Lagos State University Of Science and Technology(LASUSTECH) begins Operations
The Lagos State University Of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) has resumed full operations. The management admitted 1,850 pioneer students out of 16,000 applications for the 2022/2023 academic session.
The announcement was made Tuesday by the university’s Vice-Chancellor, Olumuyiwa Odusanya, at a press briefing held at the institution’s campus in Ikorodu area of the city.
According to Mr. Odusanya, a Professor of Public Health, noted that the university which received its Certificate of Operating License from the National Universities Commission (NUC) on 8 February 2022, has the approval to commence 37 academic programmes.
He said that guided by the NUC criteria, 50 students were admitted each for the 37 programmes in five Colleges of Agriculture, Engineering Technology, Environmental Design and Technology, Basic Sciences, and Applied Social Sciences.
“The admission exercise has been very transparent. We thank both NUC and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for their support”, he said, adding that the selection of students was strictly based on their UTME score and O-level performance.
The Vice-chancellor further confirmed that as against the proposed tuition fee of N195,000 for the pioneer students who are billed to resume the current academic session, the fee has been subsidized and slashed to N68,000 by the Lagos State Government.
He added that the university has engaged the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) in order to benefit from its interventions.
The Vice-chancellor said tertiary education is very expensive and urged individual philanthropists and corporate organizations to support the institution in its drive for excellence.
In his words, “We appreciate the huge investment by the government and we call on philanthropists and well-meaning individuals to partner with us to support this new university.
“Such partnerships can be in the endowment of professorial chairs, lecture halls, donation of books, equipment, laboratories, and computers. We would be accountable and give the best value to all the resources given.”
Speaking further, the vice-chancellor noted that the focus of the present administration is on six strategic initiatives with the acronym IMPACT.
He explained that the six strategic areas include the infrastructural development across the three campuses in Isolo, Surulere, and Ikorodu, including manpower development, a catalyst to the Lagos State agenda, and the town and gown partnership in the context of an entrepreneurial university.
Source: Premium Times
