The management of Adekunle Ajasin University has disclosed that indigenous students of the school recently got loans.
According to a report published by the Vanguard News on Friday, November 6, the Vice-Chancellor of the school, Professor Igbekele Ajibefun, said this during a briefing at the 9th convocation and the 20th Founder’s Day anniversary of the institution.
He said:
“Under the arrangement, the University pays 50 percent of the school fees of all physically-challenged students, while best students in every department with CGPA in the first-class range get scholarship at the end of the academic session.
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”Loans of about one-third of school fees are also made available to indigent students who cannot pay their school fees.
”Other individuals and philanthropists have also provided support for students’ scholarship, including the Olusegun Agagu Foundation, which has provided N2 million as scholarship for talented students of the University.
”Of the total figure for first degree, 20 candidates made First Class; 933 earned Second Class (Upper Division), 2,007 bagged Second Class (Lower Division) while 623 and 28 are in Third Class and Pass category respectively.
”We are presenting 3,804 graduands at this 9th Convocation, with the Faculty of Education leading with 1,112, followed by the faculties of Science and Social & Management Sciences with 810 and 786 graduands respectively