TWO best
graduates, male and female and two worst graduates, male and female in the
2016/2017 academic sessions of the University of Ilorin, have been awarded
scholarships to study in Oxford, United Kingdom.
The
announcement, made by the registrar of the university, Mr Emmanuel Obafemi, at
the second day of the 33rd convocation of the university on Saturday, was
greeted by loud ovation at the event.
The
registrar said that the cumulative grade performance aggregate (CGPA)
determined the beneficiaries.
The
scholarship awards were presented to the graduates by an international scholar,
chair and founder of Excellence in Education Programme, Oxford, UK, Professor
Chris Imafidon,
Imafidon,
who had argued, while delivering the 33rd convocation lecture of the
university, entitled, The Genius in You, said there was no worst graduates, but
rather, the country was blessed with human resources, and he planned to turn
them all to geniuses.
Speaking on
the dwindling fortune of the education sector at the event, President Muhammad
Buhari, represented by the executive secretary of the National Universities
Commission (NUC), Professor Abdulrasheed Abubakar, said he had directed the
Minister of Education to convene a summit to tackle key problems of the sector.
He said the
meeting would be convened within the next few weeks, and would be attended by
all his cabinet members, added that it would aim to restore education to its
lead role of human development game-changer.
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