The Federal University of Technology, Minna on Tuesday said out of the 3,490 graduands of the 2013/2014 academic session, it will graduate 34 as first class.
The Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Musbau Adewumi Akanji, said on Tuesday at a press briefing on the occasion of the 24th convocation ceremony of the school that in the last set, 82 first class was recorded.
According to Akanji: “A total of 3,490 graduands will be conferred with degrees and diplomas.
“This is made up of 2,903 First degrees, 105 Postgraduate diplomas, 453 Masters’ and 29 Doctoral degrees.
“Of the first degree category, which is classified, 34 are First class, 811 in Second class upper division, 1,363 in Second class lower division, 648 in Third class, while 47 are with Pass degrees.”
Akanji further stated that out of the 138 Universities in the country, University of Lagos is first position, while the FUT, Minna has moved to sixth position in Nigeria and 57th in Africa as against its previous positions of ninth in Nigeria and 68th in Africa.
Speaking on malpractices, the VC said any student found wanting risks outright expulsion from the institution, adding that total dismissal awaits any lecturer who indulges in same.
He added: “A slight infringement is now total expulsion.
“We have an examination malpractice committee that is saddled with the responsibility of scrutinising any case of malpractice.”
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