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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:

23 march 2025

INSTITUTION:

Western Delta University, Oghara Delta State

DISCIPLINE:

Allied Health Sciences

PROGRAMME:

Nursing Science

PROGRAMME SCORE:

82.35%

 

ACCREDITATION STATUS:

 

INTERIM

 

DEFICIENCIES

REMEDIES

1. Academic staff offices are not furnished with bookshelves and filing cabinets

2. Nursing laboratories are not well Equipped

3. The environment was not tidy, cobwebs were all over the office and corridors
4. No local journal and the one available were few in number

5. Physical library holdings are inadequate in number

 

1. The university should ensure that staff offices are well furnish

2.The University should provide adequate laboratories equipment

3. The university should ensure that the office environment are well kept
4. The University should provide adequate journal for the programme both local and international
5. The university should ensure that physical holdings are adequate

 

The total score for the programme is 82.35%. It scored 29 (87.88%)  in Academic Matters, 35 (100.00%) in Staffing, 16 (59.26%) in Physical Facilities, 13 (72.22%) in Library. The programme scored 2 (66.67%) in Funding, 3 (100.00%) in Research and Collaborations and (0.00%) 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