No fewer than 519 students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, would be graduating from the institution in the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 academic sessions with first class.
The university’s Vice Chancellor, Prof Adenike Oladiji disclosed this on Friday at a press conference heralding the activities line up for the combined 34th and 35th convocation ceremonies of the institution.
According to her, a total of 6,404 students of the two academic sessions would be graduating at the ceremony at the undergraduate level while 960 students would be graduating at postgraduate level.
Giving the breakdown of the classes of the degrees of the graduating students, the VC said, “A total of 519 students are in first class category, 3,408, are in second class (upper division) category, while 2,139 are in second class lower division and 339 has third class.”
The don also stated that in the category of gender, the two sessions produced 4,591 males and 1,814 females.
On the academic and infrastructural development of the institution, Oladiji stated that the university is doing well as none of its academic programmes had been unaccredited, expressing optimism that seven other programmes on awaiting accreditation “will soon be greenlighted by the National Universities Commission.
“The School of Postgraduate Studies coordinates the postgraduate programmes of all the departments. There are currently 59 academic programmes in the University, and none has been denied accreditation. The University continues to reassess her academic programmes for global relevance and competitiveness,”
“Under the current administration in the university, significant advancement has been recorded in physical and infrastructural development. The projects demonstrate the administration’s commitment to creating a conducive learning environment, fostering innovation, and enhancing the overall university experience.:
She also stated that, in the second half of her administration, the institution had involved in series of fora where the challenges of the university were discussed and solutions had been proffered to subdue those challenges, especially challenge of power and energy and she expressed hope that all the efforts would be beneficial to the future of the varsity.
“I have no doubt that we have every cause to look forward to a brighter and more inspiring second half of my vice-chancellorship. A lot of interactions have elicited our core challenges and how we could address them, especially the energy challenge.
I am very optimistic that with a very stable and convivial industrial ambience, we shall take FUTA to higher heights,” she said