215 Students Bags 1st Class At Covenant University

The Covenant University, Otah Ogun State has again produced a record-breaking result as 215 students of the institution were conferred with First Class degrees at its 2018/2019 convocation on Friday.

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Aaron Atayero, performed the ceremony during the institutions’ 14th Convocation and the Conferment of Honourary Doctorate Degrees, and Presentation of Prizes.

The event took place within the institution’s campus in Ota, Ogun State.

1,580 students graduated for the academic session.

They comprised: 215 first-class honours, 668-second class upper honours, 415-second class lower, 9 in third class and 239 post-graduates.

Miss Ajia Motunrayo, a student in the Department of Petroleum Engineering, College of Engineering, emerged the overall best student with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 5.0.

This was the first time the institution would be attaining such a feat, the closest being the 2016 convocation where Master Winner Deji-Folutile from Department of Architecture had 4.97.

Atayero in his address noted that education is a powerful weapon which can be used to change the world and achieve sustainable economic growth, especially, on the African continent.

”The institution is committed to supporting and encouraging research and development works aimed at providing innovative solutions to societal problems and enhancing the quality of life as enunciated in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda,” he said.

The VC said that Covenant University had continued to provide quality education by providing lifelong learning opportunities through granting public access to resources of the institution’s Centre for Learning