support management’s efforts to make the institution a model for others.
?Gumau announced that the institution has established contacts with four prominent Nigerian institutions namely, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, University of Maiduguri and Nigerian Defense Academy with a view to introduce 17 degree programmes in the institution.
?He explained that the new degree programmes included; degrees in Mass Communication, Agricultural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Architecture and Estate Management and Evaluation.
?“Others include, Quantity Surveying, Computer Science, Medical Science Laboratory, Mathematics and Statistics, Accountancy, Banking and Finance, Business Administration and Management and Public Administration,” he said. (NAN)
