The Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA) says 42 of its 5,249 graduates in the 2020/2021 academic set will be given automatic jobs in the institution as graduate assistants.
The Vice Chancellor of AAUA, Prof. Olugbenga Ige, stated this on Monday at a conference heralding its 12th convocation.
Ige said that the First Class category students would be offered the job immediately after they were done with their National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) programme.
He said that numerous academic prizes would be awarded to outstanding graduates who had excelled in their various fields.
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“A total of 5,249 graduates from the 2020/2021 set will be honoured this year.
“The Faculty of Education leads with 1,202 graduates, followed by Science, Arts, Social Sciences, Administration and Management Sciences, Agriculture, Law, the Institute of Part-Time, and the Institute of Education.
“180 graduates are receiving postgraduate degrees, with 24 in the PhD category.
“Of the graduating class, 42 achieved First Class; 1,088 in Second Class Upper Division; 2,264 in Second Class Lower Division and 605 in Third Class.
“We are giving the 42 graduates with First Class automatic jobs as graduate assistants when they are through with their NYSC service,” he stated.
The VC said that the 42 graduates on First Class could hold their heads anywhere in the world, adding that they worked for it. (NAN)
