Olabisi Onabanjo University(OOU), Ago – Iwoye
has produced 43 First Class and 41 PhD graduates
in its combined 2014/2015, 2015/2016 Convocation
ceremony with a total of 5,809 graduands.
The Vice – Chancellor, Prof. Saburi Adesanya, who
disclosed this to journalists on Monday at the
institution’s main campus in Ago – Iwoye ahead of
OOU 35th anniversary and convocation slated for this
January 31st, also said 811 graduates made the
Second Class Upper honour list.
Adesanya said that 1, 192 graduated with Third Class
honours, while 20 others had pass.
According to him, in future, students that are not
doing well in their chosen disciples, may be advised
to move to other areas where they stand a chance of
finishing with better grades than passes.
Fielding questions from journalists, the Vice –
Chancellor disclosed that the university senate has
approved the introduction of new programmes – Bsc.
Nursing, Veterinary Medicine, Estate Management,
Building Technology, Radiology and Music as part of
growth.
He said the facilities and manpower for the new
programmes are already on ground while the
consultation is on – going with the National
University Commission(NUC) to enable commence
teaching of those courses by next academic session.
Adesanya, however, lamented that the institution’s
Islamic studies(Education), Christian Religious
Knowledge(Education) and History(Education) have
not been accredited by the NUC.
He blamed the problem on low patronage of the
three disciplines by students but assured that the
university has started putting measures in place
attract more students in future.
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