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NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION

REPORT ON ACCREDITATION OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES

IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES

A.        SUMMARY OF PANEL’S REPORT

DATE OF VISITATION:

20-22 November, 2024

INSTITUTION:

Alex Ekwueme University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State

DISCIPLINE:

Agriculture

PROGRAMME:

Agribusiness

PROGRAMME SCORE:

86.40%

 

ACCREDITATION STATUS:

 

FULL

 

DEFICIENCIES

REMEDIES

1.Student Handbooks not well publicized.
2. Some equipment like Material Graphs, Processing Equipment Charts, Software and Audiovisual equipment were lacking in the Lab.
3. Staff office were poorly furnished.
4. Few evidence of Tracer System and Employer’s Rating.

 

1. Student Handbooks should be well publicized.
2. Functional equipment like Material graph, Processing equipment charts, Software and Audiovisual equipment should be provided in the lab.
3. Staff offices should be well furnished with modern bookshelves, file cabinets, TV, Fridges etc.
4. The University should ensure more evidence of Tracer system and Employers’s rating for the programme.

 

The total score for the programme is 86.40%. It scored 32 (86.49%)  in Academic Matters, 34 (97.14%) in Staffing, 21 (77.78%) in Physical Facilities, 16 (88.89%) in Library. The programme scored 1 (33.33%) in Funding, 3 (100.00%) in Research and Collaborations and 1 (50.00%) in Employers’ Rating. Based on the fact that the programme scored up to 70% and above in all four core components (Academic Matters, Staffing, Physical Facilities and Library), the Panel recommended  FULL accreditation status for the Programme.

B.    APPROVAL BY THE COMMISSION

Based on further analysis of the report, the Commission upholds the recommendation of  FULL accreditation status for the Programme