450 BAGS FIRST CLASS AS UNILORIN GRADUATES 25,234 GRADUANDS 

During the 2020/2021 and 2022/2023 academic sessions, 450 students of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) were awarded First Class degrees.

Some 25,234 students are scheduled to graduate during the university’s combined 37th and 38th convocations, scheduled to take place between Friday and Monday. Among them are the First-Class students.

Wahab Egbewole, SAN, the university’s vice-chancellor, revealed this information on Wednesday at a pre-convocation press conference in Ilorin, Kwara State.

“We shall be convoking 25,234 students during the 37th and 38th convocation ceremonies,” the professor of law said.

“We have 14,477 students for the 37th Convocation ceremonies in the 2020/2021 academic session who will be convoking. On the other hand, we shall be graduating 10,757 students for the 38th convocation ceremonies who are for the 2021/2022 Academic Session.

In the First Degree/Diploma category of the 37th convocation ceremonies, we have 211 First Class, 4,143 Second Class (Upper Division), 6,570 Second Class (Lower Division), 1,742 Third Class and 30 Pass. The 37th convocation ceremonies also include 151 MBBS graduands, 73 Nursing graduands, 18 Optometry graduands, 43 Veterinary Medicine graduands, 12 graduands with Distinction, and 27 graduands with Pass in Pharmacy. In summary, the University will be graduating 13,020 for First Degrees/Diplomas.”

He said the total number of Higher Degrees to be awarded at the 37th convocation ceremonies are 1,457.