No fewer than 74 students of Federal University Dutse (FUD) in Jigawa State will be conferred with first class degrees at its convocation slated for Saturday, February 24, 2024.

The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Abdulkarim Sabo, made this known at a pre-convocation press conference in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital, on Thursday, February 22.

Sabo said: “You may recall that the fifth convocation ceremony took place in 2020 before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

“After that, we had a prolonged ASUU strike which distorted the university calendar and made it difficult to organise the subsequent ceremony.”

Sabo disclosed that a total of 1,058 students graduated from the 2019/2020 academic session.

Of the figure, he said 38 graduands would be awarded with first class, 321 with second class upper, 564 with second class lower, and 135 with third class.

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The VC stated that 1,814 students were pencilled for graduation in the 2020/2021 academic session.

Of the number, Sabo said 36 graduands had first class, 515 second class upper, 946 second class lower, and 317 third class division.

Recounting the university’s achievements, Sabo described the N1.2 billion internet broadband project by the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy as its biggest in the ICT sector.

“This has eased learning, teaching and research among the students and staff of the university,” the Vice-Chancellor added.

Sabo also cited the development of an efficient and user-friendly result processing module for the university called, ‘MY RESULT’, noting that students now use their mobile phones to check their results.

“Development of a new staff portal through which staff now print their payslips, appraisal forms and many more” was also listed among other achievements of his administration.

He said the National Universities Commission (NUC), in 2021, ranked FUD as the overall best federal university in the North-West and first in the country for quality of researchers and research innovation, by Scimago academic ranking.

“In 2022, Scimago also ranked FUD the best centre for mathematical science in Africa,” Sabo said.

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