Hnd: A Dust Certificate

This is a very serious matter that is likely going to affect many young Nigerians with the same certificate.
The rate at which job opportunities published in dailies are laying more emphasis on degree holders than Hnd holders.  (90% of degree holders and less than 10% of Hnd holders).
It think this situation must be handled before it becomes to late for the HND undergraduates

HND certificate is not the problem. The problem is the name of the school that awards the certificate; they call the school POLYTECHNIC. Polytechnics are not recognised or seen as a school for higher learning by some people and as such they discriminate or refuse to recognise the HND certificate issued by it. If HND was to be the name of the certificate being issued to university graduates no body will look down at it, because it is coming from a UNIVERSITY. Like wise let the name of the certificate issued by polytechnics be Bsc; they will still discriminate against the Bsc because it is coming from a POLYTECHNIC.

i just tire for this country, for instance,what makes a Bsc accounting graduates better than HND accounting graduates? God help us. Untill we realised that more emphasis should be placed on the person than the certificate, this discrimination palaver will continue.

My brother this HND wahala no be small tin o.do u know i wept on my POP day (NYSC) 2005/2006 FCT. we asked by Diamond Bank to submit our CVs as fresh corpers, i went there with my mates only to be told "sorry we don't take for HND here" imagine my disappointment. i wept. and there n then i promised my self that i'll do better than a bank job. today, i'm manger where i work and i just got admission 2 do my MBA with the University of Liverpool (only yesterday) with the same HND o, 2 be sponsored by my office.so its not what its on d certificate but wetin u carry inside. but the good news is that the fed. govt. has directed all the polytechnics to start awarding B.TECH degrees instead of the present HNd from next year. in fact they are upgrading these polytechnics to the status of degree awarding institutions from next year. Note: this is not the charade that the OBJ govt.  started that didn't see the light of day. this is hoping that this works.

In Britian HND is less than BSc in value and quality. To get HND in UK you spend 2 years, and sometimes it is done in a university that awards Bsc in the course you are pursuing your HND. All you need to do to get HND there is to spend 2 years (without carrying out any project/research work) out of the 3 years Bsc program and get out with HND certificate without honors. From the above HND is not the same thing as BSc, neither are they equivalent.

But in Nigeria, you spend your first 2 years pursuing a National Diploma (research project compulsory); after which you go for one year compulsory working experience scheme, then back to school and spend another 2 years, do a research project and graduate,(5 years all together like the BEng and BTech programs) but instead of them giving you a Bsc or BTech or BEng you are given HND with out honors.

You can see why there is a discrimination between HND and Bsc. But go through the course curricula for both HND and Bsc in nigeria, you won't be suprise to see that the HND is richer in content and course work than the Bsc.

May God save the proposed Polytechnic BTech certificate from discrimination, amen.

you must be kidding for that statement about HND because stastics have shown that HNDholders perform better at work than BSC holders ,beside that professional exams has confirm it with their accreditation exercise where many university were not accredited so don't call it dust certificate if you don't value yours we do.

I have always believed that 'man maketh the moment' and not the other way around. While it will be absolute delusion to think that the discrimination does not exist, I want to tell the house that rather than this being in the majority, they're actually in the minority.

Many of these firms are now realising that the requisite skills needed to excel are being taught in Polytechnics. I am proud to have graduated from a good polytechnic, and I am prouder that it took me only 4 weeks after NYSC to get my present job. I think its because they saw something different in me and others like me (You too!)

my advice however is that we should not rest on just our first degrees or diplomas. this goes to everyone out there, BSc, HND, everyone! Nigeria is getting to a point where you'll probably need BSc to become a mechanic. the key is going professional. Get certifications and nobody will be talking about whether he/she has HND or BSc or whatever.

I have never think about discrimination as far as my HND certificate is concerned. I know whom i am, i do believe that i am special when it come to issue of competition. Presently i am working with a construction company and i am doing fine over there. During my interview for the job, 4 candidates are Bsc holder and i am the only HND. God have his way because i was found better than them when it come to computer stuff. I am working with Isrealite and Indian, they believe much in your ability rather than certificate. I will advise everybody to improve in their ability rather than discrimination.
Thanks buddies

I WONDER WHAT NIGERIA GOVT IS DOING TO OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM, POLYTECHNIC EDUCATION  SURPOSE TO BE PURELY VOCATIONAL BUT WHAT DO WE HAVE TODAY, POLYTECHNIC OFFER COURSES {MOSTLY IN MANAGEMENT FIELD} THAT MADE THEM DEPENDENT ON THE LABOUR MARKET,RATHER THAN BEEN THEIR OWN EMPLOYER, I THINK GOVT SHOULD RE- PACKAGED POLY. PROGRAMME, NBTE SHOULD RISE TO THE CHALLENGE. ALL OF US CANNOT GO UNIVERSITY.