MINIMUM STANDARD FOR SETTING UP STUDENTS INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME (SIWES) AND INDUSTRIAL LIAISON UNIT IN POLYTECHNICS AND MONOTECHNICS.

MINIMUM STANDARD FOR SETTING UP STUDENTS INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME (SIWES) AND INDUSTRIAL LIASION UNIT IN POLYTECHNICS AND MONOTECHNICS. The Minimum Requirement for Setting-Up SIWES and Industrial Liaison Unit in Polytechnics and Monotechnics. The resources that have to be set up are classified by their sub-heads and listed in the following. (1) Office and equipment – provision of suitable office accommodation for SIWES officers to conduct their affairs and to house SIWES records and documents. This include: SIWES/Industrial Liaison Coordinator’s office Assistant SIWES/Industrial Liaison Coordinator’ office(s) Office furnishing Computer system and ICT facilitation. Store space for housing SIWES logbook, handbooks, documents, records, etc. (2) Personnel – appointment of suitably qualified officers to administer SIWES activities at institutional and departmental levels. This is to comprise;

PRESS RELEASE: STRENGTHENING TVET TRAINING THROUGH DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF OER COURSEWARE: AGREEMENT SIGNED BY NBTE AND COMMONWEALTH OF LEARNING

The National Board for Technical Education (NBE) has signed an agreement with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) to support and strengthen TVET training through the design and development of Open Educational Resources (OER) courseware. This is being done to facilitate blended learning across Nigerian Polytechnics and related institutions. To kick-start this project, the Board has set up a Technical Team to design and develop thirteen (13) Open Educational Resource (OER) courseware for Competency Based Training and Assessment (CBETA) using the Open, Distance and Flexible e-Learning (ODFeL) approaches. In the project, thirty-three (33) ICT support staff will be trained on Moodle Administration to provide technical and multimedia support to the course design, development, quality assurance and delivery teams. Institutions granted approval to run the ODFeL are expected to select sixty-six (66) participants to design and develop the 13 OER courseware. Furthermore, ninety-nine (99) lecturers will be trained as assessors, internal verifiers, and external verifiers of the 13 OER courseware using ODL methods from ODFeL approved institutions. At the end of the training, four hundred and twenty-nine (429) lecturers will be trained on blended TVET delivery using COL’s OER courses which include, among others, Introduction to Blended TVET, Essential Skills for TVET, Facilitating Online Courses, and Blended Learning in the Classroom.

THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES OF NOVELTY POLYTECHNIC, KISHI, OYO STATE.

The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has received several petitions and complaints against the Novelty Polytechnic, Kishi which alleged that the Polytechnic is offering unapproved programmes and also operating illegal campuses existing either as outreach/study centres or satellite campuses. The Board in collaboration with the Department of State Services (DSS) carried out discreet investigations on the allegations. Findings of the investigations revealed that there is an act of outright violation of government policy on the Ban on Satellite Campuses and Outreach/ Study Centres by the Novelty Polytechnic, Kishi, Oyo State as well as a contravention of the Board’s Regulations on Offering Unapproved Programmes and Affiliations with other Institutions.

Guidelines for NBTE Staff Industrial Training (SIT) Programme

In line with the vision of the Executive Secretary, Prof. Idris M. Bugaje, and to further actualize his 3S agenda on Skills, Schemes of Service and upliftment of Staff Spirit, the National Board for Technical Education has developed guidelines for Staff Industrial Training (SIT). This will avail qualified staff opportunities to intern with industries relevant to their areas of specialization. This, the Board believes will help in strengthening the quality assurance mechanism of the Board by having competent workforce with requisite knowledge of the industry, carry out assignments in line with the vision and mission of the Board.

Programmes Available in Nigerian Polytechnics and Similar Tertiary Technical Institutions

1.0 AGRICULTURE AND RELATED TECHNOLOGY 1. Agricultural Extension and Management 2. Agricultural Technology (General Agriculture) 3. Animal Health & Production Technology 4. Animal Health Technology 5. Animal Production Technology 6. Crop Production Technology 7. Fisheries Technology 8. Forestry Technology 9. Home & Rural Economics 10. Horticulture & Landscape Technology 11. Pasture & Range Management 12. Pest Management Technology 13. Soil Science & Technology 14. Veterinary Laboratory Technology 15. Wild Life Management

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY BLAMES NATION’S WOES ON LACK OF FUNCTIONAL EDUCATION

The Executive Secretary has blamed the failure of functional education for the myriad of problems confronting Nigeria. Prof. Bugaje said in a paper delivered at the maiden edition of Science Conference of Kaduna State University that the high unemployment and security challenges in the country can be related to the failure of educational system to live up to the provisions of the National Policy on Education (NPE). According to him “Nomadic education has failed and that’s why some herders became bandits, University and Polytechnic education has failed and that’s why we have joblessness within abundant skills gaps”. He stated that though securing Nigeria in the short term mean putting more boots on ground, what is required in the long term is upskilling the Nigerian youths for economic empowerment. Prof. Bugaje in the paper “Role of Science in the job creation and economic revitalisation”, lamented the skills mismatch prevalent in Nigeria leading to unemployed graduates roaming the streets with huge skills gap in our industries.

RE: AN OPEN LETTER TO MR. PRESIDENT

Our attention has been drawn to an advertorial, in the form of an Open Letter to His Excellency Mr President, which appeared in Daily Trust Newspaper of 17th November 2021 by one Shehu Wada and Co. on behalf of DB Mangal Nigeria Ltd concerning the recovery of NBTE Land and Property, Plot 445 Maitama Abuja. The advertorial is misleading and DB Mangal should have gone to Court to assert his rights over the land. What they failed to mention to the public was the subsisting judgment of the Abuja High Court in 2007 that returned the confiscated land back to NBTE including the structures illegally built by DB Mangal Nigeria Ltd. As recent as June 2019, the Special Presidential Investigation Panel reaffirmed the High Court order and in a ceremony handed over the building to NBTE. DB Mangal Nig Ltd mobilized hoodlums who attacked and once again forcefully took over the property after allegedly compromising the NBTE leadership at that time.

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY APPOINTS ACTING DIRECTORS FOR THE SIX NEW ZONAL OFFICES

Following the take-off of the NBTE Zonal offices, the Executive Secretary, Prof. Idris M. Bugaje has approved the appointment of Acting Directors for the Zonal Offices. They are: Alh. Husaini Haruna Muhammad, North-East Zonal Office located at Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, Bauchi State; Alh. Garba Muhammad Nalado, North-West Zonal Office located at Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic, Katsina State; Mr. Olubode Daniel Majiyagbe, South-West Zonal Office located at Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos State; Dr Hatim Musa Koko, North-Central Zonal Office located at Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa, Nasarawa State; Engr. Ngozi Margaret Okelekwe, South-South Zonal Office located at Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State; and Engr. Dr. Jonathan Item Ukpai, South-East Zonal Office located at the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu, Enugu State.
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