The Vice Chancellor of the Gombe State University, GSU, Prof. Aliyu Elnafaty, on Thursday, mentioned 116 out of the 5,944 graduating students of the college, handed out with First Class honours.
Mr Elnafaty disclosed this in the course of the press briefing forward of the mixed convocation of the college, which is scheduled to carry from Oct. 10 to Oct. 13, for the award of first levels, postgraduate diploma, increased levels and prizes.
He mentioned 28 had distinction from the non-classified levels (Professional), 1,511 bought second class higher and three,326 second class decrease, have been 801 had third class levels and 162 graduated with move levels.
He mentioned out of the quantity, 40 per cent have been feminine, a rise from 30 per cent in the final three years. “This is because we minimised the disparity between male and female students.
“We understand the challenge of Girl-child education in the North East region of the country and that the rapid socio-economic development of a nation is linked to the standard of women and their level of education”.
Mr Elnafaty mentioned that the college had skilled speedy improvement and had grown in high quality and measurement, including that “we have 40 undergraduates and 68 post graduate programmes, all of which had full accreditation by the National Universities Commission and other relevant bodies”.
He additionally mentioned the college would confer honorary doctorate levels on Vice President Kashim Shettima, Prof. Idris Mohammed, a famend Professor of Infectious illness, Mr Boss Mustapha former Secretary to Government of the Federation, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, former Minister of Finance and Kashim Imam, former member, Board of Trustees of TETFund.
Others are Maj. Gen. Timothy Shelpidi (Late), who was the General Commander of the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring group in Liberia and Malam Abdulhadi Usman, self -trained scientist, who invented a cooking range, which makes use of water and producing plant that generates vitality as much as 7.5 KVA with out using gas.
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