Damfostopper:
It is a welcome development.... After all schoolz now are following 180 cuttoff mark.... University... Polytechnic.... Colleges are pegged at 180.... So let all their certificate be equivalent..... And this will reduce The number of people always applying for University.... Imagine 65000 candidates applying for uniuyo and only 15000 might be taken.... D rest will either go back or try Polytechnic or Colleges...... But as they av now removed The dichotomy..... Candidates can apply to poly n Colleges..... Knowing fully well that wen The finish..... It will still be d same certificate equivalent..... I think HND to B. Tech will be better..... Bsc holders wont be happy about this news..... But who cares what they think..... Pls morrons should not quote me

Abimloaded:
This removal of a thing is just an agreement And removal on Paper.
Go out there with your HND Certificate and let those who graduated in a university present their B.Sc Certificate then you'll know those firms, Companies haven't removed the whatever they call it 'cos they'll mostly prefer the B.Sc to the HND.

You may call the Adamu Adamu to come to your Aid if such happens to you!

ruxxz:
It doesn't mean that all 400 level Chemical Engineering students cannot differentiate between pumps and compressors. I hope u wud b able to stand "the serious ones".

Dante2008:
u funny oooo because he never take place is said is putting it on hold pending is consultation with the stake holders.....GBAM.

adewumiopeyemi:
i dont think this will work out just look at this if a bsc holder go for an interview ..and the person beside him is an hnd holder.. who are they go take first bsc.will be employed first .. even bsc graduate will be payed higher than hnd....before it will work out will take a long time.. in upgrading the two together[/color] seriously

hardestyoung:
I think you are 100% wrong................ In my opinion HND holder gets employed more than Bsc this days, and that's simply because they are better. Do your findings.

adewumiopeyemi:
i dont think this will work out just look at this if a bsc holder go for an interview ..and the person beside him is an hnd holder.. who are they go take first bsc.will be employed first .. even bsc graduate will be payed higher than hnd....before it will work out will take a long time.. in upgrading the two together[/color] seriously

Alajiki:
I am a banker, a BM. I graduated from Polytechnic and in the process of employment, I dusted many BSc holders. Over 80,000 of us wrote the exam and only 550 were eventually employed bank wide. That was 2006.

Fast forward to today, I'm about to finish an Economics course at the University of Ibadan. If you know any UI graduate, the would tell you how tough Economics is in UI.

I can boldly say that there is no much difference in what I'm being taught now and what I had known before. In fact, my residual knowledge from the polytechnic has been very useful to my success in the current programme.

This policy by the FG should be taken a step further by establishing a bridge programme for existing HND holders to prepare them for MSc and ultimately PhD.

AbuSaad39:
I tell you. I'm a Graduate of OND in Chemical Engineering, I'm currently doing my 1year IT in NNPC, to be frankly a 400L student can't differentiat between a Pump and a Compressor and doesn't know their applications in the industry, buh I tried by all means in putting the student through.

nnaemekanwachuk:
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Are you an HND holder?

PietroRico:
Poly students many for nairaland sha..

debco:
This development is highly welcome. I see no reason why H.N.D and BSc can't be rated the same. Enough practical is done in the polytechnic than university which you only get theory and paper drawings. What is the use of studying a course you can't practicalize? So I support the motion even though am B.tech holder

nwadiuko1:
did you really take any course in English language?

adewumiopeyemi:
i dont think this will work out just look at this if a bsc holder go for an interview ..and the person beside him is an hnd holder.. who are they go take first bsc.will be employed first .. even bsc graduate will be payed higher than hnd....before it will work out will take a long time.. in upgrading the two together[/color] seriously

mondee02:

Take note: poly will no longer award hnd it will now be B.tech. While university B.sc. Are you informed now?

AbuSaad39:
And what dose that suppose to mean, cos I don't know where your quote heading to mr man.

Nusaf:

Pls don't get the whole concept twisted. The founding mandates of both categories of institutions still stand, and as such Poly remains hnd while unis remain bsc. Infact, I am just waiting to see how this will work out. Cos I don't know how a poly graduate with less theoretical knowledge will prescribe a solution in an environment where a bsc holder exist maybe just because he (the hnd holder) is a superior officer. Is just like a nurse directing a doctor on the appropriate prescription for an ailment. Anyway, let's wait and see how the new system works out.

mondee02:

I know what i'm saying poly will now award B.tech and no longer hnd

lordoddy:


http://sunnewsonline.com/adamu-confirms-abolition-of-bschnd-dichotomy/

dantanik:

then what about people with B.tech degree holders are they also the same ?

greggng:


The correct thing is poly will now award nd and nce only. That means college of eduction is now an affiliate of poly. Meanwhile every other poly will now be affiliated to the nearest university close to it. With the exception of yaba tech and kaduna poly which has been upgraded to universities called city university. Even in the nd you wanna do at the poly it must be technologically or science Base. The percentage of other courses will be small. The whole essense of this reform is to eliminate further award of hnd. As a result existing holders and those who re yet to complete the hnd programs ve now been upgraded to the equivalent of bsc holders. In a nutshell the disparity has been removed. Why hnd still remains relevant after this reform is cos must hnd holders re into administrative courses and you cannot convert their hnd to btech.