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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:

24th November to 26th November 2024

INSTITUTION:

Federal University of Technology, Akure

DISCIPLINE:

Sciences

PROGRAMME:

Mathematics

PROGRAMME SCORE:

88.00%

 

ACCREDITATION STATUS:

 

FULL

 

DEFICIENCIES

REMEDIES

1. Meetings by the departmental quality assurance committee is not frequent and not documented. The coverage of the committee is not wide.

2. 65.2% of the teaching staff and 100% of the non-teaching staff have not benefitted from the staff development programme in the last three years.

 

1. The university should ensure that the committee meets regularly, and minutes of meeting properly documented for a more robust and functional quality assurance.
2. The university should ensure all staff benefit from the staff development programme.

 

The total score for the programme is 88.00%. It scored 36 (97.30%)  in Academic Matters, 28 (80.00%) in Staffing, 24 (88.89%) in Physical Facilities, 16 (88.89%) in Library. The programme scored 2 (66.67%) 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