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The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) is set to graduate 17,420 students at its 14th convocation ceremony in Abuja this Saturday. Vice Chancellor Professor Olufemi Peters revealed that 16 undergraduates will receive First Class degrees, while 10,967 students will graduate with undergraduate degrees and 6,413 with postgraduate degrees.

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A total of 10,967 students are expected to graduate with undergraduate degrees, with a breakdown of 16 First Class, 1,417 Second Class Upper, 5,518 Second Class Lower, and 2,761 Third Class. Additionally, 6,413 students will graduate with postgraduate degrees, including 2,103 postgraduate diplomas, 4,310 master’s degrees, and 40 Ph.D.s.

NOUN has also made significant strides in technology deployment, with over 350 IT personnel, making it a leader among open universities in Africa. The university has also gained global recognition, including an invitation to host a global conference by the International Council for Distance Education.

Two outstanding Nigerians will receive honorary degrees: Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, and Rt Hon Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Dr Adesina will deliver the convocation lecture, and the ceremony will be chaired by former INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega

“I want to report that this is another opportunity for us to celebrate the academic achievements of our students,” said Professor Peters. “A total of 17,420 students will be graduating this year, comprising 10,967 undergraduates, 6,413 postgraduates, and 40 students who are graduating at the Ph.D. level.”

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“We have nine faculties now. We added a faculty of computing recently in line with what the National Universities Commission has prescribed and in line with the global trend about what computing and IT do to the lives of every person on the planet,” he added.

“We want to continue to encourage our regulatory bodies of education that the one brush they use for accreditation may no longer be sustainable. We will suggest that they sit down and do a little bit more engineering of accreditation processes,” Professor Peters said.

“For the record, our IT personnel number over 350; there is no university that is a house to IT experts like our university. The same thing with Councillors; we have over 350 Councillors; no university houses this number of Councillors,” he said.

“I did a statement about our relationship with other bodies, and one of those is the International Council for Distance Education, and we are now also recognised that we were invited formally to submit a proposal to host their global conference. That is a sign of our contribution to the world,” Professor Peters said.

“At this convocation, we are also going to give honorary degrees. This Friday, we have an erudite scholar, a proud son of Nigeria, who is making waves all over the world, the person of Dr Akinwumi Adesina. We are going to give Dr Adesina one honorary award, and we also going give to another notable Nigerian, the Rt Hon Speaker, Federal House Representative, Dr. Tajudeen Abbas,” he said

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