Education

Katsina varsity gets accreditation for 13 programmes

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted Al-Qalam University in Katsina State full accreditation to run 13 undergraduate programmes.

The university’s spokesman, Akilu Abubakar, made this known via a statement issued on Saturday.

Abubakar stated that the NUC conveyed its approval via a letter dated March 9 and addressed to Al-Qalam University Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Nasiru Musa-Yauri.

“The letter was signed by NUC’s Deputy Director of Accreditation, Mr  S S Ikani on behalf of the NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed,” he noted.

The university spokesperson added that Al-Qalam University recorded an impressive performance in the accreditation exercise conducted by the NUC between November and December 2022.

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“Based on approved guidelines, the NUC teams assessed 13 undergraduate programmes of the university spread between the Colleges of Social and Management Sciences, Computing and Information Sciences, Education and Natural and Applied Sciences.

“The NUC results showed impressive performance by the university as all the 13 programmes obtained full accreditation status,” he said.

Abubakar listed the programmes to include BSc. Microbiology, BSc. Biochemistry, BSc. Science Laboratory Technology, BSc. Political Science, BSc. Sociology, and BSc. Accounting.

Others are BSc. Business Administration, BSc. Economics, BSc. Software Engineering, BSc. Mathematics, and B.Ed. Arabic, English and Hausa.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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