FG finally ends Bsc/HND Dichotomy In Nigeria

The divergence betwixt Bsc/HND graduates has been reach to an halt yesteryear the federal government

– Winifred Oyo-Ita, the Head of Service of the Federation (HOCSF) on Sunday, Apr 22 issued a round out containing the presidency’s resolve on the age-long disparity

– The Nigerian Association of Technologists inwards Engineering (NATE) urged authorities at all levels to develop monitoring groups to run across that the determination is implemented

Beneficiaries of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cancellation of the divergence betwixt academy in addition to polytechnic graduates inwards the civil service bring praised him for his actions.

While the disparity had earlier directly restricted polytechnic graduates to for sure Salary Grade Level (SGL) inwards the civil service, it took the intervention of the National Council on Establishment (NCE) to address in addition to solve the trial inwards their favour, Daily Trust reports.

Winifred Oyo-Ita, the Head of Service of the Federation (HOCSF), inwards a arguing dated Monday, March 26, relayed the the determination of the NCE to all concerned in addition to solicited their back upward for implementation.

The round out indicated that NCE approved entry dot of SGL 08 for HND holders inwards the civil service. It also encouraged serving HND officers to fulfil all specified atmospheric condition equally contained inwards system of service in addition to extant rules for career progression beyond SGL 14.

Ahmad Yabagi, the caput of the umbrella trunk of the beneficiaries, the Nigerian Association of Technologists inwards Engineering (NATE), informed journalists on Sunday, Apr 22 inwards Abuja, that the determination has paved the vogue for career building.

Yabagi said: “We are glad that this monster called dichotomy that has been a large threat to the evolution of technology inwards Nigeria has been defeated. NATE has hence resolved to back upward in addition to partner alongside the Federal Government inwards the bespeak to bequeath entrepreneurial skills to Nigerian youths equally a agency to plow some the economical fortune of Nigeria.”

Yabagi, however, advised all authorities agencies to run across that the resolve contained inwards the round out is implemented throughout the country.

Meanwhile, NAIJ.com reported that Dr Ramon Adedoyin, the executive chairman of the Polytechnic, Ile-Ife, had called for the outright scrapping of the Higher National Diploma (HND) programme, in addition to its replacement alongside a Bachelor’s bird inwards Technology, equally obtainable inwards advanced countries.

Adedoyin made his comments during a chat alongside newsmen; against the backdrop of the federal government’s recent removal of the dichotomy betwixt the holders of HND in addition to academy degrees.

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