67 Unilorin graduates bag first class degrees

Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali

University of Ilorin is graduating a total of 8,038 students from it various academic programmes out of which 67 of them bagged first class grade.

This is even as 103,238 applicants jostled for just 10 per cent available admission spaces in the 2016/2017 academic session.

Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali, disclosed this during a press briefing on its 32nd convocation activities held at the institution yesterday.

This figure, according to him, “comprises 1,903 Post-graduate, 6, 069 under graduates of first degree and 66 Diploma graduands. The Postgraduate graduands consist of 166 Ph.D., 1, 300 Academic Mater, 186 Professional Master and 251 Diploma. There are 6069 first degree and 69 Diploma graduands also in various academic disciplines across 12 Faculties and the Institute of Education.

 

“Of our 6, 069 first degree graduands 67 of them make the first class grade and 1,505 made a second Class Upper Division grade. Additionally, we have 3,200 Second Class lower Division, 1, 124 Third Class Division and 70 Pass graduands. Those who had pass degrees were 82 last year. The MBBS graduands during the session are 103.”

 

The vice-chancellor expressed delight that the university under his administration in the last four years has recorded giant strides in academic excellence which according to him, made the institution number one choice for admission seekers.

Ambali said the university recently “showed some staff the way out for conniving” with some people to offer fake admission to students while “the affected students were asked to step aside.”