KWASU Produces 16, 315 Graduates At Combined Convocation
Kwara state University, Malete, has produced 16,315 graduates for the 10th and 11th combined convocation ceremony for the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 academic sessions.
There are 183 first class for the combined convocation ceremony, the Vice-Chancellor Professor Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh, announced at a press conference held at the main campus of the institution on Tuesday.
For the 2021/2022 academic session, 11,096 students will graduate while 4,107 will be produced by the institution.
Professor Shaykh-Luqman, asserted that despite the current upheavals in the Nigerian university system and the persistent challenges posed by climate change, economic challenges and social conflicts, the institution had continued to make impactful advances.
According to the VC, “to us, we believe that it is only through proper, efficient and consistent education that we can surmount the onerous tasks that confront Nigeria as a nation.”
He said despite many odds facing tertiary education in Nigeria, the institution has maintained the tradition of a stable academic calendar.
The VC, disclosed that the university has secured NUC’s approval to commence 24 new academic programmes in 2021.
The approval, he explained, “is coming on the heels of several accreditation and reaccreditation successes from the NUC,” adding that ” the increasing number of courses necessitated creation of additional faculties for more efficient administration.”
Professor Shaykh-Luqman, said the institution has within the limited red, continued to invest in infrastructure on the campus with remarkable transformations which are enhancing the learning and working environment.
The VC enumerated some challenges of the institution to include land encroachment, poor state of the road to the main campus from Shao to Malete, provision of adequate accommodations for students.
