Education
First-class honors awarded to 112 varsity students in Katsina
At the institution’s seventh and eighth combined convocation, a total of 4,365 students from the Federal University Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA), Katsina State, would receive various degrees.
At a pre-convocation press conference, Professor Armaya’u Bichi, the Vice Chancellor of FUDMA, revealed that 112 students had received first-class honours.
At the simultaneous convocation ceremony, 646 students would receive third-class degrees, while 1,131 students would receive second-class upper, 2,476 second-class lower, and so on, according to Bichi.
The speaker went on to state that the university would also be awarding postgraduate degrees to 401 students, “of which 11 have PhDs, 168 have academic masters, 75 have professional masters, and 149 have postgraduate diplomas.”
“We are graduating 401 postgraduate students, out of which, 11 have PhDs, 168 have academic masters, 75 have professional masters, and 149 have postgraduate diplomas,” the vice chancellor stated, marking a first for the university.
