About 65 inmates from correctional centers are graduating from the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).
The inmates are among the 28,740 students who will be graduating during the institution’s forthcoming convocation.
The Vice-Chancellor of NOUN, Prof. Olufemi Peters, disclosed this yesterday in Abuja.
According to him, 58 of the inmates are undergraduates and seven are postgraduates who are studying at no cost as the university offers them scholarships as part of its social responsibility and provides them the opportunity to make a living for themselves after serving their terms.
Speaking at its 12th pre-convocation briefing, Peters said six students would be awarded First Class; 2,306 Second Class Upper; 11,075 Second Class Lower; and 5,558 Third Class.
He said the convocation would take place simultaneously at the 114 study centers of the university across the country to get students and parents to participate from the centers close to them.
He said NOUN was working on a new proposal for the National Youth Service Corps with the “hope it will be more receptive and bring in some of the students into NYSC.”
