NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION
REPORT ON ACCREDITATION OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES
IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES
A. SUMMARY OF PANEL’S REPORT
DATE OF VISITATION:
18 – 20 December, 2024
INSTITUTION:
Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina
DISCIPLINE:
Engineering
PROGRAMME:
Chemical Engineering
PROGRAMME SCORE:
69.75%
ACCREDITATION STATUS:
INTERIM
DEFICIENCIES |
REMEDIES |
1. Only one innovative course is added in the curriculum. 2. Practical work conducted did not cover the curriculum due 3. No evidence of evaluation of the programme by the 4. Sampled students did not demonstrate very good level of soft and hard skills relevant to the programme. 5. Internal Quality Assurance System does not exist. 6. 41.4% of the teaching staff are not core to the subject 7. The staff mix by rank of 20.7 : 20.7 : 58.6 did not meet 8. The non- teaching staff are inadequate in number. 9. 57.1% of the academic staff and 50% of the non-academic 10. Equipment like Flow Measuring Apparatus; Heat Exchange System; 11. Public address system, White boards and Projectors are 12. Journals in the physical library are not very current and 13. Funding for the programme is inadequate. 14. No evidence of research and collaboration. 15. Students’ performance during supervised industrial and
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1. The University should ensure the inclusion of four (4) or 2. The University should ensure that all practical work 3. The University should ensure effective evaluation of the 4. The University should ensure that the students 5. The University should ensure that internal quality 6. The University should ensure that the proportion of 7. The University should employ more Professors and Senior 8. The University should employ adequate number of non-academic 9. The University should encourage all academic and non-academic 10. The University should ensure that all essential laboratory 11. The University should ensure that all classroom 12. The University should ensure that adequate and very 13. The University should provide adequate funding for the 14. The University should ensure that research and 15. The University should ensure that all students’
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The total score for the programme is 69.75%. It scored 24 (72.73%) in Academic Matters, 20 (61.00%) in Staffing, 21 (77.78%) in Physical Facilities, 16 (88.89%) in Library. The programme scored 1 (33.33%) in Funding, 0 (0.00%) in Research and Collaborations and 1 (50.00%) in Employers’ Rating. Based on the fact that the programme scored less than 70% in any of the four core components (Academic Matters, Staffing, Physical Facilities and Library), the Panel recommended INTERIM accreditation status for the Programme.
B. APPROVAL BY THE COMMISSION
Based on further analysis of the report, the Commission upholds the recommendation of INTERIM accreditation status for the Programme