A JSS1 kid, Miss Jessica Okonye, has been granted ‘admission’ as an auditor student into the Admiralty University of Nigeria, Ibusa, Delta State.
Miss Okonye’s admission came after Professor (Chief) John Alizor, a retired American university professor, discovered her to be exceptionally brilliant.
How it all started: She was said to have startled the retired Professor at a shop where she worked as an intern. The man promptly took an interest in her and started mentoring her.
This culminated in the professor giving her academic assignments and the eventual ‘auditorship admission.’ Before she was offered admission, she interacted with the university’s leadership, who were said to find her academic abilities to be very satisfactory. Who is an auditor student?
Who is an auditor student? The Vice Chancellor of the school, Professor Paul Omojo Omaji said in a statement on the school’s Facebook page:
“The Vice Chancellor admitted that Jessica is a brilliant child. He added that when further checks on Jessica’s ability to cope with the rigours of being a university student without completing her post-primary education are concluded, ADUN can admit her into the school as an auditor.
“He further explained that an auditor in this case is a person “admitted” to participate in university lectures without necessarily aiming at coming out with certificate awards. In the words of Professor Paul Omaji; “Jessica has come to the right place as a first choice centre for her academic pursuit as leadership is the central focus of our institution.”
If Jessica passes this stage and eventually gets full admission, she will be the first Nigerian to be admitted at that age into a Nigerian university.
Meanwhile, REPORTERS AT LARGE had earlier reported that Meet Nigerian HND Holder Who Has No Masters But Got Fully-funded PhD Offer In 7 Top US Universities.
Can this be termed interim admission? Good for the girl