NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION SET TO RECREATE MORE COURSES FROM AGRICULTURE, ARCHITECTURE AND MASS COMMUNICATIONS

Nigerian students will soon begin to choose from more variety of course of study as the National universities commission, NUC reveals plans of  unbundling Agriculture, architecture and creative arts programmes  

The NUC executive secretary professor Abubakar rasheed said it has become necessariy following the changes in times and the advancement in technology

One other programme being unbundle and which has reached advanced stage is mass communications

According to the national universities commission seven programmes have been created from mass communication which are expected to take effect from 2020/2021 academic session

the NUC says it is also putting finishing touches towards the introduction of totally fresh programmes of study on peace, conflict and research as part of response to globalisation and its demands.

NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT THREATENS TO APPROACH COURT OVER 'FAKE PROFESSORS'

The national universities commission, NUC has threaten to take to court any institution promoting its staff to 'so called' professors without due qualification

According to @officialaitnews reports that the Executive secretary of the National Universities Commission, Professor Abubakar Rasheed gave the warning in Abuja while answering questions on the news over availability of 100 fake professors in Nigerian universities

The NUC esxecutive secretary said hinted that the number of fake professors may be more than one hundred after it completed the ongoing compilation

On the accusation by the national assembly that accreditation of programmes and institutions have been compromised by the National universities commission, professor Rasheed confirmed the suspension and sack of  some staff found culpable in the process

The universities regulatory body says it has started the crackdown on sub-standard degrees and certificates from institutions home and abroad which are issued to desperate students seeking to obtain 'call up' letters from the National youth service corps, NYSC

It assured that a comprehensive list of fake universities in Nigeria is billed to be out in the first quarter of 2020