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.
Minister of Education, Mall. Adamu, told journalists after the weekly meeting of the council that under the reform measures, her ministry would, however, continue to licence private polytechnics and colleges of education for the award of qualification at ND and National Certificate in Education (NCE) levels.
She said: "There will be no more award of HND.
After we have exhausted the current students under the programme, there will be no more award of HND. This means that there will be no fresh admission for HND programmes. And in addition, any programme that is not technical will be out of the polytechnics. About 70 per cent of polytechnic graduates are in the non-technical courses. It is going to be a rigorous implementation programme."
A ministerial committee to ensure the smooth implementation of all that is required for the take-off of the reform initiatives is to begin work immediately.
Mall. Adamu said: "The HND certificate will remain a legal tender in Nigeria and holders of such certificate will continue to be recognised as the equivalent of first degree holders without discriminatory remunerations and limit to progression in the work place.
The NCE certificate will be retained as the minimum teaching qualification at the basic level of education. Any higher qualifications by
these private or state-owned polytechnics will be only affiliation with a university. So, HND is no longer in existence, but existing HND will be respected and considered legal tender."
The council also approved the Federal Government's formal take-over of the Waziri Umaru Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi, which will be the College of Technology campus of the Othman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, as well as the Hussein Adamu Polytechnic, Kazaure,
Bauchi, which will be a College of Technology of the proximate university in the state.
Also, the Alvan Ikoku College of Education, Owerri, Imo State, has been taken over as a campus of the Federal University of
Technology, Owerri.
A state that had never had any federal institution, like Bayelsa, is to have a College of Technology as a campus of the College of Technology of the University of Port Harcourt.
Source: http://www.linknaija.com/2016/07/breaking-fg-scraps-hnds-merges.html?m=1

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Am waiting for counter thread......and FG denying this in soonest of time!




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Warris dis unreasonable non sense, this will affect alot of people i hope its a fake news

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so kwarapoly ......unilorin
Laspotech....unilag

@OP, this is certainly not the right way to get traffic to your blog, why edit an old news of over 9years ago and republished it just because u need traffic to your blog.

So u care about what u make from misleading people, not the interest of the people u claim to inform. Law of Karma will judge.

If not for FEC, I dont trust adamu's n.aked law cos his directive to all institutions not to collect money from jambites for screening has been flouted by these schools while adamu and jamb are now confutionists turning aspirants to fatalists, unsure of their admission while they resort to the creator to intercede.. I pray they get it right this time!

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Stupid blogger.bringing up 2007 news.

shigo20:
Stupid blogger.bringing up 2007 news.

The source self is unreliable

hmmmmm is this news real?

Good news. It is long overdue. We hoped the last govt would do it then when the heat was much. I once publish ed an article on this. HND certification is better scrapped because you can't be a victim of what is not available. Let's all jostle for same qualification so that there will be no discrimination after all. I pray for speedy passage at the chambers

We await implementation

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People dey lie sha

oyo teachers are suffering...AJUMOBI

domopps:
Am waiting for counter thread......and FG denying this in soonest of time!




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yes o,u are very correct

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Hmmm I smell lies..

Oops! I just applied for HND, any effect?

pwettiejay:
Oops! I just applied for HND, any effect?

dear, the news is false jare. And by the way, I like ur photo u know..

Melancholy:
dear, the news is false jare. And by the way, I like ur photo u know..

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Thanks

pwettiejay:
. Thanks

alright. But i already sent u PM, can u just reply me pls?

Chimaritoponcho:
People dey lie sha

Hello Sir, could you spare me a minute out of your time Sir?