With the admission of 2,198 students for the 2020/2021 academic session, the Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic (CEAPOLY), Port Harcourt has called on the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) for further approval of accreditated programmes of the institution.
The approval of the programmes would help to lessen the burden of mounting unaccredited programmes that subject students and graduates to difficulties.
Delivering his address at the institution’s 30th matriculation ceremony, last Thursday, the Rector, Dr Samuel .B. Kalagbor, noted that the NBTE had earlier accredited about 15 programmes at the National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) levels in 2019 and stressed the need for another accreditation following the geometric progression of the institution since its upgrade from the status of college to polytechnic in 2016.
Kalagbor, who revealed that the management of the institution had in January, 2021, made submissions to the NBTC said it was anxiously expecting the visit of the Accreditation/Resource Inspection visit of the NBTE for the approval of accreditated programmes.
He stated that the polytechnic has significantly sustained and consolidated the gains of the change of nomenclature from ‘College’ to polytechnic through the efforts and support of the state governor, Nyesom Wike, pledging that academic board of the institution would continue to ensure that the contents of programmes were in conformity with the acceptable standards of NBTE and practically relevant to the demands of industries and needs of the state.
Kalagbor said “I am proud to inform you that the polytechnic has significantly sustained and consolidated the gains of the change of nomenclature from ‘College’ to ‘Polytechnic’ in 2016. His Excellency, the governor of Rivers State and visitor to the polytechnic, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, graciously signed into law the change of name of the institution to Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic by the Port Harcourt Polytechnic (Amendment) law No. 13 2019.
“His Excellency had earlier released funds to the polytechnic which was judiciously used for institutional accreditation of the polytechnic and accreditation of 15 programmes at National and Higher National Diploma levels by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) in 2019,” he said.

Kalagbor revealed that in making provisions for accreditation of programmes by NBTE, management had aligned students of the various programmes with relevant professional bodies in Nigeria which he said would among other things exempt the students from examination in “some courses and membership of the professional bodies.

“To this end, department of accounting has been granted professional accreditation by the institution by the Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). Also, the Department of Banking and Finance has equally been granted professional accreditation by the Chartered Institution of Bankers of Nigeria (CIB),” he said.

While charging the new students to engage in legitimate and useful activities such as the Students’ Union Government (SUG) and various registered social and religious organization on campus, the rector assured a firm, fair, safe and sustained academic atmosphere that would impress on the minds of parents, institution and the society at large.

By: Lady Godknows Ogbulu