69 bag first class as Oyo varsity graduates 310

69 bagged first-class honours out of 310 students from the Abiola Ajimobi Technical University, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ibadan.

The Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Professor Adesola Ajayi, stated this while addressing journalists at the pre-convocation press conference on Thursday at the institution’s premises.

He said aside from the bachelor’s degrees for the various programmes across the two faculties of the institution, all the graduating students will also be collecting two additional certificates, including a Diploma in French language and a Certificate in Vocational Studies.

Ajayi said this is aimed at preparing the graduates for future challenges, particularly to be job providers and not employment seekers.

The event slated for Friday is 3rd and 4th combined Convocation of the institution.

The vice-chancellor said the graduates are from the Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences and various fields of Engineering studies of the institution.

Noting that the combined convocation covers 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 academic sessions, Ajayi explained that in 2022/2023 academic session, 15 students from Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences graduated with First class Honours, 32 students got Second Class Upper Division, while 12 students had Second class lower Division and four students with third class.

In the Faculty of Engineering, he said 32 students graduated with second-class Upper Division, 12 students with 2nd class lower Division and four with third-class in the Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences in the 2022/2023 Academic session.

He said, “For 2022-2023, we have 15 first-class in the Faculty of Science, and 17 in the Faculty of Engineering, making 32.