NOUN graduates 58 inmates, 28,682 others at 12th convocation

The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), on Saturday, graduated 28,740 students, comprising 21,339 undergraduates and 7,401 post graduates from all the institution’s study centres across the country.

The NOUN Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Olufemi Peters, while speaking at the university’s 12th convocation ceremony in Abuja, said 58 of the graduates are inmates of various correctional centres in the country.

Olufemi, while congratulating the students, enjoined them to diligently apply themselves in whatever capacity with integrity as true ambassadors of NOUN.

He said: “Every graduate should look forward with great expectation to the future, a future that holds the potential for the realisation of their dreams.

“I am delighted to inform you that it is now 20 years since the resuscitation of the National Open University of Nigeria and commencement of academic activities therein.

“This convocation therefore marks the commencement of activities to commemorate the resuscitation of the University.

“At the undergraduate level, we are presenting a total of 21,339 students, 6 students made First-Class degree; 2,306 students had Second Class Upper Division; 11,075 had Second Class Lower Division.

“5,558 had Third Class Degree, we also recorded 279 students’ Passes. We are graduating a total of 2,057 students in the Bachelor of Nursing Science Programme.

“85 of these are graduating with distinction; 1,231 are graduating with credit; while 75 are graduating with Pass degrees in the new classification system,” Peters stated.

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