Abia poly abolishes issuance of statement of results

The Management of Ogbonnaya Onu Polytechnic, Aba says it has abolished the issuance of Statement of Results and sales of handouts.

The Rector, Dr Christopher Okoro, said the decision was intended to streamline processes and reduce exploitation of studen

Our correspondent reports that the institution was formerly known as Abia State Polytechnic, Aba.

Okoro made this known when the new Executive of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Abia, paid him a courtesy visit in his office on Wednesday.

He said that the institution had digitalised its processes to ensure efficiency and transparency.

Okoro, who reiterated that the polytechnic had outlawed the sale of handouts, emphasied that students were no longer compelled to buy textbooks.

He said that the new process would enable students to access their results online, adding that all results must be uploaded six weeks after examinations.

“Once exams are over, all results must be uploaded six weeks after examination.

“So, students don’t need to go and meet the lecturer,” he said.

The rector explained that the certificates now come with QR codes, thereby allowing employers to verify their authenticity.

Okoro said that the move was part of the institution’s efforts to enhance its academic integrity and reduce unnecessary bureaucracy.

He said: “How will a student finish up after five years and you give the person paper and call it Statement of Results?

“The person will carry it, probably pay for the clearance; and come back after years for certificates.

“And you still collect money again from the same person, and start looking for the files again. I said that is no right.”

Okoro disclosed that the polytechnic had also made significant strides in clearing salary arrears for staff members and improved the institution’s infrastructure.

According to him, 36 months of salary arrears accumulated by previous administrations has been cleared.

The elated rector said that institution which was deregistered by the National Board for Technical Education, had gained full accreditation for all its 33 programmes with additional 17 new ones.

Okoro identified some of the new programmes as Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security Machatronics Engineering, Fashion Design Technology, among others.

He expressed gratitude to Gov. Alex Otti for his massive support to the institution, saying that his leadership “is a leadership that thinks not just for the now but for the future.”