The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) will graduate 444 cadets of the 73 Regular Course and 3,064 postgraduate students at its 36th Convocation Ceremony.
The Academy Provost, Professor Bolanle Ajibuah, disclosed this at a pre-convocation press briefing in Kaduna on behalf of the Commandant, Major General Oluyemi Olatoye.
Ajibuah said the graduating cadets had completed five years of training, comprising four years of academic studies and one year of full military training.
According to him, the cadets would be awarded Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BSc) and Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) degrees across 23 departments.
“One of the graduating cadets is an allied cadet from Congo Brazzaville.”
Ajibuah explained that the 444 graduating cadets comprised 152 from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, 53 from the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, 128 from the Faculty of Science, 56 from the Faculty of Management Studies and 55 from the Faculty of Military Science and Interdisciplinary Studies.
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On the classification of degrees, Ajibuah said 19 cadets graduated with First Class, 156 with Second Class Upper, 222 with Second Class Lower, while 47 obtained Third Class degrees.
“3,064 postgraduate students would also receive PhDs, master’s degrees and postgraduate diplomas in various fields,” Ajibuah said.
He said the postgraduate graduands comprised 160 PhD students, 2,132 master’s students and 769 postgraduate diploma students.
Ajibuah further explained that five faculty best graduating cadets, 23 departmental best graduating cadets and five cadets with the best research projects would receive academic prizes.
