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The Nigerian Government has scrapped award of HND certificates by Polytechnics. The decision was reached at the Federal Executive Council, FEC today where the approval of a comprehensive reform of Nigeria’s tertiary education system was made.



In effect, the award of HND will be limited to only the students currently admitted for the programmes.



Also, all the programmes currently being run by 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.



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, Adamu Adamu, told journalists after the weekly meeting of the council that under the reform measures, his ministry would, however, continue to license private polytechnics and colleges of education for the award of qualification at ND and National Certificate in Education (NCE) levels.

He 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. 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.”

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Nigeria policies maker are jokers, Pls ignore them and take care of your future

all I know is that my future is more import than that of FEC members. if you know you know. check my profile is you want to take care of your future

Good one by the federal government

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.......Yaba College of Technology and Kaduna Polytechnic will henceforth be known as City University of Technology, Yaba and City University of Technology, Kaduna.

Nice.
CUNT Yaba
CUNT Kaduna

Does it mean that HND certificate Will no longer be recognized in Nigeria pro to employment?

akunna:
Does it mean that HND certificate Will no longer be recognized in Nigeria pro to employment?

Read the post. The answer you seek is right there.

akunna:
Does it mean that HND certificate Will no longer be recognized in Nigeria pro to employment?

You can't read or what?

Ibu iti ooo

THE VIRAL POST ON SCRAPPING OF HND: WALK AWAY FROM IGNORANCE AND FALSEHOOD.

Due to pressure from colleagues and students on the above subject matter, it has become imperative to share my thoughts about same, on this forum for the benefit of those being misguided by misinformation.

When the time comes for KADPOLY to scrap HND or be converted, it will be an incontrovertible TRUTH, not a repetitively mischievous and notoriously misleading news item.

I have shared below, my comments under a post in an online forum for Lecturers, unedited.

Kindly inform others who ask you about this.

Thanks.

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CAVEAT EMPTOR

This same story went viral and created feverish pitch in July, 2016.
Same words, same content sentence by sentence paragraph by paragraph.

Its one of the most notoriously mischievous stories to earn itself a timeless shelf life for no known genuine reason.

It was first authored nearly 10 years ago or so, by Madu Onuorah, a Senior Reporter with the Guardian newspapers, when the development broke as a first step to a policy review of the HND programme under the leadership of Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili as Minister of Education.

Anyone would wonder why it is being rehashed over and over. The only thing that has changed from the first outing of this story is the obvious replacement of the minister's name.

Incidentally, only Oniurah's account of the development has continued to notoriously circulate, unabated.
For a serious policy issue like this, its integrity of currency should be underscored by multiplicity of sources.

In other words, if this is a credible and current story, we should have more than a single source beyond Onuorah and beyond exactly how Guardian published it.
Several other newspapers wouldn't have missed the opportunity to key into unlocking such a huge breaking news.

Aren't we curious that, Radio, TV and other media sources are silent on this same issue?
Why is it not dominating the airwaves even by mention or commentary, including discussion in hot breakfast radio and TV shows because of its thematic news relevance?

Honestly, the news does not deserve any attention beyond its entertainment value for wishful thinking.

The Nigerian Government has scrapped award of HND certificates by Polytechnics. The decision was reached at the Federal Executive Council, FEC today where the approval of a comprehensive reform of Nigeria’s tertiary education system was made.



In effect, the award of HND will be limited to only the students currently admitted for the programmes.



Also, all the programmes currently being run by 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.



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, Adamu Adamu, told journalists after the weekly meeting of the council that under the reform measures, his ministry would, however, continue to license private polytechnics and colleges of education for the award of qualification at ND and National Certificate in Education (NCE) levels.

He 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. 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.”

SOURCE- https://nairatrend.com.ng/fg-scraps-award-of-hnd-certificates-by-polytechnics-in-the-country/

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