NUC boss resolves the issue of scrapping diploma programme in universities

The new Executive Secretary of  the National University Commission, Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, has disclosed that the commission will soon stop Universities from running diploma programmes.

He made this known

when he was paid a visit

by the Executive

Secretary of the National

Board for Technical

Education (NBTE), Dr

Masaudu Kazaure in his

office.

According to Prof.

Rasheed, only

polytechnics had the

statutory right to run

diploma programmes.

He equally stated that the

federal government had

earlier issued a circular

as far back as 2000

prohibiting the use of

Ordinary Diploma

certificates either in the

promotion or employment

of staff in the civil

service, adding that the

commission would soon

notify universities to stop

the programmes.

He gave assurance that

the commission will

collaborate with NBTE

towards developing a

value print that will give

polytechnics the capacity

to run degree

programmes.

He further dispelled

rumors that the FG has

converted Kaduna state

Polytechnic and Yaba

College of Technology to

city universities and

commended the recent

move by the Council of

Civil Service

Establishments in making

HND holders that have

Post-Graduate Diploma

(PGD) to be at par with

university graduates in

the civil service.