No fewer than 240 students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, graduated from the institution with first-class honours from various departments of the university.
The institution said the 240 first-class graduates were out of 2,747 students who would be awarded first degrees in the forthcoming convocation ceremony of the federal government-owned institution.
The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Adenike Oladiji, disclosed this on Friday, on the campus of the institution, while speaking with journalists on the activities lined up for the 36th convocation of the university.
Giving the breakdown of the classes of graduating students, the don said, “A total of 2,747 students will graduate, while 240 finished with first-class, 1479 students graduated with second-class (upper division), 912 and 116 students graduated with second-class ( lower division ) and third-class, respectively. ”
She also revealed that, apart from the 2,747 outgoing undergraduate students that will be awarded bachelor’s degrees, 867 will be awarded postgraduate degrees, with a breakdown of 627 for MTECH, 86 for PGD and 154 for PhD.
Oladiji explained that the outstanding performance of the first-class graduates was a result of consistent effort, discipline, and the conducive learning environment provided by the university.
“The results we are celebrating today show that FUTA continues to maintain its standard as one of Nigeria’s foremost universities of technology,” the don boasted.
