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SilaV:
Hello @ Pearl1212(f),

Please, take a bit of time to read through this. First, I would like you to consider the advice of these usernames: @Dettogel, @MilitantAtheist, @Yankee101, and @Corporate2020. You are still very young and your course of study is a hot cake if you could concentrate on any thing like Data Analytics, and also learn useful coding languages. One of the ways this can be achieved is if you plan to study abroad. To be specific, try the USA. please, think 'globally'. These are the steps:

(1) Do a credential evaluation. You may use the World Education Services (WES) or any other credential evaluation bodies. However, WES appears to be the most commonly and widely accepted.The result will state that you have an equivalence of a USA degree.
(2) You may write the GRE. It helps you get funding faster and easier. It also helps during the visa interview. Without the GRE, people still get fundings and do get their visa as well.What I am saying is that it helps boost the chances.
(3) English Language Proficiency may be required. However, most schools in the USA do waive this requirement to Nigerians.

With the three conditions above, alongside your stellar GPA(distinction), you can get a full ride tuition free and a monthly stipend package in the USA. Please, check the USA student thread on Nairaland here. I have younger ones I'm mentoring , and do advise them never to try going for a 3-year direct entry or any top-up degree; it's a waste of time. This is the reason: the same three years, you can achieve a lot by traveling to the USA, get a master's degree with Graduate Assistantship position that covers your tuition and living expenses( in form of monthly stipend).In the third year, you are already working on Optional Practical Training(OPT) or on H1-B, thereby contributing meaningfully to your own wellbeing and those of your parents or siblings. You may also have started your doctoral program if you wish to pursue a PhD. You can now see the HUGE difference.

I was once in your shoes some years back but could not get this kind of advice I'm offering now. I went ahead to do a B.Sc but later realized it was not really necessary after being in the 'saner climes'. I have seen lot of peeps with HND who came for direct masters degree and now working with top 500 fortune companies in the world. Some are now Assistant Professors in schools with higher rating than any of the best universities in Nigeria.

At times, when I read comments here on Nairaland about how HND is a 'useless' certificate, not a degree, or not equivalent to a B.Sc, I feel the ignorance being displayed. To put things straight, a holder of HND going for B.Sc in the same field is just like someone with MENG enroling for M.Sc again. The supposed research component of B.Sc is what makes the difference. A university is given the name because it is a research institution. The purpose for establishing Polytechnics and Monotechnics is different from that of a university. This purpose does not make a B.Sc superior to HND. For those who might want to argue, please, note that I have both certificates from the supposed top Polytecnics and universities in Nigeria, so, it's not a case of 'rubishing' what one does not have. The education system in Nigeria needs a complete overhauling. Now, think of this, if some of the best institutions in the world domicile in the USA have no problem in admitting HND holders directly into their Master's program, while universities in Nigeria with very low world rankings are feeling like 'Superheroes', then you should know something is wrong with the thinking process and our systems. If top organizations in the USA like IBM, Intel,HoneyWell(not the one in Nigeria please), top banks, and other giant coys see no problem in employing individuals with HND holder undergraduate background, then we should understand that all is not well with our priorities, thinking process. Unfortunately, society has been fed with that very wrong notion about HND! Okay, read this story of Ibrahim Waziri: https://www.farooqkperogi.com/2016/09/ibrahim-waziri-from-hnd-in-nigeria-to.html

I am sure, if it was in Nigeria, he might still be reminded that he had no B.Sc. So, please, let's have a change of attitude towards this HND degree and think globally!

Enough of this epistle! @ Pearl1212(f), if you are interested in advancing your career without wasting any time in the name of going for another three-year B.Sc or one -year PGD, please, follow the steps above. There are lots of Nairalanders in USA Students thread that would be of help and guide you. You can send me a PM if you need mentorship in this area (this is completely optional and not important, as you will get enough information on Nairaland).

You write well but if it is the USA, you sha like student debt.

It is good to study if that is really her passion but she shouldn't expect to be really rich by working for company expect she becomes a boss.

Adelaide is different from Adalheidis, Adelaide is a Yoruba name not what this Western is projecting. Adelaide city in Australia and Australia herself is originally a black man populated area, probably migrated from Africa when the British first moved there they called them Kurna people. I’m very sure the name Adelaide is associated to these people not Adalheidis at all very different and if Adalheidis could have evolve it would have been Adalhei or Adahei not Adelaide

notym2chektym:
On the contrary, Palmcredit is one of the best loan apps. I use it and it's been smooth all through
Sometimes it can be network issue,at times it can be communication gap. Don't always rush to tarnish people's business, it's not easy to do business in Nigeria
Since your money has been reversed,why not create another thread on that

Bro you probably work for palmcredit they are a illegal loan company that charges exaggerated loan fee. I'm a customer and I don't default on my loan but they have a very very obnoxious rate. All of the person commenting supporting Palmcredit obviously works for them. It is very bad even still this day 26 of Nov 2022 they still charge a very very High loan Rate. I'm going to quit taking loan with them soon because I have Branch a very very Good loan app. Long repayment time with very affordable Interest rate.