{"id":7297,"date":"2022-12-21T15:54:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T15:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=7297"},"modified":"2022-12-21T15:54:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T15:54:15","slug":"fg-direct-polytechnics-to-desist-from-awarding-degrees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/fg-direct-polytechnics-to-desist-from-awarding-degrees\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Direct Polytechnics to Desist from Awarding Degrees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Federal Government has directed polytechnics, monotechnic and other allied institutions to stop awarding degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Board for Technical Education conveyed the government\u2019s decision to heads of the affected institutions in a circular marked <strong><em>TEB\/PRO\/E\/12\/Vol.11\/132 dated December 1, 2022.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A copy of the document signed by the board\u2019s Director, Polytechnic Programmes Department, Ogoh Ngbede, was obtained by our correspondent on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ngbede, in the circular, expressed the Federal Ministry of Education\u2019s dismay at the increasing number of tertiary institutions in the country offering programmes for which they were not originally designed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He however said the government has given the affected institutions four years to graduate the last set of students already admitted for such programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The circular read in part, <em>\u201cPolytechnics and other technical institutions in the country should immediately stop admitting students into degree programmes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cSimilarly, polytechnics and allied institutions awarding Nigerian Certificate in Education should restrict themselves to technical courses.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cHowever, already admitted undergraduates for these programmes should be allowed to round up the programmes into which they are already admitted.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cInstitutions have been given a period of four years (up to 2026) to graduate their last set of students for such programmes.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to news reports that the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics has over time called on the government to allow polytechnics to award degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The union\u2019s National President, Anderson Ezeibe, noted that the award of degrees by polytechnics would end the current dichotomy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Mr. Ezeibe, <em>\u201cHND is no longer as attractive as it used to be to Nigerian youths because of the age-long dichotomy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cPolicymakers have made it a rule that once an individual has an HND, he cannot attain the peak of his\/her career, then why are they continuing to force it on people, why don\u2019t they phase it out and replace it with Bachelor of Technology?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, the Nigerian polytechnic system has all it takes in terms of infrastructure and human capital to award Bachelor, Master\u2019s and Doctorate degrees in the area of technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When contacted on Tuesday for his reaction to the development,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ezeibe promised to get back to our correspondent later in the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has yet to do so as of the time of filing this report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the Director of Programmes, Reform Education Nigeria, Ayodamola Oluwatoyin, in an interview with our correspondent on Tuesday, backed the government\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her words, <em>\u201cIt is a very good initiative. Universities and polytechnics exist for different reasons. While it is largely believed that universities focus on theories, polytechnics focus on practical ones. So why should one want to take over the duty of another?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cHowever, it is worthy of note to remind the government about to promise to eliminate the dichotomy between degrees and Higher National Diplomas. We need to understand that the two awards serve different purposes hence, one should not be seen as lower than the other.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: PunchNg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government has directed polytechnics, monotechnic and other allied institutions to stop awarding degrees. 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