The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan
(UI), Prof Idowu Olayinka has disclosed that only
3,000 candidates out of the over 29,000 who
scored 200 and above in the Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination (UTME) and chose the
university as their choice will gain admission n to
the University this year.
He disclosed while speaking on the topic, “Challenges of Building a World Class
University” at the 68th Interdisciplinary Research Discourse of the Postgraduate
school.
He lamented that poor funding, infrastructure deficit, student-lecturer ratio and
limitation of Hostel accommodation would not allow the University go beyond its
present carrying capacity.
He called on the Nigerian Government to adequately fund universities and fix the
infrastructural deficits if it wants her universities to be globally competitive.