{"id":6631,"date":"2025-05-29T15:58:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T15:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=6631"},"modified":"2025-05-29T15:58:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T15:58:41","slug":"bugaje-insists-polytechnics-will-offer-degree-faults-asuu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2025\/05\/29\/bugaje-insists-polytechnics-will-offer-degree-faults-asuu\/","title":{"rendered":"Bugaje Insists Polytechnics Will Offer Degree, Faults ASUU"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Idris Bugaje, has faulted the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on reforms aimed at making polytechnics degree-awarding institutions.<\/h3>\n

Bugaje said ASUU ought to know that polytechnics are not subordinate to universities and are not in competition with the university system.<\/p>\n

Professor Bugaje stated this in an interview with the New Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.<\/p>\n

NBTE\u2019s Executive Secretary noted this while reacting to the reported resistance from ASUU over the proposal to introduce Bachelor of Technology Honours (B.Tech Hons) degrees in polytechnics.<\/p>\n

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He stressed that the board is not imitating or mimicking the university system, stating that the degree system proposed is different from what universities offer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know ASUU belongs to the ivory tower. We are not trying to mimic or copy what they have in the university system.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cOur degree is different. It is going to be a degree based on three things: character, learning, and skills.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cPolytechnics are not feeders to the university system. We complement the universities. We run on a parallel path,<\/em>\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Bugaje argued that Nigeria\u2019s industrialisation journey may be a mirage until the polytechnic education system is restructured to produce the required manpower with the needed skills.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a wake-up call, Nigeria\u2019s industrialisation shall remain a mirage until we fix the polytechnic sector because that\u2019s where the skills are<\/em>,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

He appealed to ASUU to see polytechnics as partners in progress and not competitors.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not trying to compete. We support each other. I appeal to all of you, especially ASUU, to please face your sector and leave us alone,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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