NBTE Bulletin A PUBLICATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY May - June, 2017 Vol. 4 No. 5 ISSN NO:2141-9590 Snippets on NBTE Gov. Amosun to Establish New Poly in Ogun State Board Chairman …Commissions NBTE Secretariat Building Extension Executive Secretary Dr. Masa'udu A. Kazaure, mni NBTE Vision and Mission Vision To be a world class regulatory body for the promotion of Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Nigeria Mission To promote the production of skilled technical and professional manpower for the development and sustenance of the national economy Core Mandate To coordinate all aspects of Technical and Vocational Education Sen. Ibikunle Amosun (left) while presenting application documents for a new polytechnic to ES, falling outside university education NBTE, Dr. M.A. Kazaure (right) gun State Governor, Sen. institutions under the supervision of NBTE Statutes NBTE. th Ibikunle Amosun was at the ? NBTE enabling Act No. 9 of 11 N a t i o n a l B o a r d f o r He said the need to establish a new January, 1977 Te c h n i c a l E d u c a t i o n polytechnic in the State was O rd necessitated by the upgrade of the ? Education (National Minimum (NBTE) Kaduna on Monday 3 July, Standard and Establishment of 2017 to submit application documents existing Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Institution Act No. 16 of August Abeokuta to a full fledge university, “it 1985 for the establishment of a new and Act No. 9 of 1993 Polytechnic at Ipokia, in the Ogun West must have come to the notice of the Senatorial District of the State. B o a r d t h a t t h e O g u n S t a t e No. of Institutions under NBTE The Governor who personally Government, through the sovereign Purview ?Polytechnics 114 submitted the documents to the and collective will of the good people Executive Secretary of NBTE, Dr. of the State and by an act of parliament, ?Colleges of Agriculture 35 Masa'udu A. Kazaure at the Board's recently changed the status of our leading polytechnic, Moshood Abiola ?Colleges of Health secretariat in Kaduna also used the Sciences 35 occasion to formerly commission the Polytechnic, Abeokuta, to a degree NBTE secretariat building extension. awarding institution', the Governor ?Specialized Institutions 26 Sen. Amosun stated that the twin event explained. ?Innovation Enterprise Institutions demonstrated the close and beneficial According to the Governor, the (IEIs) 141 working relationship between the institution would henceforth be known Board and Ogun State government, as Moshood Abiola University of ?Vocational Enterprise S c i e n c e a n d T e c h n o l o g y Institutions(VEIs) 77 stressing that such is evident in the enviable programmes run by the State (MAUSTECH) while the new ? Technical Colleges 171 Polytechnic, four ICT Specialized polytechnic will assume the original Total: 599 Polytechnics and other State Cont. on Page 2 Lawal Y. Hafiz, Chima A. Ejiofor, Ansa O. Ndem, Jacob A. Abang (Editor), Esther Damisa, Fatima Abubakar, Nafisa Abba, Suleiman S. Gwarzo (Secretary) Aliyu I. Hassan (Graphics) Abdullahi Isah (Cameraman) website: www.nbte.gov.ng, All enquiries to: [email protected] NBTE Bulletin …Commissions NBTE Secretariat Building Extension Gov Amosun (middle) being assisted by former ES, NUC Prof Okebukola (lefft) and ES NBTE, Dr M. A. Kazaure (right) while commissioning the NBTE building Cont’d from front page name of Ogun State Polytechnic as soon as all arrangements are concluded. He further stated that the quest to establish a new polytechnic was as a result of the state's desire to promote Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) with the aim of producing professionals with industry-relevant knowledge and skills for innovation and entrepreneurship and commended the Board for maintaining standard and quality Technical and Gov. Amosun (2nd right) in the Auditorium of the new building. On his left is ES NBTE Vocational Education in the Chancellor of the University of in Nigeria in terms of delivery of country. Lagos, Prof. Rahmon Ade Bello TVE with a total of 28 approved On his entourage were members of among others. institutions under the supervision of the State Executive Council and While receiving the application NBTE. t h e Te c h n i c a l C o m m i t t e e documents on behalf of the “There are a total of 28 approved midwifing the establishment of the Management of NBTE, the institutions under the supervision of new polytechnic, including the Executive Secretary commended NBTE in the State, about the highest former Executive Secretary of the government and people of Ogun number you could find out of the 36 National Universities Commission State for the importance the State states of Nigeria: a Federal (NUC), Prof. Peter Okebukola, attaches to education especially P o l y t e c h n i c , s i x S t a t e Registrar of the Joint Admission Te c h n i c a l a