By Oscar Kambona
The Abia State College of Education (Technical), Arochukwu (ASCETA) has set up a three-man ad-hoc committee to investigate results issued by the institution from 2016 to date with a view to establishing the authenticity or otherwise of those results.
Provost of the college, Dr Philips Nto, announced this at the end of an emergency Academic Board Meeting in Arochukwu yesterday.
Nto, who disclosed that the Committee is headed by Dr Abdulkareem Jubril, explained that the measure was to ensure that fraudulent people do not forge and use the results of the institution.
He said information at the disposal of the College indicated that unscrupulous persons were colluding with dishonest ASCETA Staff to produce fake results which did not emanate from the college.
He said while the college has taken proactive measures to check such an unwholesome practice, the Committee would ensure that culprits were punished.
The Provost said the Committee which has two-weeks within which to submit its findings would focus on students who were previously admitted under the Distance Learning Programme.
Describing as unfortunate the attempt by unqualified people to fake the results of ASCETA, Nto vowed that such would not happen under his watch. He charged the Committee Members to be thorough and professional in the discharge of their assignments, warning that any staff established to be aiding and abetting the issuance of fake results would not be spared.