weselomo:
Nice one

ConqueredWest:
The government should take the next steps in order to complete the revolution in our educational system in order to lay the foundation on which Nigeria will stand to catch up with other advanced nations.



STEPS TO TAKE.

1) Place Technologists on equal footing with Scientists and Engineers. Therefore award BTech in our Polytechnics which should then be a 5year course
2) Polytechnics curriculum and teaching pattern should be changed from Engineering format to Technological format.
3) The Technological format should focus on
a= How existing technologies are produced and how they work in each field of study.
b= What to consider or watch out for in order to make new Engineering Designs Practicable if necessary with the knowledge of existing technologies and changes to original designs when the impracticability of the design becomes clear in the course of bringing that design into reality.

PLS NOTE : It is one thing to design and another thing for that design to be practicable (work in reality). For this reason, final product might be different from the original Engineering Design.


4) Polytechnics should be stopped from using the terms Engineering because there are Technological oriented. Example

Mechanical Technology, Chemical Technology, Electrical/Electronic Technology, Civil Technology, Agricultural Technology, Computer Technology, Environmental Technology, etc are terms they should be forced to use.

Therefore a graduate of YabaTech should not say he is a Mechanical Engineer but rather he should say he is Mechanical Technologist.

With the knowledge of how existing technologies are produced and how they work, the graduates of polytechnics will be able to reproduced existing technologies and sell. The most successful ones can then receive private and public investments to grow to an international technological businesses.

This will lead to proliferation of indigenous industries which in turn will create more jobs and wealth.

MightySparrow:
Great

oduastates:
Apart from the school of medicine, most university degrees and departments are antiquated,not fit purpose and useless to the Nigerian society.
The medical sciences remain relevant because, a major chunk is practical oriented( something you cannot say about others degrees).It is therefore easier for them to plug in straight into the job market with the prerequisite skills.
This is something you cannot say about other degrees. What is needed is an hybrid of the polytechnic and university system in all institution of higher leaening. An hybrid of theory/ practical with emphasis on research.
For example, a friend's final year project in a university in the USA was to write a controller program for a wind mill. Wind speed sensors rev/minutes and all.

oyinkinola:
...I know nothing about this, I've never been to school, so no comment

IsThisChange:



OP this lie you are sharing there is God hoooooooo

This is 2007 news? Why not paste the whom news here

https://www.nairaland.com/44661/fg-scraps-hnd-converts-polytechnics

mrvitalis:
Someone show me any coutry were a Technologist and Engineer are equal...
I dare u all

A school can't award both yes... But to place them equal that's a lie

I will use my B.Engr to qualify for international exams and certification but a HND needs years of experience to qualify for same...

Nigerians just like making decisions with sentiments

So now a pharmacist is now equal to a pharmaceutical technologist

This is a big Joke... I just life when all this poly graduate talk

shigo20:
don't be so happy coz this guys are feeding u with old news.you can do ur research online 2 be sure don't just accept every news this hungry bloggers paste on this forum coz they themselves are damn lazy and don't carry out research all they do is copy and paste.

mrvitalis:
Someone show me any coutry were a Technologist and Engineer are equal...
I dare u all

A school can't award both yes... But to place them equal that's a lie

I will use my B.Engr to qualify for international exams and certification but a HND needs years of experience to qualify for same...

Nigerians just like making decisions with sentiments

So now a pharmacist is now equal to a pharmaceutical technologist

This is a big Joke... I just life when all this poly graduate talk

arcnomec:



You sound like one who has not gone through school.Ever since you were born till date,have you heard that polytechnics offers pharmacy and likes as a course? Before you draw your analogies ,please verify your facts before displaying your ignorance online. You are an engineer,tell me one thing you can manufacture with the aid of your B.Engr education ? Nothing ,so instead of here lamenting about equating ,you should think of a way of seeing this an an opportunity to worker harder and netter yourself, since you are afraid HND holders in Engineering will take away your much coveted job.

arcnomec:



You sound like one who has not gone through school.Ever since you were born till date,have you heard that polytechnics offers pharmacy and likes as a course? Before you draw your analogies ,please verify your facts before displaying your ignorance online. You are an engineer,tell me one thing you can manufacture with the aid of your B.Engr education ? Nothing ,so instead of here lamenting about equating ,you should think of a way of seeing this an an opportunity to worker harder and netter yourself, since you are afraid HND holders in Engineering will take away your much coveted job.

oduastates:


Outside of the little Nigerian bubble, even craftsmen are called engineers nowadays
You wonder why those oil companies send plumbers over to Nigeria to boss the so -called university and polytechnic graduates.
Most inventions come from the labs of big business. The rest come from the few geniuses in the university system.
The masses of people are just push-button people. Just sit at your desk and push this button all day long . No major skill required. Skills that can be acquired outside the tertiary education system.
Heck, the builders in yorubaland in 1930 are better than those there today.

oduastates:


Outside of the little Nigerian bubble, even craftsmen are called engineers nowadays
You wonder why those oil companies send plumbers over to Nigeria to boss the so -called university and polytechnic graduates.
Most inventions come from the labs of big business. The rest come from the few geniuses in the university system.
The masses of people are just push-button people. Just sit at your desk and push this button all day long . No major skill required. Skills that can be acquired outside the tertiary education system.
Heck, the builders in yorubaland in 1930 are better than those there today.