The Federal Government has announced that any programme that is not technical will be out of the polytechnics. The decision to scrap the degree was reached on Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at the Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting. The FG did not only stop polytechnics from awarding HND degree, it also stops them from offering courses that are non-technical. With this new policy, we have put together some of the non-technical courses that are being offered in Nigerian polytechnics. These following 15 courses will no longer Exist to be studied in Nigerian Polytechnics once the new policy takes effects. 1. Business Administration 2. Banking and Finance 3. Secretariat studies 4. Accounting 5. Hospitality Management 6. Public Administration 7. Estate Management 8. Fine Art 9. Home and Rural Economics 10. Insurance 11. Marketing 12. Nutrition And Dietetics 13. Wildlife And Eco-Tourism 14. Fishery 15. Leisure And Tourism Management. Nigerian students currently studying the...

FG Scraps HND Certificates In Polytechnics. The Federal Government has scrapped award of Higher National Diploma, HND certificates by Polytechnics. The decision to scrap the degree was reached on Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at the Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting. The award of HNDwill, therefore, be limited to only the students that are currently admitted for the programmes in Polytechnics across the country. Also, some of the programs currently being run by the polytechnics that are not technology-based will also be scrapped. The new policy also states that polytechnics will now be merged with universities to award National Diploma, ND and Bachelor of Technology, BTech. Speaking to Journalists after the FEC meeting, the Minister of Education, Prof Adamu Adams announced that “there will be no more award of HND”. He said: ”After we have exhausted the current students under the programme, there will be no more award of HND. This means that there will be no fresh admission for HN...