Nigeria Fed Government Discontinues HND Certificate Programs in Polytechnics
The Nigerian Government on June 6, 2018 confirmed it volition halt awarding HND Certificate for Polytechnic graduates as well as introduced novel rules upon which this latest evolution volition last construct upon. Read this press unloose from dailypost.ng.
The determination was reached at the Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Midweek where the blessing of a comprehensive reform of Nigeria’s third teaching organisation was made.
In effect, the honor of HND Certificate volition last express to solely the students currently admitted for the programmes.
Also, all the programmes currently beingness run past times polytechnics, which are non technology-based, as well as which are almost seventy per cent, volition last scrapped.
Under the novel rule, the polytechnics volition at nowadays larn campuses of the proximate universities amongst the Vice Chancellors of those universities appointing provosts for the polytechnics, champaign of report to the ratification of the Universities Councils.
The polytechnics volition at nowadays last express to honor of the National Diploma (ND) land those desirous of farther teaching volition last awarded the Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) past times the proximate university.
To kick-start the novel policy, the nation’s 2 most prominent polytechnics – Yaba College of Technology as well as Kaduna Polytechnic – volition henceforth last known equally City University of Technology, Yaba as well as City University of Technology, Kaduna.
And to give legal teeth to these approvals, the FEC approved the submission of 2 Executive bills to the National Assembly for enactment.
With teaching beingness on the concurrent list, the states may want to consolidate their third institutions. But if they exercise non want to follow the federal example, their programmes volition boot the bucket along to last regulated past times the relevant agencies of the Federal Ministry of Education.
The showtime pecker volition concretise the setting upwards of the 2 urban core universities land the minute volition approve the training as well as consolidation of all federal polytechnics as well as colleges of teaching equally campuses of proximate universities.
The Ministry of Justice volition exercise the training as well as submission of the 2 bills to the National Assembly.
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, told journalists afterwards the weekly coming together of the council that nether the reform measures, his ministry building would, however, boot the bucket along to license soul polytechnics as well as colleges of teaching for the honor of qualification at ND as well as National Certificate inwards Education (NCE) levels.
He said, “There volition last no to a greater extent than honor of HND Certificate.
“After nosotros get got exhausted the electrical flow students nether the programme, in that location volition last no to a greater extent than honor of HND Certificate. This agency that in that location volition last no fresh admission for HND programmes. And inwards addition, whatever programme that is non technical volition last out of the polytechnics.
“About seventy per cent of polytechnic graduates are inwards the non-technical courses. It is going to last a rigorous implementation programme.”
A ministerial commission to ensure the polish implementation of all that is required for the take-off of the reform initiatives is to get move immediately.
Adamu said, “The HND certificate volition rest a legal tender inwards Nigeria as well as holders of such certificate volition boot the bucket along to last recognised equally the equivalent of showtime marking holders without discriminatory remunerations as well as restrict to progression inwards the move place.
“The NCE certificate volition last retained equally the minimum teaching qualification at the basic aeroplane of education. Any higher qualifications past times these soul or state-owned polytechnics volition last solely affiliation amongst a university. So, HND is no longer inwards existence, simply existing HND volition last respected as well as considered legal tender.”
So what exercise you lot recollect almost this movement past times the Nigerian Government? Personally, I recollect ending this HND as well as BSC Dichotomy is long overdue. Anyway, you lot tin cheque this out list of federal universities inwards Nigeria that accepts minute alternative candidates.
