National Universities Commission Suspend Part Time Programmes in Nigerian Universities
The executive secretary of the National Universities Commission, Prof Julius Okojie has suspended part-time programmes in Nigerian universities.
He disclosed this in Abuja yesterday while announcing the accreditation of National Open University of Nigeria,NOUN.
According to Okojie, the step was aimed at rationalising the activities as well as bringing them in line with best practices and to ensure standards.
The reasons for suspending the part-time programmes he said included illegal operations by some of the institutions and over-bloated population in the admission process among others.
He stated that when the ban was lifted, admission into part-time programme would not exceed 20 per cent intake, and added that lectures for all part-time programmes would be restricted to university campuses only.
He said, “for now all part-time programmes are suspended, we are going to streamline them. In the effect, we should not have more than 20 per cent of the total students’ population on part-time programmes.
“All part-time programmes must be located on campus, we don’t want satellite campuses again”.
He emphasised that regulation is the major part of the commission’s activities and NUC will not hesitate to wield the big stick on any defaulting institution.
Meanwhile, NUC has announced the accreditation of 30 out of the 31 programmes run by the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).
Announcing the result of the accreditation visit which was conducted in March this year, Prof Okojie said only Nursing Science was denied accreditation for using a 10 years old curriculum.
26 programmes representing 83.9% was given Interim accreditation while 4 courses representing 12.9% of the programme was given full accreditation.
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Fools, if you provide the right structures and an enabling environment, do you think any one would like to attend part time school? wise up and wake up we are tired of you people, bunch of clueless leaders.
You went to school when tuition fees were free, it was some people that made it happen. you are now disturbing people who are struggling to improve themselves by working and paying their own school fees, instead of you to work out solutions you are busy chasing shadows.
Save your energy to combat those looting our national treAsury daily and not innocent people, create more schools to meet up the need of higher education, China is more populated than Nigeria but they have leaders that are humans not callous and selfish leaders like the ones in Nigeria.
We are all Nigerians and should be allowed to maximize our potentials, open up our minds through education, we will not allow you to trample on us. that’s how you people arrested young Nigerians and jailed them simply because they wanted to serve their father land (NYSC). If these young people think the only way to get a good job is by going through NYSC after their part time studies why not make way for them rather than treating them like mere criminals. the real criminals are in house of rep, ministerial lodge enjoying the common wealth of this country.
This is not how to run a country, braise up you fools before your case turns to that of the old Ghanian leaders. we are watching so beware whatever you do today is what people remember you for.
Suspending of part-time programmes in our Universities is not a solution to the low quality of education in the country. Are the so-called regular students who are being graduated by the Universities better than the part-time graduates ? NUC should prevail on the FG to increase more funds to the universities to improve on their facilities, infrastructures and lecturers welfare. By suspending part-time programmes, the body is rather creating more problems for the universities and the country, hence the universities can not absorb the the large population that needs university education into their regular programmes only.
It is obvious dat National Open University of Nigeria bribed d Nigeria University Commission,dat is y they r doing all dis so dat d NOUN wil get admision.And d end point is for Universities to bribe them again,criminals!
suspend the par-time program in universities by the NUC is equaly an act of exposing our country to doom. Come to think of this-what wil be the fate of the less previlaged who long and taste for education, and who should also work out money to train themselves in the university. NUC,there are so many things to do to help the nigerian universities,there are so many problems to solve concerning nigerian universities and suspending the part-time program is not one at all. MAY GOD HELP US.
I am really surprised that Nuc have decided to act in bad manner. How can they suspend partime program. Its really stupid and uncalled for. The same nuc who are suspending this programs are the same people who approved part time program. Part time which i understand is a program is ment to help people who are running a business and at the same time going to school. cause some one going to school and at the same time working. you cant tell him to abandon his source of living and do a full time program. Its not done. There are ways thing shld be done and it wldnt affect other people. How can you supend a school were there are more than one thousand people. It doesnt make sence. when you suspend the school and people drop out of the school and get faustrated and joing bad gang. yet the wld still be complaining and if you want to rate Nuc, i rate them as govement. Its just like Nuc saying they want to close Abia state university or they want to run accreditation. Doesnt it sound stupid. They staffs of Nuc are being paid their salary by the govement and you tell me Nuc wants to closes Abusu or run accreditation. I dont think Absu passed through accreditation. Cause Nuc can not close a school owned by the government who pay them. Nuc of recent close down some universities and if you check them out they are far cleaner and better than Absu 1million times. I schooled in Absu. their compound is nothing to write home about. Their toilet is O. Let me Advise you people Nuc. Its possible for a part time program to teach more than full time program as far as they have a Good lecturer and a Good Library system. They can deside to adopt a higher standard of learning which is 200 times better than a full time program. will you suspend them. Just for Instance some one is studying law and he said he want to read or stud or base on Oil and gas. You know how many years he would stay to achieve that, 5 years which is the standard law for studying law and some one says he wants to base on buying and selling of houses. After they must have come out of school. can they be given the same grants. To me know. The person that just studied housing can not be employed in the oil and gas sector cause he knows nothing about oil and gas. The other person took 5 years to study oil and gas and the other man that read only about housing and he says ok, i want to read oil and gas and he goes for his masters which is 8 months and he gets his degree in Oil and gas. It means now he wld be equated the same degree with the other man who read oil and gas. but if you check out the series of lectures they both receive to be oil and gas are they the same. No. some one who based on a project 5 years and another person who base on the same profect 8 months. who has more of the Knowledge. Answer the question. Nuc believe that people In part time dont study much. But if you look dleeply inside it wrong, its possible for some one who read part time in oil and gas to know some thing very better than the person who read 5 years in oil and gas and he or she wld be employed. What i can say is that Nuc should thinks before they do certain things and they should place them selves in the shoes of this people before they take actions so that it doesnt affect those in part time program.
Cancelling part-Time is good and also it is wrongfuly Bad. Gud bcos there some unqualified candidate in d Institution, whom don’t know anything dan to pay lecturer just to prevent carry over and It is good bcos some lecturer in part-time institution are using as a medium to make money especially d satelite institution. Wrongfuly bad bcos d people dat dont have sposorer and realy want to learn by working @ d same tie going to school can no longer go anymore, why? Bcos NUC has cancelled part – time. Advice: Nigerian let’s stop killing ourselves with law dat is uncalled for, because life is turn by turn and oneday somebody will sit on NUC seats. God bless Nigeria! Amen