Education
Don Okays Suspension Of Part-Time Programme
A lecturer in the Department of Chemistry, at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST), Nkpolu, Port Harocurt, Dr Felix Igwe, has said that the suspension of part-time programme in Nigerian universities by the National Universities Commission (NUC) is a welcome development.
Speaking to newsmen in Port Harcourt, Dr Igwe said that the NUC is looking at the issue properly in order to come up with guidelines for monitoring and ensuring that there is quality control in the programme.
According to him, the part-time programmes not been scrapped but have been suspended so that NUC can come up with guidelines that would regulate the implementation of the programmes in the universities.
He said there is wisdom in it, because, some of the excesses of our times have to be controlled.
Dr Igwe, who is also the Chairman of Academic Staff Union of universities (ASUU), RSUST chapter, stressed that part-time programme have become an all-comers thing, where people just go to get degrees without necessarily doing the work that’s necessary for them to do.
He said however, that part-time programme should not be scrapped since it is run all over the world, adding that some persons who may not have opportunity to go into full-time programme can combine work with schooling.
He advised that part-time programme should be closely monitored to ensure that it is not more than 20 per cent of the students’ population, other wise, it would be an aberration.
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The River State Commissioner for Education, Dr Peters Nwagor has called on media practitioners in Rivers State to deploy their various communication platforms toward promoting government programmes and policies aimed at achieving sustainable development in the education sector. Dr. Nwagor made the appeal when members of the Etche Ethnic Practicing Journalists (EEPJ) paid him a courtesy visit in Office in Port Harcourt. The Commissioner emphasized the strategic role of the media in shaping public perception, promoting government initiatives, and supporting policies capable of improving the quality of education and human capital development in the state. According to him, constructive media engagement remains essential in creating public awareness on educational reforms, students’ welfare, infrastructural improvements, and other interventions being implemented by the state government. Speaking on the recent appro
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