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FG Approves New 20 Private Polytechnics, 4 Colleges Of Health
Science and 32 IEI's
DIR By: Eda
Date: May 1, 2019, 8:35 am
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[/size]The federal government has issued operational license to
20 Private Polytechnics, four Colleges Of Health Science and
technologies and 32 Innovation Enterprises Institutions. This
brings the number of private polytechnics to 56, 152 Innovation
Enterprise Institutions and 84 Vocational Enterprise
Institutions in the country.
Speaking during the event ,the permanent secretary, ministry of
education, Arc Sonny Echono, said that President Muhammadu
Buhari-led administration places piority on education more
specifically Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
which would help reposition the economy.
He mentioned that the Technical and Vocational Education In
Nigeria needs urgent urgent attention in repositioning it for
Nigeria’s technology take off.
He urged the newly established institutions to strive towards
establishing a progress oriented and globally competitive
institutions to actualise the envisioned change and agenda.
Echono warned that the federal government has banned study
centers or satellite campuses by approved institutions adding
that qualifications obtained from the institutions would not be
recognised for further studies, National Youth Service,
employment and promotion.
Also speaking, the Executive Secretary, National Board for
Technical Education(NBTE), Dr M. A Kazaure revealed that the
board has under its purview, 131 polytechnics, 33 Colleges of
Agriculture, 50 colleges of Health Science and Technology, 31
Specialised Institutions, 152 Innovation Enterprise
Institutions, 79 Vocational Enterprise Institutions and 119
Technical Colleges.
He revealed that the Board would continue to ensure that quality
assurance are maintained in the delivery of the institutions
programme under its purview by undertaking accreditation
visitations to institutions and programmes that are due.
“From 2018 to date, the Board visited a total of 80 institutions
and carried out accreditation/ reaccreditation of 417
programmes, verification of 46 programmes, resource inspection
of 241 programmes, resources inspection verification of 28
programmes and CC verification of 24,” he said.[size=14px]
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