A Nairalander doing my own thing in India, I was perplexed to find out that every dick and Tom I meet in the street of India is either having B.Tech, M.Tech, B.E, M.E, Etc. I shudder to think; is that how much they go to school here? When I asked from which school? The common response is Xyz College or xyz polytechnic. This is not surprise though, the attached advert photo as seen in one of the streets is common sight in India, there is a crazy rush for graduate Degree. Do not be deceived, some of the institutions awarding B.Tech/M.Tech are not bigger or better equipped than what we have in Nigeria, in fact some are hosted in few blocks apartment with lecturers just as highly educated as ours.
The world becoming a global community as we know it, where Nigeria HND graduates chase the same International Job opportunities as well as the Indian Folks but the guy with B.Tech from India is looked favourably to get the Job despite that both individuals graduated from polytechnic. Little wonder India is now regarded as a Nation with young educated population and they have become cheap manpower recruiting hub for International organizations from IT, Engineering, Medicine to Management.
The Nigeria Policy of not accrediting Polytechnics to run these programs is retrogressive in nature instead of progressive.
From global labour market stand point, it is as though HND is becoming outdated just like its big brother HNC. It is high time the Policy makers had a rethink on this Policy and make their Citizens much more competitive in International Job market.