PART TIME PROGRAMMES IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES BE WARNED - DONT BE DEFRAUDED

The National Universities Commission, cognizant of the need to streamline the operations of Part-Time and Sandwich programmes in Nigerian universities, had through a publication in the print media, including the Guardian and Sun Newspapers of Monday, 19th March, 2012, placed a moratorium on admission into Part-Time programmes in Nigerian universities. In the publication, the universities were requested to fully disclose all Part-Time and Sandwich programmes, with respect to enrollment and staffing profile,within four weeks of the publication, and to conduct in-house staff and student audit and forward same to the Commission. As a follow up to this, the Commission vide a letter dated 14 January,2013, sent a reminder to the universities requesting those that were yet to provide information on their Part-Time and Sandwich programmes as well as affiliation arrangements to do so on or before 15 February, 2013.2.0.

Universities That Made Submission:

Based on the submissions received, a total of forty (40)universities indicated that they would run Part-Time and Sandwich programmes as detailed below:

State Universities

Private Universities:

APPROVALS GRANTED TO UNIVERSITIES TO RUN PART–TIME/ SANDWICH PROGRAMMES

Up to date, a total of thirty six (36) universities forwarded their completed documents, based on the approved format. Following the analysis of the submissions by the Department of Academic Standards and having satisfied the laid down guidelines for running Part – Time programme and Sandwich courses in Nigerian universities, all the thirty six (36) institutions were recommended to the Executive Secretary for approval.Consequent upon Executive Secretary’s approval, letters were communicated to the universities accordingly. The universities are:

Federal Universities-

State Universities

Private Universities

SOURCE: Directorate of Academic Planning, NUC