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130 graduands bag first class as OAU set for 46th Convocation December 10

By Michael Ofulue Osogbo

No fewer than one Hundred and Thirty (130) graduates of Obafemi Awolowo University OAU have Obtained First Class (Honours), while One Thousand, Three Hundred and Twenty Three 1,323 made 2nd class (Honours, Upper Division).respectively.

The Vice Chancellor of OAU, Prof Adebayo Simeon Bamire disclosed this during a press conference addressed to mark the 46th Convocation ceremony of the institution scheduled for December 7 to 10 which was held at the school auditorium in Ile Ife, Osun State.

Professor Bamire hinted that 1,991 graduated with 2nd class (Honours, Lower division) while 636 graduated with 3rd class (Honours), and 34 graduands are on a pass category.

He said a total of 5,852 graduands out of which 4,114 graduands were in Bachelor degrees, classified.

According to him the Bachelor degrees, unclassified, comprises graduands from the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Clinical Sciences and, of course, Faculty of Dentistry.

The university Don hinted that graduands from centre and Distance Learning also falls within this category.

“In this group, we have 7 graduands who have Pass with Honours, while 28 falls within Pass with Distinction. 444 made it under Pass with Credit and 486 are with Pass. In these make us to have 965 under this unclassified category.

” For the postgraduate graduands, we have 17 under postgraduate Diploma, 403 under Professional Masters and 200 under Master with Research Thesis. While we have 20 under Masters of Philosophy, the total number of our Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) graduands is 61. In all, we have 712 graduands under this category.

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“May I also inform you that non-degree Diplomas in the Faculty of Administration, Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Education, are as follow
We have 2 with Distinction, 25 with upper credit and 34 with lower credit.

Professor Bamire said Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, places much premium on the welfare, success and progress of our students. Hence the urgent need to graduate our students whose results have been approved by the University Senate, almost immediately after the suspension of strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

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