Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, UDUSOK to implement NUC approved scoring and grading in Nigerian Universities. UDUSOK will now adopt E as F. Senate at its 304th (Special) meeting held on Friday 7th October, 2016 considered the grading system in line with the NUC new approved Guidelines for Course System and Grade Point Average in Nigerian Universities and approved the following Table:
Vary according to Contact hours assigned to each course per week per semester and according to student workload
70 – 100 A

60 – 69 B

50 – 59 C

45 – 49 D

0 – 44 E

TABLE 2: Degree Classification based on CGPA

Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) Class of Degree

3.5 - 4.00 First Class

3.0-3.49 2nd Class Upper

2.0-2.99 2nd Class Lower

1.0-1.99 Third Class

No wonder the number of first class graduates are on the rise during our days, one first class graduate is seen as God's given. If this were implemented back then, we would have had many more true first class graduates not what they churn out these days