The National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted full accreditation to 17 academic programmes of the Plateau State University, Bokkos, after ten years of effort by the school management to realize the feat.
Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Doknan Sheni, disclosed this to journalists yesterday in Jos, explaining that the institution needed the accreditation to operate as a full-fledged University.
He said, “For more than 10 years, we have been operating as if we are not a University; without one of our courses accredited.
“But thanks be to God, today all our 17 programmes in the four faculties have been accredited by the NUC,” he said.
Sheni said the University had been admitting between 300 to 400 students, adding that with the accreditation, it would be admitting between 1,000 and 3,000 applicants.
The Vice Chancellor lauded the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, for assisting in the infrastructural development of the institution to the tune of N4 billion.
“Even though we need N5.6 billion for the completion of some ongoing and new projects to the desired infrastructural development, we have what it takes to admit more students now,” he said.
He also commended the Chairman of the Governing Council of the University, Prof. Attahiru Jega for the role he played in the accreditation of the programmes.
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