52 graduate with First Class at Babcock

No fewer than 52 students, yesterday, graduated with First Class honours at Babcock University, BU, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State. 1,059 made Second Class Upper, while 248 made Second Class Lower.

BU’s President/Vice Chancellor, Prof. James Makinde, said 1,359 graduands were awarded degrees and diploma, cutting across the nine faculties of the university.

Twenty graduated with Postgraduate Diplomas, 71 with Masters and 41, Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D.

He said: “1,359 graduands will be awarded degrees and diplomas in Basic Applied Sciences, Public and Allied Health, Education and Humanities, Babcock Business School, Law and Security Studies, Computing and Engineering Sciences, Nursing Sciences, Agriculture and Industrial Technology, and the Benjamin S. Carson School of Medicine, in its Biochemistry programme.”

Makinde said no Third Class or Pass was recorded, adding that “the university is commitment to producing functional employable graduates with entrepreneurship skills.”