OCTOBER 23, 2014 BY SUNDAY ABORISADE
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A bill for an Act to abolish and prohibit dichotomy and discrimination between first degree and the Higher National Diploma certificates in the same profession and field scaled the second reading on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday.

The bill, sponsored by the member representing Ondo Central Senatorial District, Ayo Akinyelure, specifically seeks to end the ongoing controversy over wage disparity and gross discrimination against HND holders in the public and private sectors.

He said, “The aftermath of continuing injustices, disparity and discriminations meted out to products of polytechnics in Nigeria is threatening to derail the nation’s core policy thrust of evolving a technological and scientifically-based and self-reliant society in the nearest future.

“As I speak, thousands of would-be polytechnic and technology students are contemplating or have decided to opt for university education because of perceived and real discrimination against HND graduates.

“If this contemplation occurs, there is bound to be a vacuum created in our labour market in this regard and dire consequences are bound to follow this trend.

“Over the years, several entreaties have been put forth to the Federal Civil Service authorities to put a stop to certain glaring wage disparities and discrimination against the HND holders, and all these have been to no avail.”

He said to make matters worse, certain federal parastatals are known to openly discriminate against HND holders to the extent of limiting their progress within the hierarchy of such government bodies.
Sourcehttp://www.punchng.com/news/bill-to-end-degree-hnd-dichotomy-passes-second-reading/

kokozain:
OCTOBER 23, 2014 BY SUNDAY ABORISADE
15 Comments
A bill for an Act to abolish and prohibit dichotomy and discrimination between first degree and the Higher National Diploma certificates in the same profession and field scaled the second reading on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday.

The bill, sponsored by the member representing Ondo Central Senatorial District, Ayo Akinyelure, specifically seeks to end the ongoing controversy over wage disparity and gross discrimination against HND holders in the public and private sectors.

He said, “The aftermath of continuing injustices, disparity and discriminations meted out to products of polytechnics in Nigeria is threatening to derail the nation’s core policy thrust of evolving a technological and scientifically-based and self-reliant society in the nearest future.

“As I speak, thousands of would-be polytechnic and technology students are contemplating or have decided to opt for university education because of perceived and real discrimination against HND graduates.

“If this contemplation occurs, there is bound to be a vacuum created in our labour market in this regard and dire consequences are bound to follow this trend.

“Over the years, several entreaties have been put forth to the Federal Civil Service authorities to put a stop to certain glaring wage disparities and discrimination against the HND holders, and all these have been to no avail.”

He said to make matters worse, certain federal parastatals are known to openly discriminate against HND holders to the extent of limiting their progress within the hierarchy of such government bodies.
Sourcehttp://www.punchng.com/news/bill-to-end-degree-hnd-dichotomy-passes-second-reading/

av been hearing this b4 i went to higher institution and am sure d story wont end now even i see next senate debating on d issue when dey start legislative business next yr.

PIB was supposed to end soon too, buh you know the rest.

Why can't those government robbers think of how to generate more employment so that there will be more of HND and BSc specialised jobs? When this bill is finally passed to law, it will no longer be attractive to employers to employ HND graduates if they can employ a BSc holder for the same pay. Now who is disadvantaged?
To get rid of the HND/BSc disparity, first make admission requirements, UTME scores etc the same for both polytechnic and universities.

naijamark:
Why can't those government robbers think of how to generate more employment so that there will be more of HND and BSc specialised jobs? When this bill is finally passed to law, it will no longer be attractive to employers to employ HND graduates if they can employ a BSc holder for the same pay. Now who is disadvantaged?
To get rid of the HND/BSc disparity, first make admission requirements, UTME scores etc the same for both polytechnic and universities.

most of pple advocating for cancellatn of dt difference dont think lik u. dey hav forgotten dt d dichotomy and difference start with d mode and requirements of admisn. if nt because of job dt is nt readily available,who cares whether u hav b.sc or hnd. d fact remains dt d employers (esp private ones) will now shift attention to d kinda schl where person went during selection process. d best thing is to standardise everything so dt d requirement of o.au admisn is equal to that of iree poly. else d last may nt hav been heard on dis issue.