Meet The 11 First Class Graduates Who Got Automatic Employment In Katsina State

The Federal University, Dutsin-ma, Katsina State, on Saturday, gave 11 students automatic employment after they graduated with a First Class degree.

Prof. James Ayatse made this disclosure in Dutsin-ma at the maiden convocation of the institution.

Ayatse said that the students graduated from 11 departments in the Arts, Management/Social Sciences and Education faculties.

“I am glad to inform you that the university’s Governing Council has approved that appointment letters of the First Class graduands be issued to them during this ceremony,’’ he said.

49 students graduated in the Second Class Upper Division, 46 in Class Lower Division while four students had a Third Class.

Students who stood out in various fields were also rewarded with schorlaships. 

Ayatse said 696 students had so far benefited from the scholarship scheme since the inception of the university in 2010, adding that the institution had already mobilised its first set of students for the 2015 Batch ‘B’ National Youth Service Corps.

During his speech, he said that, despite challenges of funding, the objective of the University is to be ranked high among the best tertiary institutions in the world.