Pre-degrees and diplomas are now banned, here's why

fuad lawal

October 26, 2016 8:59 AM

The National Universities Commission is saying no to diplomas and pre-degrees.

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The National Universities Commission has now banned Universities from running pre-degree and diploma programmes.

This new directive was given by the Executive Secretary of the Universities Commission, Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed at a meeting with Vice Chancellors.

The meeting with had in attendance the Vice Chancellors of all 143 Universities had the Commission announce that the running of those programmes should be left to the polytechnics.

Why? So they can focus on developing human resources in undergraduate, part-time and post-graduate programmes.

That's not all. A directive was also given for the research arm of the National Universities Commission to work with the research departments of the Universities.

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The best part?

The statement regarding these new developments read:

“A comprehensive review of the entire university curricula (the Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards (BMAS)) and ranking of Nigerian universities have also been scheduled for 2017, while two of the cardinal activities of the commission, accreditation of programmes and resource verification, will now take place only twice and thrice a year, respectively: May and November for accreditation as well as March, July and December for resource verification.”

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What does this mean for the Nigerian student?

It means that every year, the Nigerian student hoping to enter University knows that she has only one shot at it. Perhaps, that could be enough motivation, knowing that there's no safety net like pre-degrees or diplomas.

And when they finally get in, a revised curriculum means goodbye to the almost archaic curricula that currently exists in most Nigerian Universities.

The future is looking good.

fuad lawal