Following the disparity among Universities and Polytechnics Students in Nigeria, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday 30 July, 2016, approved the scrapping of the award of the Higher National Diploma (HND) by polytechnics in the country.


Hence, the Federal Government has restricted the award to only the students currently on admission for the various programmes. Minister of Education, Dr. Adamu said it form part of the comprehensive reform of the tertiary education sector.

That polytechnics, will only run Programmes that are technology-based.

Adamu said under this new rule, the polytechnics will now become campuses of the proximate universities with the Vice Chancellors of those universities appointing provosts for the polytechnics, subject to the ratification of the Universities’ Councils.

The minister also state that with the new arrangement, polytechnics will now be limited to award of the National Diploma (ND) while those desirous of further education will be awarded the Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) by the proximate university.

He said, Yaba College of Technology and Kaduna Polytechnic, will change their nomenclature as they would now be known as City University …


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FG??

Hmm

fg can't seize to amaze me...

where is this so called minister of education from?¿ he is not just confuse he is clueless.

What borders me is University somehow been in charge of the Polytechnics by choicing provote

ademiD:
fg can't seize to amaze me...

They always come up with a mouth action

Hmm