Friday, August 7, 2015

Online Degrees Not Acceptable In Nigeria, NUC Warns


Online Degrees Not Acceptable In Nigeria, NUC Warns

THE National Universities Commission (NUC) has warned Nigerians against patronising online universities and other degree awarding institutions operating online saying any certificate obtained from such institutions is not recognised.Speaking at a press conference yesterday at the Headquarters of the Commission, the Director, Information and Public Relations, Ibrahim Usman Yakasai stressed that degrees obtained online are not accepted in the country.He said: “Nigeria will not recognise online degrees. Online degrees are not accepted in Nigeria at the moment.” Yakasai also warned Nigerian students and parents against patronising Maryam Abacha American University, Niger Republic, noting that the Commission has been inundated with enquiries from some Nigerian students who had been offered admission in the university.He disclosed that the concerned students were offered admissions on part-time basis with a graduation time of four semesters for programmes like Nursing, Medical Laboratory Science and Public Health, among others.In Nigeria, the duration for a full time degree programme is not less than three years for direct entry and at least six years for part-time, while professional programmes in Science, Engineering and Health Sciences including Nursing, Medical Laboratory Science and Public Health are not offered on part-time basis in Nigeria.Also, all part-time cross boarder education in Nigeria is not allowed,” he explained. Yakasai further lamented that the university admits Nigerian students who do not have the basic requirements to gain admission into the nation’s tertiary institutions in addition to running courses such as Nursing, Medical Laboratory Science on part-time basis, which, according to him, is not acceptable.While disclosing that Ghana National Accreditation Board (NAB) has banned 53 tertiary institutions in Ghana some of which Nigerian students run to from advertising and admitting students due to lack of qualification, Yakasai noted that all countries are at liberty to accept or reject certificates from any foreign university they felt is operating below their acceptable standards.We wish to restate that as the only quality assurance agency for universities in Nigeria, the NUC is maintaining its stand that degrees from Maryam Abacha University will not be accepted in Nigeria,” he said.

Thursday, August 6, 2015

World Bank releases N1.4bn for OAU, ABU, RUN, 7 others Henry Okpala | 21:48 | 04.08.2015

Nigerian Universities

World Bank releases N1.4bn for OAU, ABU, RUN, 7 others

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Professor Kamoru Olayiwola Usman as the new Provost of the Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo.

 

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The World Bank has released N1.4 billion to 10 Nigerian universities which were recently listed among the African Centres for Excellence (ACE).

According to a Punch report, the sum is the first tranche of disbursement deployed for ACE projects with the aim of boosting Nigerian universities' global ranking in the fields of agriculture, health, as well as science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Each benefiting universities is assigned an ACE focus projects: Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, as Centre for Agricultural Development and Sustainable Environment; Bayero University, Kano, as Centre for Dryland Agriculture; Benue State University as Centre for Food Technology and Research, Redeemer’s University as Centre for Genomics of Infectious Diseases; University of Jos as Centre for Phytomedicine Research and Development; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, as centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases and Forensic Biotechnology; University of Beninwas designated as a centre for Reproductive Health and Innovation; African University of Science and Technology, Centre for Materials;University of Port Harcourt, Centre for Oil Field Chemicals and Obafemi Awolowo University, as Centre for Science, Technology and Knowledge.

Speaking in Abuja on Monday at an ACE project post-effectiveness workshop held on Monday, the Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission (NUC), Julius Okojie, said the ACE projects will boost Nigerian universities’' ranking.

“The success of the ACE project holds the prospect of favourable global ranking for Nigerian universities and the nation cannot afford to toy with the opportunity," Okojie said.

“The feat of a Nigerian university which assisted in checking the spread and scourge of the Ebola Virus Disease when it broke out in the country would have ordinarily earned Nigeria a top place among world universities.”

He cautioned the management of the institutions against compromising the scheme's objectives.

ACE is a joint project of the governments of Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Republic of Benin, Ghana, Cameroon, Togo and Senegal.

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