Joke: Degree

I went to buy fufu at the junction, while waiting for change I saw a woman with a little child. The child was walking a bit faster than the woman then the woman shouted; “Degree wait for me”. I was so amazed at hearing that name. So to satisfy my curiosity,I walked closer to the woman and asked; “ma, why do u call this child degree”? The woman laughed and said “I sent her mother to the University and this is what she brought home…