TASUED rusticates 25 students, suspends 58 indefinitely

The management of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ogun State, on Tuesday, announced the rustication of 25 students and indefinite suspension of 58 others.

The affected students were punished for misconducts ranging from forgery, and threat to life to examination malpractices, among other fraudulent acts.

One of the students, a 200-level student in the Computer Science Department, Ojo Michael, was rusticated for the 2023/2024 academic session for forging his Cumulative Grade Point Aggregate to contest the Student Union election.

The Registrar of the university, Mr Dapo Oke, disclosed this in a statement sent to journalists on Tuesday.

The disciplinary action was recommended by the Examination Malpractice and Students’ Disciplinary Committee and approved by the Senate of the university at its statutory meeting on July 31, 2024.

The affected students were urged to stay away from the university, as they would have the law and the security personnel of the institution to contend with if they refused to abide by this directive.

The statement read: “The Senate, at its statutory meeting of 31st July 2024, has approved that Ojo Micheal, a 200-level student in the Computer Science Department be rusticated for the 2023/2024 academic session for forgery of CGPA to contest Student Union election.

“17 other students got rusticated for examination malpractice, five for the threat to life and one other for the fraudulent act.

“47 students were found guilty of misconduct and were thus given indefinite suspension and another 10 for impersonation.

“Other various punishments were also meted out for various misconducts as recommended by the Examination Malpractice and Students’ Disciplinary Committee.

“The affected students have been advised in their interest to stay off the campus to avoid being embarrassed by the university security personnel.”