ATTEMPTS TO CONVERGE BA AND HND CERTIFICATES PROVES ABORTIVE|NEWS IN PIDGIN

Recent attempts by various agencies to remove the point of divergence between Bachelor’s degree and higher national Diploma have proved abortive as many would not implement the resolution.

A lot of biases have surrounded these two academic qualifications, especially in the civil service as degree holders are usually placed on a higher level than their diploma-holding counterparts.

As a result, many students have faced a lot of academic discrimination and limitation in their career over the years. In fact, secondary school leavers disregard admission into other tertiary institutions when they are not offered admission into universities due to career limitations they have sensed.

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According to reports from premium times, the resolution from the 39th meeting of the National council on establishment, NCE, disclosed that the “entry point salary grade level 08 for all candidates possessing Higher National Diploma(HND) would henceforth be same as their bachelor degree holding counterparts.

However, many have refused to adopt this resolution. Instead, HND holders aspire to obtain a post graduate degree, PGD, in relevant disciplines and even a master’s degree so as to qualify for employment and subsequently be promoted in the civil service.

This academic divergence has been the motivation for several industrial actions embarked by the academic staff union of polytechnic, ASUP, over the years.

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