http://www.newstrackplatform.com/2016/07/shocking-fg-scraps-hnds-merges.html


The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a
comprehensive reform of Nigeria's tertiary
education system, scrapping the award of the
Higher National Diploma (HND) by the nation's
polytechnics.
In effect, the award of the HND will be limited to
only the students currently admitted for the
programmes.
Also, all the programmes currently being run by the
polytechnics, which are not technology-based, and
which are about 70 per cent,
will be scrapped.
Under the 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 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.
To kick-start the new policy, the nation's two most
prominent polytechnics - Yaba College of
Technology and Kaduna Polytechnic -
will henceforth be known as City University of
Technology, Yaba and City University of
Technology, Kaduna.
And to give legal teeth to these approvals, the FEC
approved the submission of two Executive bills to
the National Assembly for enactment into law.
With education being on the concurrent list, the
states may wish to consolidate their tertiary
institutions. But if they do not wish to follow the
federal example, their programmes will continue to
be regulated by the relevant agencies of the Federal
Ministry of Education.
The first bill will concretise the setting up of the two
city universities while the second will approve the
preparation and consolidation
of all federal polytechnics and colleges of education
as campuses of proximate universities.
The Ministry of Justice will do the preparation and
submission of the two bills to the National
Assembly.
Minister of Education, Mall. Adamu, told journalists
after the weekly meeting of the council that under
the reform measures, her ministry would, however,
continue to licence private polytechnics and
colleges of education for the award of qualification
at ND and National Certificate in Education (NCE)
levels.
She said: "There will be no more award of HND.
After we have exhausted the current students under
the programme, there will be no more award of
HND. This means that there will be no fresh
admission for HND programmes. And in addition,
any programme that is not technical will be out of
the polytechnics. About 70 per cent of polytechnic
graduates are in the non-technical courses. It is
going to be a rigorous implementation programme."
A ministerial committee to ensure the smooth
implementation of all that is required for the take-
off of the reform initiatives is to begin work
immediately.
Mall. Adamu said: "The HND certificate will remain
a legal tender in Nigeria and holders of such
certificate will continue to be recognised as the
equivalent of first degree holders without
discriminatory remunerations and limit to
progression in the work place.
The NCE certificate will be retained as the minimum
teaching qualification at the basic level of
education. Any higher qualifications by
these private or state-owned polytechnics will be
only affiliation with a university. So, HND is no
longer in existence, but existing HND will be
respected and considered legal tender."
The council also approved the Federal
Government's formal take-over of the Waziri Umaru
Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi, which will be the College
of Technology campus of the Othman Dan Fodio
University, Sokoto, as well as the Hussein Adamu
Polytechnic, Kazaure,
Bauchi, which will be a College of Technology of the
proximate university in the state.
Also, the Alvan Ikoku College of Education, Owerri,
Imo State, has been taken over as a campus of the
Federal University of
Technology, Owerri.
A state that had never had any federal institution,
like Bayelsa, is to have a College of Technology as
a campus of the College of Technology of the
University of Port Harcourt.

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I'm trying to look at this from different angles. Its an enormous task no doubt, but I welcome it warmly.

The questions begging answers are many... What is the positions of those ND holders of the non-technical courses? DE seems the way, but with it, will the ND holder be absorbed into 200L as before or 300L to level thinmgs?

Get ur sef admission into a university and save ursef all dix stress and talk talk