By Abbas Bamalli
Al-Qalam University Katsina (AUK), is set to graduate 1,109 students at its 17th Convocation ceremony, scheduled for Jan. 24.
The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Nasiru Musa-Yauri, announced this during a pre-convocation press conference in Katsina on Monday.
Musa-Yauri who described the annual convocation as a reflection of the institution’s commitment to global academic standards and timely graduation of students, disclosed that out of the figure, 18 students would be graduating with first class degree.
According to him, activities marking the convocation will commence with series of events, including a novelty football match between staff and students slated for Jan. 22.
The vice chancellor also announced that the convocation lecture to be delivered on Jan. 23, would be presented by Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, former Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and former Minister of External Affairs.
He said the lecture, titled ”A Divided North in a Divided Nation: The Imperative of Promoting Inclusive and Accountable Governance in Nigeria in a Rapidly Changing World Order”, was timely and relevant to Nigeria’s current socio-political realities.
He added that on the same day, several completed projects would be inaugurated.
Musa-Yauri disclosed that the projects to be inaugurated include the university sports complex, a block of six classrooms, a fully completed library, a new students’ hostel, internal road networks, and other infrastructural developments executed within the last two years.
”During the main convocation ceremony degrees and prizes will be awarded to the 1,109 graduates across 28 academic programmes,
”About 18 students will graduate with First Class honours, 230 with Second Class Upper Division, 507 with Second Class Lower Division, 336 with Third Class, while 18 students will receive Pass degrees,” he said.
The vice chancellor further revealed that the university would award 17 Master’s Degrees and 11 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees during the ceremony.
”As part of the convocation highlights, the institution will confer a Doctor of Public Administratio on Alhaji Aminu Masari, the former governor of Katsina State, and also a traditional ruler from Imo, Eze Abdul-Fattah Chima Eze, will be awarded with a Doctor of Islamic studies.
The vice chancellor also announced that the university’s annual Qur’anic Recitation Competition would be held during the convocation week, noting that winners in both male and female categories were expected to receive N1, 000,000 each.
Musa-Yauri reaffirmed the institution’s resolve to continue holding convocation ceremonies annually; stressing that timely graduation and issuance of certificates remained a priority.
He urged other Nigerian tertiary institutions to adopt similar practices in line with global academic traditions.
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