NUC chides varsities over unapproved courses

The Executive Secretary of the National University Commission, Prof. Julius Okojie on Saturday chided some universities, most especially the private ones, for offering unapproved courses to their students.
He said this at the 6th convocation ceremony of the Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun State.
While he did not mention the names of institutions guilty of this, he said they were only creating problems for their students who had taken the unapproved courses, because they would not be accommodated in the one-year national youth service.
He said, “Every year many graduates preparing for the one-year national service are stranded because their institutions offered them courses that were not approved by the NUC.
“The Bells has a good governance structure. But we are worried about some institutions where the council interferes with their management, everyone out to stick to its roles. Internal quality assurance must be put in place and best practices must also be followed.”
Okojie, who was represented at the event by the NUC’s Director of Quality Assurance, Prof. Felix Majiana added that some universities after the NUC had carried out its accreditation exercises, would go behind to offer unaccredited courses.
He also noted that some of them admitted more than the approved number of students which usually overshoot the number of those graduates expected to serve in the National Youths Service Corps.