- Lafiaji-Okunneye said the mandatory drug test became imperative owing to the panic caused by a drug-addicted student in the school months ago
Lagos State University of Education, LASUED, says a mandatory drug test for prospective students is a requirement that must be fulfilled before admission can be offered to study in the tertiary institution.
The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Bilkis Lafiaji-Okuneye, who made this known, said 4,500 prospective students would be subjected to drug tests before being admitted to the school.
Lafiaji-Okunneye said the mandatory drug test became imperative owing to the panic caused by a drug-addicted student in the school months ago
She noted that the measure would help to sanitise the university community.
The educationist said that LASUED authorities had collaborated with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in the university’s 2024/25 admissions.
The LASUED boss stressed that no matter how excellent a student’s University Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, and the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, SSCE, results were, it would not automatically grant the student express admission until he or she was certified drug-free.
She acknowledged the extra cost of the drug tests to the school, but said that it was worth doing to foster students’ mental and academic coherence and raise the standard for the new university.
“We are a teacher grooming institution, therefore we aim to instil in our would-be teachers the morals and discipline worthy of a teacher.
“This will enable them to have the same impact on pupils and students alike after their career training here.
“These are going to be the nation’s teachers tomorrow so the institution is taking extra measures to make the best out of them, for you cannot give what you don’t have,” she said