stop running post HND,PGD..FG warns POLYS
Abuja – The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufai, has warned polytechnics undertaking the post-graduate diploma programmes to stop, saying it is not part of their mandate. Rufa’i gave the warning on Monday in Abuja at the inauguration of the governing councils for the National Teachers Institute, National Educational Research Development Council, 15 federal polytechnics and 19 federal colleges of education. She directed that henceforth, no polytechnic convocation would hold without issuance of certificates to graduating students. The minister also ordered that the provosts and registrars of colleges of education must sign NCE certificates as obtained in polytechnics and universities. “The provosts and registrars of colleges of education should sign NCE certificates as obtained in polytechnics and universities. “Issuance of certificates to graduating students is a prerequisite for approval for holding convocations; thus no certificate, no conv