The National Board For Technical Education says the new online top-up programme for HND holders to acquire a Bachelor Degree for one year, with foreign accredited universities is meant for HND holders who want to pursue an academic career.
The NBTE head of media unit Hajiya Fatima Abubakar offered the clarification in an statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on tuesday. Abubakar quoted the Board chief executive, prof Idris Bugaje, saying the programme is not for all the HND holders but rather for those who have the ambition to further their career in the academic environment.
He said the Board had to find an alternative route which was for HND holders to do a one year top-up, in conjunction with some foreign universities. The HND qualification in itself represent something unique and this top-up shall be an encouragement for candidates to apply for polytechnic Education since there is pathway for progression into academics.