The management of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria has perfected plans to organise Post-UTME Screening for candidates seeking admission into the university located in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria.
This was made known in a Press statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs Directorate of the university, Malam Auwalu Umar and made available to newsmen and other concerned stakeholders on Monday 17th May, 2021.
It can be deduced that the delay in the conduct of the screening exercise was as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic which affected the education sector in the country which caused a distortion in the institution’s academic calendar for 2019/2020 academic session. It was gathered that the university is currently in her first semester of the 2019/2020 academic session due to the adoption of a segmented batch resumption for Students of the institution. The revised academic calendar was adopted to prevent the spread of Covid-19 among the members of the university community.
The Director, Public Affairs further stated that the admission exercise for the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 academic sessions will be merged. This indicates that 2020/2021 academic session will be cancelled as a result of the vacuum created by the corona virus pandemic.
The management called on candidates, parents, and guardians to continue exercising patience and await further information on the conduct of the Post-UTME Screening exercise from the institution.
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