Beware! 150 Courses Unaccredited In Nigerian University- NUC Reveals

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At least 150 undergraduate academic programmes in Nigeria’s public and private universities are unaccredited, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report today.
According to the 2016 accreditation status report by the National Universities Commission (NUC), exclusively obtained by this newspaper, the unaccredited courses are domiciled in 37 of 143 universities in the country.
The Quality Assurance Department of the NUC is in charge of accrediting courses in the universities.
For a course to be accredited, the NUC says, it must meet the Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards (BMAS) that has been drawn up by the commission.
Such a course, officials say, must have qualified faculty members, good learning environment and adequate teaching materials – equipment, books and journals.
Courses with full accreditation are due for re-accreditation every five years during which some courses might lose or retain their certification. Some fully accredited courses could be slammed with interim accreditation if their facilities and faculty are found to have depreciated.
Courses with interim accreditation are due for reassessment after two years, and back to back interim accreditation automatically leads to loss of accreditation.
The NUC says accreditation of courses is necessary to ensure “employers and other members of the community that Nigerian graduates of all academic programmes have attained an acceptable level of competency in their areas of specialization.”
The commission says it is also important to certify courses to assure “the international community that the programmes offered in Nigerian Universities are of high standards and that graduates of the institutions are adequate for employment and further studies.”
According to the NUC, pre-accreditation activities include drawing up a list of academic programmes to be certified, compilation of list of panel chairmen/members, time-tabling, budgeting and organizing the accreditation coordination meeting for panel chairmen and members in a simulation workshop.
The post-accreditation activities, according to the commission, include analyzing accreditation reports (technical and administrative), ranking of programmes and universities based on their accreditation status, publishing of accreditation status of programmes, issuance of certificates to programmes that earned Full and Interim accreditation results.
PREMIUM TIMES’ analysis of the accreditation result for 2016 showed that 150 courses are currently unaccredited in 13 federal universities, 16 state universities and eight private universities in the country.
The affected universities include universities such as the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; University of Benin, University of Jos, University of Calabar and the University of Abuja which has 15 of its courses, including Law, unaccredited.
See full list of unaccredited courses and their universities below:

University of Nsukka

Russian: Dentistry: Statistics

University of Benin

Anatomy: Pharmacy

University of Calabar

Business Management: Theatre and Media Art: Public Health

University of Jos

History and International Relations: Medical Laboratory Science: Biochemistry: Science Laboratory Technology

Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Architecture: Microbiology

Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola

Banking

Federal University of Technology, Minna

Biology Education: Chemistry Education: Geography Education: Industrial and Technical Education: Mathematics Education: Physics Education

University of Abuja

Accounting: English Language: Linguistics: Philosophy: Agricultural Education: Biology Education: Chemistry Education: Economics Education: Education (Social Science) : Geography Education: Integrated Science: Mathematics Education: Law: Chemistry: Microbiology

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi

Automobile Education: Building Technology Education: Business Education: Electrical Electronics Technology Education: Integrated Science: Architecture: Building: Industrial Design: Survey & Geo-informatics: Applied Geophysics: Engineering Physics: Physics Electronics

University of Uyo

Efik/Ibibio

Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Nursing Science: Industrial/Production Engineering: Mechanical Engineering

University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun

Chemistry: Environmental Management & Toxicology: Geology: Geophysics: Mathematics

Federal University, Wukari

English/Literary Studies

Rivers State University of Science & Technology

Quantity Surveying

Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma

Material & Production Engineering: Architecture: Building: Biochemistry: Botany: Microbiology: Political Science

Abia State University

English Language Education: French Education: Igbo Education: History Education: Religious Studies Education: Education (Library Studies/Igbo/English/Social Studies/Government): Biology Education: Chemistry Education: Economics Education: Geography Education: Guidance & Counselling: Mass Communication

Enugu State University of Science & Technology

Library and Information Science

Olabisi Onabanjo University

Christian Religious Studies Education: History Education: Islamic Studies Education: Electrical Electronics Engineering

Ekiti State University

African Traditional Religion: Religious Studies: Civil Engineering

Lagos State University

English Language: French: Philosophy: Yoruba

Imo State University

English & Literary Studies: French: Theatre Arts: Medical Laboratory Science: Nursing Law

Delta State University

Accounting & Finance: Chemical Engineering: Civil Engineering Electrical & Electronic Engineering: Mechanical & Metallurgical Engineering: Petroleum Engineering Law

Kogi State University

Medicine & Surgery

Niger Delta University

Adult & Community Education: Economics Education: Geography Education: Marketing Education: Political Science Education: Religious Studies Education: Social Studies: Botany: Computer Science: Mathematics: Pure & Applied Chemistry Zoology

Anambra State University

Early Childhood Education: Human Kinetics: Geology: Microbiology

Ebonyi State University

Building/Woodwork Education: Physics Education: Applied Biology: Applied Microbiology: Applied Statistics: Biotechnology: Geology: Industrial Mathematics