FUNAAB To Graduate 81 Students With First Class Honour.

A total of 81 students of the Federal University of
Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) are to graduate with
first class honours, 1,267 with second class (upper
division), 1,695 with second class (lower division), while 427 and 30
will be graduating with third class
and pass respectively.

These figures came out of a total of 3,859 first degree and
postgraduate degree students of the institution that will be
graduating for the 2011/2012 and
2012/2013 academic sessions.
Vice Chancellor of the university, Olusola Oyewole,
gave this indication this during a pre convocation
press conference in Abeokuta on Monday, stressing
that the school was conscious of contributing its
quota to the development of the society in line with
its motto, 'Knowledge for development'.
He added that efforts are being made to ensure that
the institution's research outputs are relevant to the
needs of the society.
The VC said over the years the university has
maintained high academic standards made possible
by the immense contributions of its ever dedicated
members of staff, coupled with conducive and
peaceful teaching and learning environment within
the available resources.
Speaking on the activities to mark the joint 21st and
22nd convocation ceremony, Oyewole explained that
there will be research and agriculture fair today,
'Heroes day of recognition and excellence' on
Thursday, convocation lecture to be delivered by Vice
Chancellor, Caleb University, Imota, Ayodeji Olukoju,
on Friday, and the convocation proper on Saturday.
He stated that all activities to mark the ceremony will
be held at the university's ceremonial building.
He added that the tradition of excellence has helped
the university greatly in producing well-behaved
graduates who are making waves in all facets of life.
"Although the Webometrics ranking is not a total
reflection of quality, it however serves as an
indication of our commitment to excellence.
"It is a thing of joy that FUNAAB is still the second
best university in Nigeria and 29th in Africa in the
world Webometrics Ranking.
"FUNAAB also recorded another landmark
achievement by becoming a World Bank Africa
Centre of Excellence in Agriculture," he said.

And if you can recall APH produced the best graduating student for the
2012/2013 Session with a CGPA of 4.90. APH also produced 6 first class
and 50 2nd Class upper.

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