1>>The National Board for Technical
Education (NBTE) Executive Secretary, Dr.
Masa'udu A. Kazaure has warned members of
the public to beware of individuals and
institutions which are in the habit of admitting
students to study courses in unapproved and
illegal Polytechnics, Monotechnics and
Innovation Enterprise Institutions (IEIs) with a
promise to award the National Diploma (ND)
or Higher National Diploma (HND) certificates.
The Executive Secretary warned that those
institutions have not been licensed by the
Federal Government and are therefore
operating illegally in violation of the Education
(National Minimum Standards and
Establishment of Institutions) Act CAP E3, LFN,
2004. In a public notice titled “Beware of
Unapproved Polytechnics, Monotechnics and
IEIs”, published in some national dailies, the
Executive Secretary said anyone who obtains
certificates from any of those institutions
would not be recognized for the purpose of the
National Youth Service Corp (NYSC),
employment and for further studies.
He added that the relevant security agencies
have accordingly been informed of the
existence of such illegal institutions to take
further necessary action.
The public notice which also contained more
than sixty of some of the illegal institutions
further directed members of the public to
always obtain clarification on approved
polytechnics and similar tertiary technical
institutions as well as programmes offered
from the Board's office in Kaduna or its liaison
office in Abuja or check its website at
www.nbte.gov.ng
