please H.N.D guys don't bite me, I saw this online so wanted to share.


Success in life should not be
determined by our alma mater. I
believe that everybody has a chance
to be successful whether they went to
a university or polytechnic. Our
success is in our hands. This write-up
is not meant to degrade HND holders.
I am one of those that are strongly
against the discrimination against
HND holders. However, the reality on
ground (due to the discrimination) is
that BSc is still more superior to HND
and I have given reasons below to
state the obvious but bitter truth.


1 Entrance Qualification – The entrance
qualification to the university is more
stringent than that to the polytechnic.
The UTME cut off for universities is
higher than that of polytechnics. All
universities require a minimum of 5
credits in WASSCE/NECO while most
polytechnics accept 4 credits as
minimum requirement. It is well
accepted that the entrance
qualification to any institution says a
lot about the prestige attached to
such institution.


2 Quality of Lecturers – You cannot
compare the quality of lecturers in
the university to that of the
polytechnic. Most university lecturers
are professors and PhD holders with
decades of teaching and research
experience to show for it. Some of
them are universally renowned
professors. The head of universities
are always renowned and experienced
academic professors. Most Master
degree holders in universities are
mere assistant lecturers. The same
cannot be said of polytechnics where
most of their ‘experienced’ lecturers
are mere BSc holders. Most rectors of
polytechnics are Msc holders, only a
few have PhD. Even corps members
lecture polytechnic students. Has it
ever occurred to you why
polytechnics find it hard to employ
even their own products (HND
holders) to lecture? Instead, they
employ mostly university grads to
teach.


3 Research Work – University is the
bedrock of research work. Research
work lays the foundation of
advancement and any sane society
will rate any higher institution by the
quality of their research.
Unfortunately, the quality of research
work in Nigerian universities is poor
but this is still far better than that of
polytechnics that do absolutely
nothing (or very negligible research
work).


4 Funding– Universities are much
more funded than polytechnics. One
of the metrics for determining the
quality of an institution is the level of
funding. No wonder, the government
and the media pay more attention to
the demand of ASUU over ASUP.
Thus, you will expect a product of a
university to be better trained than
that of a polytechnic.


5 Quality of students – The brightest,
youngest and most motivated
students go to the universities. Go to
a polytechnic and what you will see a
lot of dejected, not-so-young students
who have written UTME many times
but have not succeeded. A few in the
polytechnics are young and bright,
but they are few and far between. The
majority of young and bright
students, just fresh from secondary
school are found within the 4 walls of
the university. Thus, most university
grads are of higher intellectual
quality than their poly counterparts.


6 Size and Beauty of Campus – A lot can
be said about the quality of an
institution by the architectural
structures of the institutions. Let’s
take the elite universities and
polytechnics in Nigeria for instance.
One cannot compare the architectural
edifices in the prestigious OAU, UI,
ABU, UNN, UNILAG, UNIBEN to that
of Yabatech, Kadpoly, Auchi, Bida
Poly or any polytechnic in Nigeria. No
polytechnic in Nigeria can even
compete with some 2nd and 3rd
generation universities like FUT
Minna, UniJos, FUTA, etc in terms of
structures.


7 Preference / Demand – The preference
for BSc is higher than for OND/HND.
All or almost all aspiring students
wish to go to the university.
Employers generally prefer BSc
holders over HND holders. HND
holders are seen as middle level
manpower (That was the intent when
polytechnics were initially created).
There are more opportunities for BSc
holders not just within the country
but outside Nigeria. Jobs and
scholarship opportunities abound for
BSc holders and undergraduates while
it is almost non-existent for HND
holders.


8 Self Esteem – Last but not the least,
an average BSc holder is more
confident than an average HND
holder. This is however not the fault
of HND holders who unfortunately
have to face stiff discrimination in the
labour market, thus negatively
impacting on their self esteem.


Your comment.

shogotermies:
please H.N.D guys don't bite me, I saw this online so wanted to share.

