In Abuja – The Minister of
Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufai, has warned all polytechnics undertaking the
post-graduate diploma programmes to stop, saying it is not part of their
mandate.
She gave this warning on Monday at
the inauguration of the governing councils for the National Teachers Institute,
National Educational Research Development Council, 15 federal polytechnics and
19 federal colleges of education.
She directed that henceforth, no
polytechnic convocation would hold without issuance of certificates to
graduating students.
The minister also ordered that the
provosts and registrars of colleges of education must sign NCE certificates as
obtained in polytechnics and universities.
“Issuance of certificates to
graduating students is a prerequisite for approval for holding convocations;
thus no certificate, no convocation,” she directed.
“Governing councils have a strategic
role to play in facilitating the required transformation of the tertiary
education sector in order to actualise the desire of government to provide easy
access without compromising standards and quality.
Rufa’i said that effective
strategies should also be developed for early detection and eradication of all
forms of vices such as examination malpractice, sexual harassment, extortion,
inducement, loss of examination scripts and results.
She advised the councils not to be
lured into turning the prestigious fellowship awards to chieftaincy title
affairs.
Responding on behalf of his
colleagues, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, Chairman, Governing Council of College of
Technology, Yaba, pledged to use their appointments to contribute to the
development of the education sector.
He thanked the Federal Government
for the privilege to serve the country.
But could this warning affect
Nigeria students negatively or positively.
What is your own point of view
toward this?
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