OOU VC Counsels Against Indiscriminate Award of First-Class Degrees

The Vice Chancellor, Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU, Ago Iwoye, Prof. Ganiyu Olatunde, has advised universities in the country against indiscriminate award of first-class degree to their students, saying a situation where some universities would have a significant number of their graduating students bagging such is becoming worrisome.

This is just as he clarified that students deserving of such grades should not be denied.

He spoke in Ago Iwoye while briefing the press on activities lined up for the 30th convocation ceremony of the institution.

According to the VC, graduates should be able to defend the certificates and degrees held by them.

Giving a breakdown of the graduating students who are from the 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 sessions, Olatunde said 991 are in the second class upper category, 2,738 in the second class lower level, 1,925 in the third class category, 217, pass category and 135 in the unclassified category.

He added that 140 would bag postgraduate diploma, 486 master’s degree and 103 to get doctorate degree.

As part of the activities to mark the occasion, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede would deliver the convocation lecture titled “Your future is in your hands”.

According to Don, the lecture is entitled: “Your Future is in your hands,” adding that a convocation play, written by Prof. Femi Osofosan, would also be staged.