The National Universities Commission has announced the suspension of all part-time programmes run by universities in Nigeria
The Executive Secretary of the commission, Prof. Julius Okojie Okojie said the suspension of the part- time programmes was to enable the regulatory body “streamline” them. He said the work of the universities’ regulatory body was becoming more
difficult because of the “products of the system” and urged the
institutions to cooperate with the NUC to evolve a more focused and
credible system.
“For now all part time programmes have been suspended. We are going to streamline them. “No university should have more than 20 per cent of their student
population on part-time with excess capacity to teach. All part time
programmes must be located on campus. We do not want satellite campuses
anymore,” he said. The executive secretary said henceforth universities must score over 70
per cent in all areas of assessment, including the provision of
library facilities before it would be accredited.
“But if your library facilities are poor or sub standard, even if you
score over 70 per cent, you will not be considered fit enough for
accreditation,” he stated. Okojie said that out of the 31 programmes evaluated for the NOUN, 30 were accredited. He said that four programmes of the university were granted full
accreditation, 26 others accredited on interim basis while one programme
was denied accreditation.
(NAN)
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