n d Vo c a t i o n a l Polytechnics/Technical Institutions, and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Education. He stated that Ogun two Colleges of Health (one state- Prof. Ishaq Oloyede and the Vice State ranks first out of the 36 states Cont. on Page 3 Page 2 NBTE Bulletin ... New Polytechnic in Ogun State Cont’d from page 2 owned and one private), eight Innovation Enterprise Institutions, four Vocational Enterprise Institutions all privately owned and seven Technical Colleges all State owned”, Dr. Kazaure explained. The Executive Secretary who noted that though it may be cheaper and easier to start a new university due to the infrastructural requirement of most polytechnic programmes, advised the state government to cater for the 43 Gov. Amosun (left) with ES NBTE (right) during the presentation of application for a new polytechnic programmes currently running at both ND and HND levels in the Polytechnic. He called for adequate provisions in terms of classrooms, studios, workshops and field facilities for all the programmes to relocate to the new site or make a plan to graduate the existing students at the present campus of the new university while they make provision at the new site to admit into the ND programmes. Dr. Kazaure who promised a visit by the staff of the Board to the proposed site of the new ES NBTE (8th right) while presenting a plaque to Gov. Amosun (7th right) during the visit polytechnic for a revalidation exercise, urged the government to expedite actions in the provision of all necessary infrastructure in order to ensure that all the approved programmes commence fully on the new site. T h e E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y commended the Governor for the calibre of members of the technical committee to ensure the take-off of the new polytechnic in September, 2017, but observed that though there are former management Cross section of some members of Ogun State Executive Council on the Governor’s officers of the polytechnic on the entourage. committee, there is no former or On the commissioning of the new Governor for commissioning the serving rector of a polytechnic. He wing of the secretariat, Dr. Kazaure building, while also giving the however urged the Governor to stated that the construction of the assurance of the Board's readiness appoint a serving or former rector new office block which was since to ensure the actualization of the of a polytechnic as member of the completed in 2014 to solve the dream of the good people of Ogun committee so as to lend a rare problem of accommodation faced State in establishing a new and wealth of experience on the by staff was not commissioned due vibrant Polytechnic. assignment of the committee. to lack of furniture. He thanked the Page 3 NBTE Bulletin NBTE Recommends 25 Polytechnics for Open and Distance Learning Method he National Board for Technical Education T(NBTE) has recommended 25 polytechnics across the country for the implementation of the Open and Distance Flexible Learning (ODFL). Dr. Masa'udu Adamu Kazaure, the Executive Secretary of the Board who stated this during a meeting with Rectors and ODFL steering t e a m o n f l e x i b l e S k i l l s Development (FSD)/Tertiary institutions E-Learning Resources (TIER) in Kaduna said the recommendation was sequel to the availability and adequacy of IT infrastructure based on the report ES NBTE (standing) while addressing stakeholders at the meeting with Rectors and ODFL of the survey and readiness visits to steering team. institutions carried out by the Board and M8 Network Team in 2016. Dr. Kazaure said the aim of the project is to avail NBTE a multi institution e-learning platform for distance learning, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), integrated students information s y s t e m , a u t h o r i n g a n d collaborative tools which will give the Board a central control for monitoring and supervision of O D F L a c t i v i t i e s i n t h e Polytechnics. He said that the ODFL method is in three phases which entails 70% Cross section of ODFL steering team and Rectors at the meeting online and 30% contact; 90% online and 10% contact; and 100% succeeding in quality and lifelong institutions and the ODFL. online respectively. education urged the institutions to She said the Board is in partnership He added that polytechnics are strictly abide by the rules and with Commonwealth of learning hard pressed to meet the demand of ensure that competent officers are (COL), Canada and M8 Know the growing population of youths saddled with the project activities, Network to execute the projects seeking access to quality technical noted also that “The benefits the that will solve the problems of education, stressing that “there is TVET institutions will derive from i n a d e q u a t e a n d o b s o l e t e the need to reinforce traditional the project are enormous”.