About 104 students graduated with first-class degrees from Al-Qalam University in Katsina State.
The vice chancellor of the university, Prof Nasiru Musa Yauri, disclosed this at the second combined convocation of the university at the weekend.
He said about 10,000 students graduated between the 2016 and 2023 sessions, of which, 9, 894 were conferred with bachelor’s degrees.
Yauri said, “About 104 graduated with first class degrees, 1, 910 with second class upper division, 5,365, second class lower division, 2,399 third class, and 116 graduated with pass degrees.
“At the postgraduate level, seven graduates will receive their doctor of philosophy degrees (PhDs), 125 masters, and seven postgraduate diplomas,”
He tasked the graduating students to continue to exhibit good moral behaviour and to be good representatives of the school as they move on to their future.
The pro-chancellor of the institution, Alhaji Sani Zangon Daura, said the institution was established under the auspices of the Katsina Islamic Foundation (KIF), making reasonable contributions to the development of education in the state, Nigeria and beyond.
He added that Al-Qalam was a non-profit institution and a community university offering various opportunities to students from diverse backgrounds at affordable fees.
The school conferred honorary doctorate degrees on the Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumin Kabir-Usman and the pro-chancellor Zangon-Daura, the Emir of Kazaure, Alhaji Najib Hussaini-Adamu and Alhaji Abdulsamad Isiyaka-Rabiu.
