HND-DEGREE saga: What the Just-submited Reports Implies- The B.Tech curriculum proposed by the NBTE for polytechnics with the B.Tech by the NUC must be synchronised to avoid further Dichotomy || The committee on the removal of dichotomy between higher national diploma and the university degree holders has submitted its report, recommending that changes be made in the classification of higher national diploma holders in the scheme of service. The 12-man technical committee constituted by the secretary general to the federal government submitted its report to the supervising minister of education, Chief Nyesom Wike in Abuja on Friday. The report further added that “to avoid further dichotomy, the committee identified the need to maintain standards, by not creating two different B.Tech degrees and we therefore considered it more beneficial to synchronise the B.Tech curriculum proposed by the NBTE for polytechnics with the B.Tech degree approved for the universities by the National Universities commission.” “The committee observed the necessity for changes to be made in the classification of HND holders in the scheme of service.” Receiving the report, Chief Wike said the submitted report is a major approach to addressing the key demands of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP). “this is part of addressing the pressing demands of the academic staff union of polytechnics, but what is most important is that the committee has been able to do their job very well, and submitted their report earnestly. “The report will be accordingly forwarded to the secretary to the government for immediate action. It will not be like other reports; once the government comes up with a position paper, that will be the final decision,” he added. “The government will have to digest this report before they come up with a decision,” the minister said. Chief Wike also said that the action was to re-assure the union that the government was doing all it can to ensure that all lingering problems are been solved. The minister also urged the striking lecturers of the Polytechnics to call off the industrial action in the interest of the nation.
Posted on: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 21:39:31 +0000
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