The National Universities Commission (NUC) has abolished all diploma programmes at the country’s universities.
The NUC says it wants all universities to concentrate on providing quality education to train people to run the country’s public service.
Critics in the educational sector say that over the years, Nigerian universities introduced the diplomas to gain income rather than improve people’s knowledge and this has taken its toll on the standard of education.
NUC’s head Abubakar Adamu Rasheed told university vice-chancellors that it was the job of polytechnics to run diploma courses hence the need for the ban.
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