Universities: NUC To Review Postgraduate Courses
The National Universities Commission says it volition embark on an "audit" of students in addition to lecturers of post-graduate studies to sanitize the system.
The NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Julius Okojie, made this known on Tuesday inwards Abuja at the 25th anniversary of the Committee of Deans of Post-Graduate Schools.
Okojie said the NUC was responsible for ensuring the credence of the certificates issued past times the country's universities, adding that at that spot was a lot of rot inwards the system.
The National Universities Commission says it volition embark on an "audit" of students in addition to lecturers of post-graduate studies to sanitize the system.
The NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Julius Okojie, made this known on Tuesday inwards Abuja at the 25th anniversary of the Committee of Deans of Post-Graduate Schools.
Okojie said the NUC was responsible for ensuring the credence of the certificates issued past times the country's universities, adding that at that spot was a lot of rot inwards the system.
He said, "The arrangement is in addition to hence corrupt. Even those who produce non postulate keep approving are running Ph.D programmes in addition to at that spot are professors who postulate keep never fifty-fifty supervised ane student.
"People straight off become to courtroom because a vice-chancellor does non hail from the locality of the university."
Okojie, who urged the academia to strive towards academic excellence no affair the historic menstruum in addition to level, said, "It is a basis of continuous learning, in addition to and hence nosotros must hold upward ahead of our students."
The Pro-Chancellor in addition to Chairman, Governing Council, University of Lagos, medico Gabriel Onosode, on the occasion called for an upward review of the nation's instruction budget to at to the lowest degree 26 per cent.
He suggested that one-half of the 26 per cent hold upward allocated for the advertisement of learning in addition to enquiry at the 3rd level.
Onosode said instruction should hold upward seen every bit the sole responsibleness of the government.
He called on the Federal Government in addition to other stakeholders to "consider seriously, their positions on post-graduate enquiry in addition to preparation inwards Nigerian universities inwards gild to run across the aspirations of the instruction leaders who dream, pray in addition to move for national development."
Source: Punch
"People straight off become to courtroom because a vice-chancellor does non hail from the locality of the university."
Okojie, who urged the academia to strive towards academic excellence no affair the historic menstruum in addition to level, said, "It is a basis of continuous learning, in addition to and hence nosotros must hold upward ahead of our students."
The Pro-Chancellor in addition to Chairman, Governing Council, University of Lagos, medico Gabriel Onosode, on the occasion called for an upward review of the nation's instruction budget to at to the lowest degree 26 per cent.
He suggested that one-half of the 26 per cent hold upward allocated for the advertisement of learning in addition to enquiry at the 3rd level.
Onosode said instruction should hold upward seen every bit the sole responsibleness of the government.
He called on the Federal Government in addition to other stakeholders to "consider seriously, their positions on post-graduate enquiry in addition to preparation inwards Nigerian universities inwards gild to run across the aspirations of the instruction leaders who dream, pray in addition to move for national development."
Source: Punch
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