Friday, March 20, 2015
Enugu Varsity Graduates 11,458 At 16th Convocation
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Two students who are graduating with first class honours are among 11, 458 graduands to be decorated on March 21 when Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) holds its 16th convocation at its permanent site, Agbani.
Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Cyprain Onyeji, who briefed newsmen on the convocation ceremony, said 10,920 graduands would be presented with the first degree, 109 postgraduate diploma, 414 Masters, and 15 Ph.D. certificates.
He noted that through the collaborative efforts and commitment of the teaching and non-teaching staff, the institution was able to ensure that the school calendar runs its normal course.
Professor Onyeji expressed satisfaction that within the past 34 years of its existence, ESUT had distinguished itself as a pre-eminent university for scientific and technological studies and high-level research. He said there had been a remarkable improvement on the overall state of the university since the last convocation. "We are happy that the university has recorded significant progress in the areas of pursuit of academic excellence, staff development and welfare, students' welfare and discipline, infrastructure development as well as other modalities in tandem with quality management of the university," he said.
The vice chancellor stated that 17 building projects, including hostels, faculty buildings, library complex, annexes to existing buildings, blocks of staff offices, lecture theatres, laboratories, recreational facilities and other facilities, were under various stages of completion.
He, however, listed the challenges facing the institution as physical infrastructure inadequate in municipal and support services and funding for recruitment of more academic staff for some academic programmes with glaring deficiency in staff strength.
While appreciating the support of the state government which he said is not enough as government alone cannot effectively fund tertiary education the vice chancellor said the university will continue to strive to increase its internally generated revenue just as he called on friends of the university to come to its aid.
Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Cyprain Onyeji, who briefed newsmen on the convocation ceremony, said 10,920 graduands would be presented with the first degree, 109 postgraduate diploma, 414 Masters, and 15 Ph.D. certificates.
He noted that through the collaborative efforts and commitment of the teaching and non-teaching staff, the institution was able to ensure that the school calendar runs its normal course.
Professor Onyeji expressed satisfaction that within the past 34 years of its existence, ESUT had distinguished itself as a pre-eminent university for scientific and technological studies and high-level research. He said there had been a remarkable improvement on the overall state of the university since the last convocation. "We are happy that the university has recorded significant progress in the areas of pursuit of academic excellence, staff development and welfare, students' welfare and discipline, infrastructure development as well as other modalities in tandem with quality management of the university," he said.
The vice chancellor stated that 17 building projects, including hostels, faculty buildings, library complex, annexes to existing buildings, blocks of staff offices, lecture theatres, laboratories, recreational facilities and other facilities, were under various stages of completion.
He, however, listed the challenges facing the institution as physical infrastructure inadequate in municipal and support services and funding for recruitment of more academic staff for some academic programmes with glaring deficiency in staff strength.
While appreciating the support of the state government which he said is not enough as government alone cannot effectively fund tertiary education the vice chancellor said the university will continue to strive to increase its internally generated revenue just as he called on friends of the university to come to its aid.
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