Accreditation Tech Report View

NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION

REPORT ON ACCREDITATION OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES

IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES

A.        SUMMARY OF PANEL’S REPORT

DATE OF VISITATION:

25 to 27 November 2024

INSTITUTION:

Al-Qalam University, Katsina

DISCIPLINE:

Arts

PROGRAMME:

Hausa

PROGRAMME SCORE:

84.17%

 

ACCREDITATION STATUS:

 

FULL

 

DEFICIENCIES

REMEDIES

1. Student’s Final year Research projects are poorly supervised
2. External assessors have exceeded their period of two years
3. The number of non-teaching staff that benefited from the staff development programme are less than 70%
4. The software package installed in the language laboratory is outdated
5. Some of the physical books and journals are not current

 

1. Student final projects should be thorough and well supervised
2. The external examiner can only be engaged for maximum of two years
3. The University should support more non-teaching staff on training and development
4. The University should update the software package installed in the language laboratory
5. The University should provide more current physical books and journals

 

The total score for the programme is 84.17%. It scored 28 (87.50%)  in Academic Matters, 34 (97.14%) in Staffing, 20 (74.07%) in Physical Facilities, 13 (72.22%) in Library. The programme scored 2 (66.67%) in Funding, 2 (66.67%) in Research and Collaborations and 2 (100.00%) 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