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Federal Polytechnic Nekede No.1 in Nigeria: NBTE
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other criteria include proportion of academic staff showing the right mix that is chief lecturer and principal lecturer down to assistant lecturer and ability of institution to introduce programme in new and emerging fields2 the federal polytechnic nekede owerri in imo is the best polytechnic in nigeria according to the national board for technical education nbte2 kazaure explained that the polytechnic emerged the best after scoring 85.08 per cent in the assessment of 112 federal state and private polytechnics in the country in the pilot ranking of nigerian polytechnics2 he said that the exercise covered 20152016 and 2062017 academic sessions2 he said that the federal polytechnic ilaro ogun came second with 73.08 per cent while kaduna polytechnic kaduna state came third with 72.31 per cent2 other polytechnics in the top 10 included the polytechnic ibadan oyo state ranked fourth with 67.69 per cent federal polytechnic bida niger fifth 65.38 per cent and auchi polytechnic auchi edo sixth with 63.85 point2 institute of management and technology imt enugu enugu state seventh with 62.31 per cent. federal polytechnic offa kwara rufus giwa polytechnic ondo state and yaba college of technology yaba lagos state were ranked eighth with 60.77 per cent2 federal polytechnic oko anambra was ranked 11th with 60.00 per cent and federal polytechnic idah kogi occupied the 12th position with 59.23 per cent2 the nbte boss also said that when disaggregated by ownership the federal polytechnic nekede also emerged the best federal polytechnic in the country followed by federal polytechnic ilaro and kaduna polytechnic2 the polytechnic ibadan imt and rufus giwa polytechnics were the highest ranked among state polytechnics while lagos city polytechnic is the highest ranked private polytechnic and the 16th in the country2 dorben polytechnic and heritage polytechnic were the second and third best private polytechnic in the country2 kazaure explained that the polytechnics were ranked based on total number of programmes with full accreditation in the last two years and percentage of programmes with full accreditation2 the executive secretary of the board dr masaudu kazaure made this known in kaduna on thursday at the end of the second regular meeting of the nbte governing board. the meeting was chaired by prof. modupe adelabu2 they were equally assessed based on capacity building of staff both within and outside nigeria teaching quality including staff student ratio and ratio of full-time to part-time staff2 other areas are availability of current campus master plan strategic plan and academic brief percentage of academic staff with relevant higher qualification and professional registration and 7030 technology-non-technology enrolment ratio.2 another consideration was the incorporation of entrepreneurship education into the institutes curriculum and fully established entrepreneurship development centre he said2 he said other issues discussed by the board borders on quality assurance accreditation resource inspection visits and proliferation of illegal technical and health institutions in the country2 he said that 191 out of the 239 programmes in 41 polytechnics visited for accreditation between june and september 2018 were granted full accreditation while 48 got interim accreditation2 he also said that 117 programmes were scrutinised for resource inspection within the same period and 94 programmes were granted interim accreditation to commence operation while 23 were denied2 four proposed private polytechnics were also visited for approval and licensing within the period under review and only one was recommended while three were asked to remedy some identified deficiencies2 the governing board also approved a memorandum of understanding with environmental health officers registration council of nigeria to reduce the burden of duplication of quality assurance visitation and accreditation activities2 the board also agreed to hold meetings with relevant stakeholders to put an end to proliferation of illegal technical institutions and unapproved private health institutions operating in the county2 the board particularly commended the effort of the kaduna state commissioner for health dr paul dogo for expressing concern to the board on illegal health institutions operating in the state he said2 kazaure added that the board equally frowned at the conversion of colleges of agriculture to polytechnics by some state governments and agreed to take necessary actions to put a stop to the development. nan fdy2 -
Federal Polytechnic Nekede No.1 in Nigeria: NBTE
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other criteria include proportion of academic staff showing the right mix that is chief lecturer and principal lecturer down to assistant lecturer and ability of institution to introduce programme in new and emerging fields2 the federal polytechnic nekede owerri in imo is the best polytechnic in nigeria according to the national board for technical education nbte2 kazaure explained that the polytechnic emerged the best after scoring 85.08 per cent in the assessment of 112 federal state and private polytechnics in the country in the pilot ranking of nigerian polytechnics2 he said that the exercise covered 20152016 and 2062017 academic sessions2 he said that the federal polytechnic ilaro ogun came second with 73.08 per cent while kaduna polytechnic kaduna state came third with 72.31 per cent2 other polytechnics in the top 10 included the polytechnic ibadan oyo state ranked fourth with 67.69 per cent federal polytechnic bida niger fifth 65.38 per cent and auchi polytechnic auchi edo sixth with 63.85 point2 institute of management and technology imt enugu enugu state seventh with 62.31 per cent. federal polytechnic offa kwara rufus giwa polytechnic ondo state and yaba college of technology yaba lagos state were ranked eighth with 60.77 per cent2 federal polytechnic oko anambra was ranked 11th with 60.00 per cent and federal polytechnic idah kogi occupied the 12th position with 59.23 per cent2 the nbte boss also said that when disaggregated by ownership the federal polytechnic nekede also emerged the best federal polytechnic in the country followed by federal polytechnic ilaro and kaduna polytechnic2 the polytechnic ibadan imt and rufus giwa polytechnics were the highest ranked among state polytechnics while lagos city polytechnic is the highest ranked private polytechnic and the 16th in the country2 dorben polytechnic and heritage polytechnic were the second and third best private polytechnic in the country2 kazaure explained that the polytechnics were ranked based on total number of programmes with full accreditation in the last two years and percentage of programmes with full accreditation2 the executive secretary of the board dr masaudu kazaure made this known in kaduna on thursday at the end of the second regular meeting of the nbte governing board. the meeting was chaired by prof. modupe adelabu2 they were equally assessed based on capacity building of staff both within and outside nigeria teaching quality including staff student ratio and ratio of full-time to part-time staff2 other areas are availability of current campus master plan strategic plan and academic brief percentage of academic staff with relevant higher qualification and professional registration and 7030 technology-non-technology enrolment ratio.2 another consideration was the incorporation of entrepreneurship education into the institutes curriculum and fully established entrepreneurship development centre he said2 he said other issues discussed by the board borders on quality assurance accreditation resource inspection visits and proliferation of illegal technical and health institutions in the country2 he said that 191 out of the 239 programmes in 41 polytechnics visited for accreditation between june and september 2018 were granted full accreditation while 48 got interim accreditation2 he also said that 117 programmes were scrutinised for resource inspection within the same period and 94 programmes were granted interim accreditation to commence operation while 23 were denied2 four proposed private polytechnics were also visited for approval and licensing within the period under review and only one was recommended while three were asked to remedy some identified deficiencies2 the governing board also approved a memorandum of understanding with environmental health officers registration council of nigeria to reduce the burden of duplication of quality assurance visitation and accreditation activities2 the board also agreed to hold meetings with relevant stakeholders to put an end to proliferation of illegal technical institutions and unapproved private health institutions operating in the county2 the board particularly commended the effort of the kaduna state commissioner for health dr paul dogo for expressing concern to the board on illegal health institutions operating in the state he said2 kazaure added that the board equally frowned at the conversion of colleges of agriculture to polytechnics by some state governments and agreed to take necessary actions to put a stop to the development. nan fdy2