By Alao Abiodun

No fewer than 241 graduates of Nigeria’s oldest citadel of learning, University of Ibadan (UI), have been awarded with First Class degree in the 2017/2018 academic session.

Professor Abel Olayinka, UI’s Vice Chancellor disclosed that the Faculty of Science had the highest number of First Class at 46, followed by the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry with 38 and the Faculty of Technology with 27.


The breakdown of graduates for the 2017/2018 session showed 1,966 students had Second Class Upper (Division), 4,206, Second Class Lower (Division), 625 Third Class, 82 Pass and 310 unclassified. The 71st Convocation ceremony will witness a total churning out of 7,430 students.


He said, “A further breakdown of the graduating list shows that 3.38 percent and 27.61 percent of our students finished with First Class and Second Class Upper (Division) Honours, respectively. A special recognition must be given to one of our students who finished with a perfect Cumulative Grade Point Average of 7.0. She is Ofure Mary Ebhomielen of the Department of Computer Science”.

Miss Ofure Mary Ebhomielen of the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science was the cynosure of all eyes on Tuesday as she was presented as the best graduating student at the 2019 Convocation ceremony.

Ebhomielen, who graduated with the highest Cumulative Grade Point Average, CGPA of 7.0 received a thunderous ovation when she was presented to parents and well-wishers at the ceremony.

In her valedictory speech, enjoined the class of 2018 to strive for excellence as they began another journey in life.

Olayinka in his remarks said, “Ofure Mary Ebhomielen is the fourth person ever to have obtained perfect Cummulative Grade Point Average (7.0 out of 7.0) in the 71-year history of the University of Ibadan and the first female. This is worth celebrating and we are indeed very proud of her. The world is now under your feet, Mary, aim for the skies while we keep celebrating you.”

Source: https://thenationonlineng.net/241-bag-first-class-as-ui-graduates-7430-students/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Are Nigerians now this brilliant or first class honors are no more based on merits. Me dey judge from my kind of brain oo, just wondering how much I’ll read to get first class.

The way this people give out First Class..

Na wa o

In saner climes, they try as much as possible to maintain balance and equilibrium.
On this side of the planet, things are way out of balance.
With the way people die cheaply like Christmas chickens, the mortality rate still has no effect on population control, hence the population explosion.

No balance between job vacancies or available jobs and the job seekers.
Certificates count in the past but now, someone with more certificates than you have might be the filling station attendant selling you fuel.
First class was scarce in the past but now, it no longer holds much value.

Education at the moment is just an official routine in the country.
I wouldn't tell them not to celebrate. But after, they should find somewhere peaceful to rest their colorprint cardboards called certificates and launch out in the jungle with the survival of the fittest instinct.

Nice one

If na UNIBEN all of them go be Benin people.

Nonsense.

Soon everyone will walk out of the university with first-class honours. It's necessary to raise the bar now. Knowledge and teaching methods have improved. The same old grading will only churn out more and more first-classes demystifying the whole thing.

Funny only 10 out of 241 will likely impact the society, they rest will end up with white collar jobs...


Useless I must say

Nice one from the students.....Wish you guys all the best out there.

Education is only valuable in a country that appreciates it.... Its so sad that Nigeria is not one of the countries that values education, rather, it prefers to celebrate mediocrity and nepotism.

Out there, its always survival of the fittest for graduates, only a hand full make it through without having any strong connection and godfathers.

You go see 61 for OAU

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With all d first class na only people wey know their way go get good job las las

To bag a first class means being extra intelligent, hardworking and "lucky".

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Go girl!

Where is the picture of the best graduating Student,if na bbnaija,we no go remind una,find the picture abd post it here before i send ondo Thunder to fire your banana tree

Welcome to the unemployment world...

Congratulations to every single one of them.
E no easy.

Like contract staff banker. Earning 60k

Offpoint:
Funny only 10 out of 241 will likely impact the society, they rest will end up with white collar jobs...


Useless I must say

No b beans Na.....

Na on that Convocation Ceremony the First Class Degree glory go End... Nothing More. The Glory of Paper Certificate is Fading Away in NIGERIA

Congratulations

This is great.... waiting for the "glorified secondary school crew" to arrive.

I think about the same amount of people graduated during my time.we only had around 20 first class students.

way to go. To be only private schools sabi dish out 1st class.

Great news hope they are rewarded with employment

ehhhnn... ehhhnn... dem don de jazi. Federal and State Universities now know that bad grades doesn't guarantee good jobs. Covenant that awards 39 first class in Accounting Dept alone & over 150 first class every session has shown them d way.


Some stupid lecturers go say A is for God, B for them to give whoever they like and everybody can study hard for Cs.

If na Babcock or Covenant ..na 1500 first class go dey

Offpoint:
Funny only 10 out of 241 will likely impact the society, they rest will end up with white collar jobs...


Useless I must say

??!?!?!?!?

Assuming this news is coming out of a private university, some sadists would have started orgasm here.

University education is just an indication of having a good foundation upon which good experience could be built. So, having 1st class is not the end of the road.

No matter what discipline you chose, try to be a longlife learner.

Ayomarcel:
You go see 61 for OAU

u go c 5 for Unical God go open their files soon