ESUT to henceforth conduct convocation annually – V-C
The Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), says it will henceforth hold it’s convocation annually in line with established norms.
The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Aloysius-Okolie, said this at the 18th pre-Convocation press briefing at the university auditorium, Agbani campus.
The vice-chancellor said that, his administration had resolved to tackle the backlog of convocations from 2016 to 2021.
“The management frowned at the situation and resolved to tackle the backlog from 2016 to 2021 and by so doing, reverse the trend and pave way for annual convocation.
“The 18th convocation is for graduands from 2016 to 2021, covering five academic seasons, with a total of 29,240 graduands to be admitted into various degrees.
The figure, according to him, consists of 1,807 postgraduate diploma; 3,155 Master’s degree; 2,130 MBA and 850 PhDs.
“First degree graduands shows that 35 came out with first class honours, 4,953 made second class upper and 14,743 second class lower
“1,284 students were in the third class category, while 283 recorded pass degree, making it a total of 21, 298 first degree graduands within the period,” he said.
He said that the management, under his administration, had set out to reactivate and entrench some of the celebrated and true academic cultures for which top universities were known.
“We are out to activate and strengthen the capacity of quality assurance and servicing unit, strict monitoring and enforcement of discipline.
“We are also activating relevant university committees for effective service delivery and prompt response to infractions of and breaches to extant regulations.
“The university is also re-introducing the committee on reward for excellence, prompt processing of certificates, reactivation of inaugural lectures and promotion of fundamental principle of management by inclusive participation.
“We are equally imbibing professionalism, passion, ownership and competitive mindset among the leaderships at the various levels of the university administration, among other critical breakthroughs.
Okolie said that arrangements were being concluded with some consultants to go into mechanised agriculture, with intent to becoming major suppliers of palm oil and papaw fruits in the next two years.
“These we hope to achieve by utilising the vast expanse of land at the our disposal to plant about 2,000 seedling of hybrid palm oil and 1000 hybrid pawpaw tress.
The vice-chancellor said that his administration had resolved to be handing over the certificates of graduands to them on the day of convocation and not waiting for years before collection them.
“In this convocation, we will be awarding honorary degrees to five people who have rendered selfless service to the society, as approved by the ESUT Governing Council,” he said.
