Laryne:
Please I need your advise as well. Can I apply for a lecturing job in a polytechnic with my B.A (Ed) certificate?

samuelson06:


Can a B.Sc 3rd Class become a Lecturer after completing M.SC?

cc: ade2008

spice123:
My brother, I am currently in the teaching profession with HND and it's paying me well. Just go and do a Post Graduate Diploma in Education ( 1 year) for a start. A lot of Polytechnics need lecturers. You can start from there and then do your masters degree and move to a University. By then you must have gained at least 2 years lecturing experience before moving to a University. Nigeria work is solely based on experience and not just carrying certificate around. #speaking from concrete experience#

ObadakiM:
Those of you that are saying 'OP' can't lecture with HND+PGD+Msc+PhD, you are all wrong.
this is a screen shot from UNIBen website.
OP you can get to the peak of your career in the field of lecturing if you want to. There is no need to go start all over from point zero.
It's a slap to even dream about that.
http://profiles.uniben.edu/full_profile.php?id=5362&OTI-%20EMMANUEL%20OTINTA

Nwaonyeocha:
I am 42 years old, my highest qualification is HND.
It is my desire to be a lecturer kindly advise me on how to make this dream a reality.

* Should I start afresh with a Bachelors [I want to move from Mass Communication to Business course]
* How many years of extra study will it take me?
* If I am going back to school, what should be my most important priority?
* I would like to be involved in research and writing extensively - which kind of senior lecturers should I look up to?

ObadakiM:
Those of you that are saying 'OP' can't lecture with HND+PGD+Msc+PhD, you are all wrong.
this is a screen shot from UNIBen website.
OP you can get to the peak of your career in the field of lecturing if you want to. There is no need to go start all over from point zero.
It's a slap to even dream about that.
http://profiles.uniben.edu/full_profile.php?id=5362&OTI-%20EMMANUEL%20OTINTA

chimoskyg:


Good responses
I am a graduate of Eco Edu, and will love to lecture which I have always desired.
Can I get a lecturing job with just Degree or I should go for Master?

Thank u

Timossa:
You can go for masters if you have the money, because with your masters degree, you have a very good advantage over someone with a first degree.

On the other hand, you can start with lecturing in a polytechnic with your Bachelor after putting for a full time or part time lecturing job.

I hope this information helps...

Best wishes.

skedman:
guy I don't want to call you a fool, at the age of 42 you can't still figure out what you want to become in life. What type of question is this, do you really want to become a lecturer or you just came to make fool of your self. You said senior lecturer or assistant lecturer . What have they turn nigerian university into . Guy park well . An inspiring lecturer coming to social media for advice instead of going to meet other lecturer for advice

deborsky:

No promotion for him, who knows if he is doing his degree already. Don't get it at wrong my dear

STARGREEN:

Oga am sorry oh...but with the age u stated I am compelled to assumed that you have grown beyond certain infantry questions like " Should I go Mass Communication, I am sure to make that grade".
Few advises on page one is more than enough to drive your passion towards your dream. In spite of how excellent our suggestions seems/are....the final decision must come from you. You are a man....man the instinct. Once i look towards hearing they future testimonies

tobiasbeecher:

Bro, I really don't know when your friend was employed as a lecturer, but judging by his profile I will say it has been for some time. In recent time, NUC has instituted a lot of changes in the university system. These changes affected some lecturers that made some of them be converted into a non-academic staff. For example, before people do lecture with professional master's degree, but NUC outlawed it. Again, they gave a specific timetable for lecturers who have not acquired their PhD to do so or risk losing their jobs. I had a lecturer then who nearly lost his job because he graduated from Alvan IkoKu College of Education degree programme which they were running as an affiliation with a university. They said he did not have a regular BSc degree and that the BSc degree he has acquired was from an affiliation programme. He was suspended for many months but was later readmitted because his godfather was the Deputy Vice Chancellor Academics then. What we are saying is that if you're pursuing a lecturing job in a govt owned universities without ''IM'' and with an HND+MSc degree, they won't take you no matter the grade you come out with. Moreover, do you know that the Nigerian govt has outlawed online degrees for employment and promotion in the Nigerian civil service?

deborsky:

polytechnics in Nigeria don't offer courses under education. But u can apply if ur course is being offered under a faculty different from education, afterall education courses are double honors. E.g Bus Admin Edu, can lecture in bus admin dept in polytechnics.

domino74:
Google kwara state university for degree conversion courses

Fxwarrior:


Shut up. Thank me later.

LARRYDKING:


Just register with jamb, submit ur credentials at the senate building of the university, meet the earlier stated criteria and await admission list. No need for any exam.

tobiasbeecher:

Your question is a bit complicated, but I will try to answer it clearly. First, if you have a poor BSc grade you cannot get a graduate assistant lecturing position which is the entry position for people with BSc only. if you already have an MSc, you won't be considered for this position. To secure a graduate assistant lecturing position in most universities, you need to have a minimum of second class upper and above. So your BSc counts in this position. However, if you have a poor BSc grade and wishes to lecture, you have to make sure you make a good grade in your PGD (assuming your grade is too low to secure a direct Master's programme) so that you can be considered for a master's programme. If you make a good grade in your master's programme (by good grade I mean PhD grade), then your chances of securing an Assistant lecturing position is high. Lol but with a godfather, all these requirements maybe bypassed! I hope I have answered your question?

Carmal90:
Am also considering going for bsc next year all things be equal, I studied engineering,pls if u have clues if university in Nigeria Within South West that I can apply and be admitted to 300level. Pls and pls hint me

spice123:
My brother, I am currently in the teaching profession with HND and it's paying me well. Just go and do a Post Graduate Diploma in Education ( 1 year) for a start. A lot of Polytechnics need lecturers. You can start from there and then do your masters degree and move to a University. By then you must have gained at least 2 years lecturing experience before moving to a University. Nigeria work is solely based on experience and not just carrying certificate around. #speaking from concrete experience#

ade2008:


I'm in the system, working in a polytechnic, state owned. This is not hearsay, assumption, direct experience. With HND you can only be employed as a technologist or instructor(high cgpa). Note lecturer cadre is different from instructor cadre. I repeat, in Nigeria, no university will employ him as a lecturer even with HND+PGD+MSC, only polytechnic can. Many lecturers in the polytechnic with HND+PGD+MSC are now going back for degree so that can they have the opportunity to work in the university. Gone are the days HND are employed as instructor in the university and rise to be a professor. OP, my advice for you, if you really want to work in academics settings get the degree, and then your master. Dont go through the PGD+MSC path especially if you wish to work later as a reaseacher(lecturer) in the university. You will surely need the degree. This information is from a reliable source, i'm one of the victim of this abnormal system in this country. Be wise in your decision, dont waste your money and time. We are in the same age bracket, age is not a barrier to achieve your dream but take wise decision now. If you've academic Godfather you can neglect this advice. Goodluck

dantanik:

no any uni in nigeria will admit u to 300l, u can only be admitted to 200l

Hardarmson:
This is the first post ever that i will read from A-Z in nairaland.. not because others had not made sense to me but this make me realise that there is one spirit living inside me that made me resist going back for my HND after i finished my ND since 2014... Though i always put in for D.E but haven't click yet.. now i am going to try write another Jamb because i thought writting jamb was another waisting of time together with the time waisted in my N.D days... thank you everybody.