The NUC has revealed plans to scrap the diploma programmes run at undergraduate level in Nigerian universities.
The National Universities Commission has revealed plans to scrap the diploma programmes run at undergraduate level in Nigerian universities.
Executive Secretary of the commission, Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed confirmed these plans when he received the Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Dr Masaudu Kazaure.
According to Prof. Rasheed, only polytechnics had the
statutory right to run diploma programmes, adding that the commission
would soon notify universities to stop conducting the programmes.
While making the announcement, the Executive Secretary of National Board for Technical Education
(NBTE), Dr Kazaure, made use of the medium to dispel the rumours that
the federal government had converted the Kaduna Polytechnic and Yaba
College of Technology to City University.
It would be recalled, the NUC had announced a list of unaccredited courses in Nigerian universities.
The
Commission had warned that any certificate issued for these courses –
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