THE National Universities Commission (NUC) has scrapped the ‘Pass’ grading in the nation’s universities.
The
implications are that, 44 per cent rather than the initial 39 per cent will now
be the mark for assessing failure just as ‘Third Class’ will now be the least
grade for graduation in all the universities.
According
to the Vice Chancellor, Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Prof.
Abdulrsheed Na’Allah Tuesday at the pre-convocation press briefing of the
university, the directive would be easier to implement at KWASU as the
university had started the grading system since establishment three and a half
years ago.
He
said: “The KWASU had technically eliminated the pass grading by making 45 per
cent the least scores for success. Even the NUC had recently given the same
order to all the nation’s universities.”
No
fewer than 231 students of the institution are to graduate on Saturday, June 1
this year during its maiden convocation ceremony.
According
to Na’Allah, five of the graduating students made the first class grade, 59
made the Second Class Upper list, 145 made second Class lower list and 22 are
in the Third Class degree. He said those who are not graduating together with
their colleagues will not be included in the graduands’ list due to the
Senate’s decision to ensure that they remedied their areas of deficiencies
before graduation.
He
said the university was established to engineer development and it has been
doing that in due course.
He
explained that the university started academic activities on December 17, 2009
and that since then it has implemented the vision and mission of getting to its
glorious level.
He
said in pursuance of the mandate of the university, it has established Malete
film village, Rana Power Company, among others to support the students and the
host community.
Already,
the Rana Solar power when perfected would serve as veritable source of energy
for the host community and the institution.
Source: Guardian
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