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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:

8th December to 10th December 2024

INSTITUTION:

University of Uyo

DISCIPLINE:

Sciences

PROGRAMME:

Zoology

PROGRAMME SCORE:

87.60%

 

ACCREDITATION STATUS:

 

FULL

 

DEFICIENCIES

REMEDIES

1. 84% of teaching staff and 100% of non-teaching staff have not benefitted from the staff development programme in the past three years.

2. Academic staff offices especially for professors and senior lecturers are inadequate in space and not well furnished with modern Furnitures.
3. The general environmental sanitation of the school premises is untidy.

4. Physical books and journals are inadequate in number and coverage

 

1. The university should ensure that all staff benefit from the staff development programme.

2. Standard and well-furnished academic staff offices should be provided for the programme.
3 The university should improve on the environmental sanitation of the school.
4. More physical books and journals should be procured for the programme.

 

The total score for the programme is 87.60%. It scored 36.5 (98.65%)  in Academic Matters, 28 (80.00%) in Staffing, 24 (88.89%) in Physical Facilities, 14 (77.78%) in Library. The programme scored 2 (66.67%) in Funding, 3 (100.00%) 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