By Rita Enemuru, Reporting
IGBO and Yoruba have topped the post-graduate list of graduands of the Department of Nursing in the University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (UK).
The list
The graduation ceremony, which took place on Friday, December 9, 2022, had mostly Nigerians of about of 42 Igbo and 34 Yoruba graduands and other Nigerian tribes such as Urhobo, Efik and Ibibio on the list.
Checks by Stonix News, however, showed that the graduands are from the Department of Nursing, Health under the School of Health and Social Work of the institution.
The table of graduation ceremony
Hertfordshire University, as it was gathered, is one of the cheapest in the UK with its tuition said to be less than £10,000 per year for home students and about £14,000 for international students.
Its affordability makes it a highly sought-after institution for many Nigerians seeking to study abroad.
According to the 2022 Guardian University Guide, the institution is ranked 90 among universities in the UK with Oxford University taking the first spot.
The institution was formerly known as Hatfield Polytechnic. In 1992, it was granted university status by the British government and subsequently renamed the University of Hertfordshire.
Stonix News reports that the number of Nigerian youths seeking admission to the UK varsities has continued to soar due to the downward trend of the quality of university education in Nigeria.
For instance, for eight months out of the 12 months available in 2022, lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) grounded the Federal Government-owned universities over refusal of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to honour the agreement it had reached with the lecturers.
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