Kachia Federal Varsity Commences Academic Activities

Newly established Federal University of Applied Sciences, Kachia (FUASK) has commenced its maiden world league with astir 2,000 students successful enactment with national government’s directives.

President Bola Tinubu, portion granting the constitution of the university, directed the commencement of world activities successful September 2025.

Addressing the caller intakes, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Quirix, described the take-off arsenic a landmark accomplishment and a boost to Nigeria’s higher acquisition sector.

Quirix further revealed that FUASK’s program was deliberately designed to nutrient self-reliant graduates with entrepreneurial and innovative skills.

“We person integrated 30 per cent of our curriculum, arsenic guided by the National Universities Commission (NUC), with courses successful concern endeavor development, biology studies, and societal governance. Our imaginativeness is to nutrient graduates who volition not solely beryllium connected authorities jobs but volition beryllium problem-solvers and occupation creators,” helium explained.

“When starting a caller university, determination are bound to beryllium challenges. Some students experienced glitches with the online registration system, but we made provisions for on-site method assistance, which has paid off. Many of them are present completing their registration, and successful the coming days, everything volition stabilise,” Quirix said.

He disclosed that the Federal Government had approved unit and overhead costs for the institution. At the aforesaid time, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) provided superior enactment to thrust ongoing operation projects crossed the campus.

“The Federal Government has been supportive, but backing is ne'er enough. We are exploring different avenues to guarantee sustainable growth,” helium added.

According to him, of the 1,000 candidates already offered admittance done the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), 650 had accepted their offers. He stressed that the absorption was committed to ensuring each pupil passed done the due cardinal admittance process.
On security, the VC reassured parents and students of safety.

“The absorption is determined to bash its champion to supply security. If you look around, you volition spot information unit already deployed to safeguard unit and students,” helium said.
Some of the pioneer students expressed excitement astir their admission.

Bonath Jethro, admitted to survey cybersecurity, commended the assemblage for a creaseless world registration process.

Similarly, Ofurum Chioma, a Medical Laboratory Science pupil from Delta State, expressed joyousness astatine securing admittance and pledged to absorption her probe connected solving section wellness challenges.

LEADERSHIP reports that FUASK is among the caller national institutions established to grow entree to higher acquisition successful Nigeria’s underserved regions.