{"id":293582,"date":"2023-10-16T18:48:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T17:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=293582"},"modified":"2023-10-16T18:48:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T17:48:01","slug":"nbte-fires-back-at-nuc-for-opposing-hnd-to-bsc-conversion-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/10\/16\/nbte-fires-back-at-nuc-for-opposing-hnd-to-bsc-conversion-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"NBTE fires back at NUC for opposing HND-to-BSc conversion programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>NUC had objected to the plan by NBTE to introduce degree conversion programmes for HND graduates of Nigerian Polytechnics<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>NBTE expressed the Board\u2019s dissatisfaction with NUC\u2019s stance<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has hit back at the National Universities Commission (NUC) over the Commission\u2019s opposition to recent introduction of the one-year top-up programme for graduates of Polytechnics to convert their Higher National Diploma (HND) to Bachelor\u2019s degree certificates.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Secretary of NBTE, Professor Idris Bugaje, in a statement on Monday expressed the Board\u2019s dissatisfaction with NUC\u2019s stance on its conversion policy in a letter to the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, in response to questions bordering on the newly initiated HND Top-Up Program using offshore credit transfer admission.<\/p>\n<p>Recalled that NUC had in a statement during the weekend, objected to the plan by NBTE to introduce degree conversion programmes for HND graduates of Nigerian Polytechnics, as that was not within his purview.<\/p>\n<p>Acting Executive Secretary, Chris Maiyaki, had told NBTE that the Commission is the only constitutionally empowered regulatory agency for university education in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>However, NBTE spokesperson, Fatima Abubakar, in response to NUC\u2019s position on Monday morning, quoted Prof. Bugaje saying that only the Federal Ministry Education (FME) Division of Evaluation and Accreditation has the power to assess the foreign degrees after the students have graduated and may seek the same.<\/p>\n<p>Abubakar commended products of Nigerian Polytechnics and advised NUC against further discrimination against HND graduates.<\/p>\n<p>The NBTE letter to the Minister reads in part, \u201cI write to update you on the media response last week of the National Universities Commission of Nigeria to an NBTE-initiated progression for HND holders through the Top-Up program in foreign (offshore) accredited universities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly the FME Division of Evaluation and Accreditation has the power to assess the foreign degrees after the students have graduated and may seek that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNBTE only provides HND Curricula content for credit mapping and eventual credit transfer admissions. The admissions are made by foreign universities, and their Senates make awards of degrees, not NBTE. In fact, the entire process is designed to operate seamlessly without NBTE.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNBTE also has no financial benefit in the whole exercise, though we requested low tuition of a maximum of about 10% of regular fees since course delivery is online,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnline programmes are today a globally accepted mode of Education delivery, especially in the 21st Century. Nigerian educational policy has accommodated that with an Open University approved by the Federal Government and NBTE-approved Open Distance Flexible and e-learning Centres being operated by 36 Polytechnics at the moment, and the number is growing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigerian HNDs are much respected globally. Many European countries give them direct admissions for Masters. 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