Success in life should not be
determined by our alma mater. I
believe that everybody has a chance
to be successful whether they went to
a university or polytechnic. Our
success is in our hands. This write-up
is not meant to degrade HND holders.
I am one of those that are strongly
against the discrimination against
HND holders. However, the reality on
ground (due to the discrimination) is
that BSc is still more superior to HND
and I have given reasons below to
state the obvious but bitter truth.

1 Entrance Qualification – The entrance
qualification to the university is more
stringent than that to the polytechnic.
The UTME cut off for universities is
higher than that of polytechnics. All
universities require a minimum of 5
credits in WASSCE/NECO while most
polytechnics accept 4 credits as
minimum requirement. It is well
accepted that the entrance
qualification to any institution says a
lot about the prestige attached to
such institution.

2 Quality of Lecturers – You cannot
compare the quality of lecturers in
the university to that of the
polytechnic. Most university lecturers
are professors and PhD holders with
decades of teaching and research
experience to show for it. Some of
them are universally renowned
professors. The head of universities
are always renowned and experienced
academic professors. Most Master
degree holders in universities are
mere assistant lecturers. The same
cannot be said of polytechnics where
most of their ‘experienced’ lecturers
are mere BSc holders. Most rectors of
polytechnics are Msc holders, only a
few have PhD. Even corps members
lecture polytechnic students. Has it
ever occurred to you why
polytechnics find it hard to employ
even their own products (HND
holders) to lecture? Instead, they
employ mostly university grads to
teach.

3 Research Work – University is the
bedrock of research work. Research
work lays the foundation of
advancement and any sane society
will rate any higher institution by the
quality of their research.
Unfortunately, the quality of research
work in Nigerian universities is poor
but this is still far better than that of
polytechnics that do absolutely
nothing (or very negligible research
work).

4 Funding– Universities are much
more funded than polytechnics. One
of the metrics for determining the
quality of an institution is the level of
funding. No wonder, the government
and the media pay more attention to
the demand of ASUU over ASUP.
Thus, you will expect a product of a
university to be better trained than
that of a polytechnic.

5 Quality of students – The brightest,
youngest and most motivated
students go to the universities. Go to
a polytechnic and what you will see a
lot of dejected, not-so-young students
who have written UTME many times
but have not succeeded. A few in the
polytechnics are young and bright,
but they are few and far between. The
majority of young and bright
students, just fresh from secondary
school are found within the 4 walls of
the university. Thus, most university
grads are of higher intellectual
quality than their poly counterparts.

6 Size and Beauty of Campus – A lot can
be said about the quality of an
institution by the architectural
structures of the institutions. Let’s
take the elite universities and
polytechnics in Nigeria for instance.
One cannot compare the architectural
edifices in the prestigious OAU, UI,
ABU, UNN, UNILAG, UNIBEN to that
of Yabatech, Kadpoly, Auchi, Bida
Poly or any polytechnic in Nigeria. No
polytechnic in Nigeria can even
compete with some 2nd and 3rd
generation universities like FUT
Minna, UniJos, FUTA, etc in terms of
structures.

7 Preference / Demand – The preference
for BSc is higher than for OND/HND.
All or almost all aspiring students
wish to go to the university.
Employers generally prefer BSc
holders over HND holders. HND
holders are seen as middle level
manpower (That was the intent when
polytechnics were initially created).
There are more opportunities for BSc
holders not just within the country
but outside Nigeria. Jobs and
scholarship opportunities abound for
BSc holders and undergraduates while
it is almost non-existent for HND
holders.

8 Self Esteem – Last but not the least,
an average BSc holder is more
confident than an average HND
holder. This is however not the fault
of HND holders who unfortunately
have to face stiff discrimination in the
labour market, thus negatively
impacting on their self esteem.

Your comment.

I AM A GRADUATE OF UNILAG AKOKA..... AND I HAVE A GOOD JOB HOPING TO START MY OWN SOON. BUT I HAVE LEARNT BY OBSERVING AND BY BITTER EXPERIENCES AT NYSC THAT CERTIFICATE IS ONLY PAPER AND HAS NO INTEGRITY LIKE SABIFICATE and bros THAT IS WHAT HND PEEPS AND MANY WHO DIDNT EVEN GO TO SCHOOL HAVE....

Hmmm