Management of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, has warned candidates seeking admission into the institution to beware of the fake information being peddled online, advertising the institution’s post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination registration for 2019/2020 admission.
The Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mallam Yunus Abdulqadri, said on Tuesday 27th August, 2019 that the institution had only one website, which is www.kwarastatepolytechnic.edu.ng.
The institution also stated that no private online website was authorised to handle its post UTME registration.
While the polytechnic claims that its authentic website carries its official logo and address, adding that a check on the official website of the Kwara State Polytechnic at kwarastatepolytechnic.edu.ng showed no mention of a relationship between the said website and the polytechnic, it noted that some concerned parents had reported that the operator of the fake website demanded a total sum of N4,000 in registration fees from admission seeking candidates.
Aremu said, “Information on the authoritative Kwara State Polytechnic website showed the completion of registration for HND Admission on July 31, 2019 and rumours had it that the pre-admission screening registration would be commencing almost immediately after, as had been the tradition of the institution for years.”
“However, while there was no information forthcoming on the polytechnic website on such exercise till date, kwarapolyscreening.com seemed to be taking advantage of the situation by displaying Post-UTME registration information for the polytechnic with the payment of an application form fee of N2,000 for all candidates, an additional N1,000 for candidates with one O’Level result and additional N2,000 for candidates with two O’ Level results”, he added.
