130 Of 5,852 Students Graduate From OAU With First Class

Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife has announced the graduation of 5,852 students from the institution at its 46th convocation. 

This was disclosed by the Vice-chancellor of the university, Prof. Simeon Bamire, during a pre-convocation press briefing at the institution's campus on Monday.

According to Bamire, 4,114 of the students are Bachelor's degree graduates with 130 who bagged first class honours and 1,323 who came out with second class (upper division) honours.

The VC added that 1,991 students would graduate with second-class (lower division) honours, while the other 636 would graduate with third-class honours.

“For this year’s convocation, we have a total number of 5,852 graduands, with the following breakdown; In Bachelor Degrees, classified, we have 130 in First Class (Honours), while 1,323 made second class (Honours, Upper Division).

“In the second class (Honours, Lower division) we have 1,991 graduands and in the third class (Honours) category, we have 636 while 34 graduands are on a pass category.

"In all, we have 4,114 graduands in this Bachelor's degree, classified.

“However, in the Bachelor degrees, unclassified, which comprises graduands from the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Clinical Sciences and, of course, Faculty of Dentistry.

"Even graduands from our centre for Distance Learning also fall within this category.

"In this group, we have seven graduands who have Pass with Honours, while 28 fall within Pass with Distinction. 444 made it under Pass with Credit and 486 are with Pass.

"These make us 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,” the VC explained.

Bamire further noted that the university was keen on the success and welfare of its students which explains the quick release of the graduating students after the approval of the University Senate, following the suspension of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike.