86 students bag first class in Redeemer’s university

Prof. Shadrach Akindele, the Vice-Chancellor of Redeemer’s University, Ede, in Osun, says that 86 of its graduating students bagged first-class degree.

Akindele disclosed this on Monday in Ede at a press conference to herald the 16th convocation ceremony of the university.

The VC said that another set of 435 students would be awarded with second class (upper division), 319 with second class (lower division), 86 with third class and 13 with a pass degree.

According to him, in the nursing and physiotherapy programmes, three students will be graduating ”pass with distinction”; 69 with “pass with credit” and 25 with “pass”.

The VC also said that in the diploma category, three students would be graduating with distinction, 14 in the upper credit division and five in the lower credit division.

”In all, a total of 1,055 undergraduate students will be graduating at the convocation.

“At the postgraduate level, 33 will graduate at PhD level, three at MPhil, 215 at Masters level and 137 at postgraduate level.

“A total of 387 postgraduates students will be graduating during the convocation slated for Oct. 10.

“Two students will be graduating as the best graduating students with the same Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.96,” he said.

He also said that for the first time in history, the university would be graduating students in Architecture, Electrical/Electronics Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.

According to Akindele, the university will award honorary degrees to two serving Nigerians who have made significant impact in the university.

”Our university’s mission is to produce graduates who are not only skilled in their respective fields, but also possess the character and moral fortitude to lead with integrity and humility.

”This set of graduands known as ”More Than Conqueror set” represents resilience, determination, and faith, having journeyed through academic challenges, personal growth, and spiritual development to reach this significant milestone,” he said.

Akindele also said that scientists at the university’s African Centre of excellence in Genomics of infectious Diseases (ACEGID), under the leadership of Prof. Christian Happi, had won more grants to carry out research on human and zoonotic genomics.