The National Universities Commission, NUC, has approved 10 new programs to be run at Kwara State University from the 2024/2025 session.
The approval, which is contained in a letter addressed to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh, and signed by the commissions acting director of Academic Planning, Abubakar M. Girei, on behalf of the Ag. Executive Secretary said that the approval was based on the results of assessments from the resource verification visit carried out by panels of experts to the proposed academic programs.
The approved programs according to a statement issued by Dr. Saeedat Aliyu, the Ag. Director University Relations of KWASU, are; B.Sc. Estate Management, B.Sc. Geography, B.Sc. Urban and Regional Planning, B.Sc. Mining Engineering, B.Sc. Marketing, B.Sc. Sociology, B.Sc. Criminology and Security Studies, B.Sc. Physiology, B.Sc. Human Anatomy and B.Sc. Cyber Security
The statement further reads: “The letter dated December 10, 2024, noted that the programs are to be in full-time mode while the University was urged to provide adequate human and material resources for the development and growth of the approved programs.
“In his reaction to the approval of the NUC, the Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University, Professor Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh described it as timely and a reflection of the University’s readiness to train quality human resources that will impact society.
“He noted that while the approval brings the undergraduate programs run by KWASU to 80, he lauded the staff of the institution for working assiduosly to secure the approval from the regulatory commission.”
This reporter needs to be properly educated on Resource Verification and Accreditation as concepts in Quality Assurance.
What NUC approved for the University is Resource Verification and not accreditation.
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