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The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has declared approval of all the National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) programmes presented for accreditation recently by Osun State Polytechnic, Iree.
The NBTE in a statement signed by Mr. Musa Isgogo, Director, Polytechnic Programmes on behalf of the Board’s Executive Secretary, Dr. Mas’udu Adamu Kazaure and addressed to the Rector of the Institution, Dr. Woye Olaniran, said “with reference to the accreditation visitation carried out by the Board, the Board has approved the accreditation of the following programmes offered by your institution for a period of five years with effect from 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 respectively.”
The courses according to the statement include: ND and HND Office Technology & Management;ND Computer Science, HND Marketing and HND Science Laboratory Science.
Others are ND and HND Mass Communication; ND Welding and Fabrication; ND Mechanical Engineering; ND Building Technology; ND Electrical /Electronics Engineering; ND Agric & Bio-Environmental Engineering and HND Civil Engineering.
It would be recalled that the NBTE officials visited the Osun State Polytechnic, Iree between 5th and 8th January, 2020 for the accreditation and re-accreditation of the afore-mentioned programmes in the institution, during which the laboratories, studios, workshops, libraries, personnel and other facilities were verified for pedagogical and administrative functions.
During the visitation, the NBTE officials commended the management of the institution for the availability of the state of the arts equipment and high ranking administrative and academic personnel available in the polytechnic.
While reacting to the approval of the academic programmes and administrative facilities in the polytechnic, the Rector, Dr. Olaniran said it was a remarkable achievement on the part of the Government of the State of Osun, Management, staff and students of the polytechnic, promising to ensure that the polytechnic sustains its impartation of knowledge and moral values in the lives of the students in order to make them successful in their respective vocations. He maintained that the polytechnic would not relent in sustaining and projecting its motto of Excellence in Character and Technology.
Dr. Olaniran who dedicated the success to the Osun State Government for giving the institution the needed support to actualize its aspirations, also commended the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (Tetfund), Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), NBTE and other regulatory authorities for their unflinching support towards making the polytechnic an enviable citadel of learning among its peers.
Did agricultural nd bio environmental engineering for national diploma cn I did food technology fr higher national diploma