The Vice Chancellor (VC), Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Maduebibisi Iwe has said his administration introduced biometric capturing to protect the integrity of the university\u2019s examination and service delivery to the graduates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iwe who stated this while addressing the press on some of the recent successes the administration had recorded, its challenges and the way forward in his office, added that the future looks bright for the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is deployed to stop impersonation in examinations, the adventure of missing scripts of students during and after examinations and it is linked to timely examination processing and transcript release,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said what led to the introduction of the system was incessant direct request for statement of results, certificate and transcripts by graduates and external bodies that had made the university notorious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his word, \u201cMy administration decided to confront these anomalies, provide relief for students, graduates as well as parents and sponsors.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n He lamented that among those working against the system \u201care the academic and registry staff, who want the status quo to continue in c0rruption and making a bad name for the university\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Source: Leadership<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Vice Chancellor (VC), Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Maduebibisi Iwe has said his administration introduced biometric capturing to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"yoast_head":"\n