Over 1200 Graduates at IUIU Today

By Saaka Ibrahim Natiti
Over 1200 students will graduate during the 29th graduation ceremony of the Islamic university in Uganda. The second virtual ceremony was hosted at the Females Campus in Kabojja on the 10th of April 2021.
704 graduates are from the Main Campus Mbale, 467 from Kampala Campus, 46 from Females Campus and 9 are from Arua Campus.
Out of the 1226, 126 were crowned with Masters Degrees, 25 with post graduate diplomas, 123 got certificates, 169 got undergraduate diplomas while, 783 graduated with under graduate Degrees.
The 1226 grandaunts are among the over 2000 students who were supposed to graduate last year, but some had not fulfilled all the requirements; including academic and financial.
According to the University Academic Registrar, Dr. Halima Wakabi Akbar, 69 students have obtained First Class degrees, 516 got Second class Upper degrees, 312 got second class lower degrees while only 7 got pass degrees.
The performance is generally good because very few students have got pass degrees, meaning that majority of students can be admitted for higher degrees The Academic Registrar stated.
The University annually gives merit awards to best academic performers. This time, the University selected the best performers from both the 28th and the 29th graduation ceremonies.
The prince Badru Kakungulu Award was given to Lujja Abdallah Aziz of Bachelor of Library & Information Science (BLIS). Abdallah Aziz was the overall best student with CGPA of 4.77.
The Rectors Award was scooped by two Computer Science students; Musau Abdullatif and Solimo Rajab, who developed electronic Farm Market application (e-farm Market app) to help connect farmer and buyer. This App enables farmers to obtain information on prices, good farming practices, weather forecast, placing orders for agricultural inputs, and available market opportunities.
The IUIU Alumni Award went to Mukite Claire, a student of Food Science and Nutrition. This award is given to the second best student with an Academic Excellence, moral uprightness and leadership capability. Clare scored First Class degree of 4.54 CGPA. Claire was a START HUB ambassador, an Innovative entrepreneurship academy that empowers students to start their own business.
Neumbe Mwajuma Mauna, of Environmental Science won the International Islamic Charitable Organization (IICO) award. IICO award is given to the best female student with an academic excellence and moral uprightness. Neumbe scored a first Class degree of CGPA 4.54.