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HOW TO CONVERT YOUR HND CERTIFICATE TO BSC IN 1YR

The National Board for Technical Education has unveiled an online top-up programme for Higher National Diploma holders to convert their certification to Bachelor’s Degree through online top-up for one year, with foreign accredited universities.

The board disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday by its Head of Media Unit, Mrs Fatima Abubakar.

Abubakar said this was also to facilitate the progression of HND holders to higher degrees.

“Attempts in the past to get the National Universities Commission to approve a two-year Master of Technology for HND holders in some polytechnics did not see the light of the day.

“Many times, HND Holders are forced to go for a one-year Postgraduate Diploma before they could be admitted into the Master’s Program in Universities.

”The disadvantage of the PGD is that holders who continue to do PhD and wish to migrate to a Nigerian University will always be queried to produce their first degree, even when they have doctorates.

”To end this unwarranted prejudice, NBTE has now created this progression pathway for HND holders. This can be accessed at https://topup.nbte.gov.ng,” she said.

Abubakar added that another challenge facing many polytechnic HND graduates was mobilisation for the National Youth Service Corps.

”NBTE has now created a HND admission portal for use by all polytechnics. Only accredited programmes shall be visible on the portal and NYSC shall have viewing rights to know admitted candidates to be mobilised.

”This will hopefully bring an end to illegal HND admissions of unaccredited programmes and at the same time ensure carrying capacities are adhered to for quality assurance.

”Finally, the board wishes to appeal to Mr President to please sign the bill removing the HND-BSc Dichotomy in the public service as passed by the last National Assembly.

”This is to end the unjust and undeserved discrimination against graduates of the polytechnic system,” she said.

She further said that the absence of legal backing necessitated the board to find ways of enhancing the standing of HND holders.

Abubakar said that this must be done because the HND holders in reality hold the key to Nigeria’s industrialisation and key skills for delivery of needed infrastructure in the country.

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Mr President as matter of urgency should attend to this bill

But they are equivalent na

Ok

Are we still on this topic?

Graduating from a Polytechnic is just like marrying a girl that is not a virgin.

They both fall below standard

The standard for a bride is to be a virgin
The standard for a graduate is a Bsc


Let the poly people breath biko

👍

Money must be made.

We don't seems to get it. Those bent on discriminating against HND will still ask for the transcript of your degree. The moment they see that it's a top-up, forget it.

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Okay

That's a welcome development for HND guys

Conversion!

Obesity:
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Finally, polytechnic student can now breath

Just provide jobs for graduates regardless

Okay.

BSC holders never see work, nah small money wey HND holders get una wan collect. Let the literates breathe.

Omo, see conversion... Polytechnic students how una dey?

Another way to extort the poor Nigerians

Good one there

Ok cool

Why all this stress with all the universities in Nigeria?

If you are after a Bsc then root for university not after going through polythenic, you feel cheated and want to be on the same paper relevance with a university graduate.

If this continues, the intent of establishing a polythenic will soon disappear, polythenics will closed or convert it to University.

Lol, which kind nonsense arrangement be dis, a topup degree prog from foreign institutions online.
Expect to pay through the nose, no record found, NBTE not fulfilling its end of the bargain after 5years or tenure of the person that made the arrangement, foreign school denying awareness of such arrangement or claim it's just a seminar, etc.
The first solution is removing the polytechnic under the control of the person making this announcement, which e no go want as food go reduce.
Place it under NUC like other tech uni, then restructure the system, from admission to staff to syllabus

It's a good thing for Hnd holders

Ignatius Ajuru University in Port Harcourt offers conversion to Bsc. too

At last but

Welcome development

Lol

Seems the nbte now knows better than degree is different from diploma

Financial Success and Career satisfaction in this era is beyond certificates.



Wittyness

NBTC plans and efforts will be frustrated by NUC.

NUC does not recognise any ONLINE DEGREE PROGRAM. That means HND holders that have online degree, masters and Phd will not be allowed to lecture in Nigeria universities because NUC will query the online degree cert.

They can differentie between the cert. Of regular and that of online program.

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