“UI SHOWS NO MERCY: 226 STUDENTS BOOTED OUT OVER POOR GRADES
The University of Ibadan has withdrawn 226 undergraduate students due to poor academic performance in the 2024/2025 academic session.
Key Issues:
– _”The Senate of the University of Ibadan has approved the withdrawal of 226 undergraduate students over poor academic performance.”_
– CGPA Threshold: Students with a Cumulative Grade Point Average below 1.0 were advised to withdraw.
– _”The Senate directed that students with a Cumulative Grade Point Average below 1.0 be advised to withdraw from the institution.”_
– Affected Students: The 226 students span various faculties and levels, from 100 to 500 level.
– _”Findings revealed that the affected students cut across various faculties and levels, from 100 to 500 level.”_
– No Second Chance: Affected students have been denied access to the university’s portal for further registration, ending their academic programmes.
A source within the university disclosed that the Faculty of Science recorded the highest number of withdrawals, with 79 students affected. This was followed by the Faculty of Technology with 45 students and the Faculty of Agriculture with 35.
Both the College of Medicine and the Faculty of Education had 18 students each asked to withdraw, while Renewable Natural Resources recorded 10 affected students.
Other faculties impacted include Arts with nine students; Economics and Management Sciences, four; Law, three; Veterinary Medicine, two; and Environmental Design and Management, three.
The withdrawal of students over poor academic performance is a recurring development at the institution, an exercise students popularly refer to as “tsunami.” In 2018, no fewer than 408 students were asked to withdraw on similar grounds.
Meanwhile, fresh students for the 2025/2026 academic session resumed physically on campus on Monday.
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