The decision was reached at the Federal Executive Council,FEC, today.
The award of HND will be limited to only the students currently admitted for the programmes.
Also, all the programmes currently being run by polytechnics,which are not technology-based, and which are about 70 percent, will be scrapped.
Under the new rule, the polytechnics will now become campuses of the closest universities with the Vice Chancellors of those universities appointing provosts for the polytechnics,subject to the consent of the Universities Councils.
The polytechnics will now be limited to award of the National Diploma (ND) while those desirous of further education will be awarded the Bachelor of Technology(B.Tech) by the proximate university.
To kick-start the new policy, the nation’s two most prominent polytechnics – Yaba College of Technology and Kaduna Polytechnic– will hence forth be known as City University of Technology, Yaba and City University of Technology,Kaduna.
And to legalise these approvals,the FEC approved the submission of two Executive bills to the National Assembly for enactment.
The Ministry of Justice will do the preparation and submission of the two bills to the National Assembly.
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, spoke to journalists after the meeting,
He said, “There will be no more award of HND. After we have exhausted the current students under the programme, there will be no more award of HND. This means that there will be no fresh admission for HND programmes. And in addition, any programme that is not technical will be out of the polytechnics.
“About 70 per cent of polytechnic graduates are in the non-technical courses. It is going to be a rigorous implementation programme.”
Adamu said, “The HND certificate will remain a legal tender in Nigeria and holders of such certificate will continue to be recognised as the equivalent of first degree holders without discriminatory remunerations and limit to progression in the work place.dailypost
Best news...atleast they will now have B-tech instead of HND....
ReplyDeleteIt's actually a good one. I won't lie, anytime a toaster mentions that he is an HND holder, I run. Fast.
DeleteCool
DeleteGood news. Let all be equal.
DeleteGood development.
ReplyDeleteYeeepa!!
ReplyDeleteOkay oo
welcome improvement.
ReplyDeleteThese polytechnics have better practical oriented course contents and training than the Universities. This Nigerian economy does not need paper qualifications but practically oriented skills.
ReplyDeleteAbokis don do am oooo!
You said my mind plus they spend 5yrs in school, so they deserve it
DeleteHmmmmmmmn
ReplyDeleteWow......
ReplyDeleteThis isn't the first time such bill will be passed. Let me buy my form first and I'll come give report
ReplyDeleteI pray it works
ReplyDeleteIs this a bad or good news? Niger-area
ReplyDeleteStella why dat emoji?
ReplyDeletegoodnews and badnews 4 us dat are in art courses and already rounding up
This will not be good for people who already have HND. The discrimination will always be there
ReplyDeleteThe only good thing is the last sentence.
ReplyDeleteEven if you didn't read the post, read the last one
This is good news if true.....
ReplyDeleteThis is not good for the uni degrees. Fact iss you have hnd because u didn't get into a uni. Makes no sense to make them the same.
ReplyDeleteMixed feeling about it.
ReplyDeleteThe B.Tech nomenclature is a welcome development. That will end the discrimination or reduce it at least. There are many courses that need to be scrapped at the Universities too. I hope they continue these reforms.
ReplyDeleteIn the midst of tight admissions into higher institutions yet you are scraping the little ones people are managing..!!
ReplyDeleteYou didn’t read it. Or you didn’t understand the content. Go read again
DeleteWow!at last. Goodnews
ReplyDeleteGood news, is a welcome development.
ReplyDeleteGood news
ReplyDeleteThis is a very beautiful move, Stella. Replacing the HND with BTech is the way forward. Collapsing the Polytechnics to the universities make it even cooler. Taking away non-technical courses from Polytechnics makes so much sense. Polytechnics are for technical training, not for Arts. This was the structure when it was instituted but later changed.
ReplyDeleteIt's a very good news. It will reduce the discrimination at work place. Imagine giving a HND holder level 7 while B.sc holder gets level 8.
ReplyDeleteThe question we are not asking is what will now be the fate of those who have already bought HND forms for the 2018/2019 academic session
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