Buhari's Government Scraps HNDs and ONDs, Merges All Polytechnics With Universities

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a comprehensive reform of Nigeria’s tertiary education system, scrapping the award of the Higher National Diploma (HND) by the nation’s polytechnics. In effect, the award of the HND will be limited to only the students currently admitted for the programmes. Also, all the programmes currently being run by the polytechnics, which are not technology-based, and which are about 70 per cent, will be scrapped. Under the new rule, the polytechnics will now become campuses of the proximate universities with the Vice Chancellors of those universities appointing provosts for the polytechnics, subject to the ratification of the Universities Councils.

The polytechnics will now be limited to award of the National Diploma (ND) while those desirous of further education will be awarded the Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) by the proximate university. To kick-start the new policy, the nation’s two most prominent polytechnics – Yaba College of Technology and Kaduna Polytechnic –
will henceforth be known as City University of Technology, Yaba and City University of Technology, Kaduna.
And to give legal teeth to these approvals, the FEC approved the submission of two Executive bills to the National Assembly for enactment into law.
With education being on the concurrent list, the states may wish to consolidate their tertiary institutions. But if they do not wish to follow the federal example, their programmes will continue to be regulated by the relevant agencies of the Federal Ministry of Education. The first bill will concretise the setting up of the two city universities while the second will approve the preparation and consolidation of all federal polytechnics and colleges of education as campuses of proximate universities.
The Ministry of Justice will do the preparation and submission of the two bills to the National Assembly.

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Posted: at 1-08-2016 10:06 AM (7 years ago) | Upcoming

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Posted: at 1-08-2016 10:17 AM (7 years ago) | Hero

How is for good

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Posted: at 1-08-2016 10:38 AM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Cant still believe dis,,,,

Posted: at 1-08-2016 11:48 AM (7 years ago) | Hero

smh. is this the right solution for our decaying tertiary education system?

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Posted: at 1-08-2016 12:13 PM (7 years ago) | Addicted Hero

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Posted: at 1-08-2016 03:10 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Well, we are watching

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Posted: at 2-08-2016 03:22 PM (7 years ago) | Addicted Hero