"Give the Polytechnics a Chance", says UNILAG Professor

@hnd-holder

what is do able because this extraction is not understood,please speak on way forward. appreciates ur contribution and ur genuine interest in the struggle for our survive

Only God will help Polytechnic graduates in Nigeria.

Please help me ask am o. Polytechnic HND graduates need to be recognised and respected at all levels in all sectors whether public or private that is all.

@ hnd-holder


good talk but what is the faith of our fellow HND holder that are not engineering students, are u saying they will continue to experience the descrimination because it is not all of us that are engineering students.some studied banking n finance,marketing,buz admin, computer sci etc

What you said might not be correct because it is not all polytechnic students/graduates that are good academically and pratically. Some university graduates (not all) are better than some polytechnic graduates (not all) academically and practically; and some polytechnic graduates (not all) are better than some university graduates (not all) academically and pratically. so don't conclude that all polytechnic gradutes are better than university graduates practically or academically. It depends on the individual.

You are right o bros. Polytechnic education in Nigeria is obsolete; University education is in vogue now with enough advantages. So even if you are dull and you go to a university you stand ahead of a brilliant polytechnic graduate in the society, na wa oo!!

You can do a PGD and MSc; that will give you an edge over people with only Bsc. With your MSc you can even become a Lecturer in the university and be doing your PhD.

@ HND Holder


thanks,

@HND-Holder

please kindly find out those school that will take HND on part time for 300L, Please i need the info. for a friend that is bent on having the Bsc to proof a point

@ishmeal

please if u know too u can help

@ALL
Please as soon as we have info on any school selling PGD FORMS please alert the house. nice wkend

NIEPA holds workshop for polytechnic registrars
By Rotimi Lawrence Oyekanmi  http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/education/article01
FOR Nigeria to attain accelerated technological development, polytechnics across the country must function effectively, according to Prof. Taiwo Ajayi, the chief executive officer of the National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA).

Thank you. The system was change by FEC but tampered with by a Director Just a director changed what was done. So it is all in the hand of the New minister. Please HND is not good for anybody. The seminar should be how to spend money. What do you think?

Hi,

West Coast University is offering admission for prospective students into professional courses.
You can check for more information on the school’s website at: www.westcoastuniversitynigeria-edu.org

All the best.

Oasis231

@HND-holder

HND certificate is not a problem. It is the society that has made it look like a problem. after all a lot of us passed through the polytechnic and are holders of the HND certificate; and we are doing well atleast.

@HND-Holder and Ishmael,

how is ur day please kindly update me if any PGD FORM is out for skools please i need to enrol this next academic session. God will C  us through

Grant Polytechnics Degree Awarding Status – ASUP
From Wole Ayodele in Lokoja, 05.04.2007

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The Federal Polytechnic, Idah Chapter, has appealed to the Federal Government to grant degree awarding status to Polytechnics with the required infrastructures and manpower, as it is being practiced in Europe and some African countries, following scrapping of the award of Higher National Diploma (HND) Certificate by Polytechnics and the subsequent merger of some with universities for the award of Bachelor of Technology Degree, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), said.
In a press release signed by Chairman of the Union, Engineer Danjuma Ocheja Attah, the Union decried the total abolition of polytechnics, and its merger with Universities, stressing that “some of the universities are not better than some polytechnics in the area of facilities.” 
According to ASUP, abolition of polytechnics will have adverse effects on the technological development of the country, noting that it is unwise for a developing country like Nigeria to do away with an institution established to play pivotal roles in its technological advancement.
Citing the example of Federal Polytechnic, Idah, which has been merged with the University of Agriculture, Makurdi, the Union emphasised that the polytechnic has more facilities and manpower that could transform it into a full-fledged University of Technology instead.
“The Federal Polytechnic, Idah, has the required infrastructure and manpower to facilitate its transformation to a full-fledged University of Technology, and one has to commend the Rector, Professor Joseph Ndanusa Egila, for his foresight and attention to the development of both academic and infrastructure, as this has placed the institution ahead of other Polytechnics in the country.”  Expressing ASUP’s displeasure, Attah said “ASUP is totally against the decision and will do its best to ensure polytechnics retain its status.”
On the running of humanity based courses by Polytechnics, the Union stated that running humanity based courses by Polytechnics has not in any way affected the main objectives for which they were established, adding that polytechnics have lived up to expectation in their core areas of mandate.