By Tony Adibe
The University of Nigeria, Nsukka has said that it will award a total of 11,444 first degrees at its 51st Convocation ceremony on Friday.
Addressing a press briefing on Tuesday at the Enugu Campus of the University, on the programmes scheduled for the convocation ceremony, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Charles A. Igwe, who disclosed this also said that one of the major events lined up for the ceremony was the convocation lecture with the topic, “University Autonomy and the Challenge of Sustainable Education Funding in Nigeria.”
The lecture, which will be delivered on Friday, November 24th, by the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), will be a “very interesting one, especially to all those who are interested in the funding of education in Nigeria,” the Vice Chancellor said.
Giving a summary of the undergraduate results, Prof. Igwe explained that 288 graduands will receive 1st Class Honours; 4,853 will be awarded 2nd Class upper division; 5,077 will bag 2nd Class lower division; 653 will get Third class while 7 will get Pass and 616 graduands will receive unclassified degrees.
He, however, emphasised that the unclassified degrees are awarded to graduates of some courses, such as medicine, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine, which are not usually classified into first, second or third class. He said a total of 67 diplomas will also be awarded at the convocation, and gave the breakdown as – 7 Distinctions, 35 Credits, 22 Merits and 3 Passes.
Prof. Igwe further announced that 1,451 postgraduate degrees and diplomas will be awarded during the ceremony. He gave a summary of the postgraduate degrees and diplomas as follows: 479 persons will earn the Doctorate degree, while 884 persons will be awarded the Master’s Degrees, and a total of 88 diplomas will be awarded.
He said that four prominent Nigerians – Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, the MD/CEO of Fidelity Bank Plc, and Mr. Ogbonnaya Onovo, a former Inspector General of Police, Major General J.O.J. Okoloagu (rtd) and Mr. Igochukwu Weli will be given the honourary doctorate degrees of the University.
