The dichotomy between university and polytechnic
graduates calls for government attention, as it appears
to be one of the reasons many students are not willing
to accept admission into Nigerian polytechnics. Over
the years, students seeking tertiary education always
wanted to attend universities. Few who are in
polytechnics or have graduated from polytechnics did
so as a last resort.
The reason why student don’t want polytechnics is that
(1) UTME cutoff mark: university needs minimum of
180 while polytechnic accept 150
(2) In the polytechnic system, the Cumulative Grade
Point Average CGPA, is 4.0, while that of the university
is 5.0.
(3) polytechnic spend a minimum of five years on any
course to obtain HND, while the university
undergraduate spends four years, while some
specialized courses, like engineering take five years,
while architecture and medicine, take six and seven
years respectively.
(4) If you get to most polytechnics in Nigeria, it is the
university graduates that are employed as lecturers.
The authorities seldom employ polytechnic graduates
as lecturers.
(5) While universities require five credits, including
English and Mathematics, polytechnics are satisfied
with four credits, to include Mathematics and English.
Some polytechnics even accept a pass in English.
(6) There is great difference in their salary, where B. Sc
start from a higher level and HND starts from a lower
level of minimal wage.
Because of this, there are over one million admission
spaces in the polytechnics and colleges of education,
students are not willing to accept the offers.
It is difficult to persuade prospective students that
university and polytechnic certificates carry the same
weight.

They really have to equalise HND and B.Sc … I went to
poly which I am proud of and don’t want to be
underestimated by any university student….
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gud talk

HND in Telecommunication and B.sc in computer science via Direct entry, which would you go for?

I'll go for the Bsc just because it is hype