DEFICIENCIES

REMEDIES

1. There were no innovative courses in the curriculum;
2. Penalties for examination malpractices, dress code and requirements for graduation are not stipulated in the students’ handbook;
3. Inadequate core academic staff for Clinical Dentistry;
4. The staff mix by rank of 18.9:32.4:48.6 does not meet with NUC guidelines of 20:35:45;
5. 32.4% of the academic staff does not posses a Ph.D;
6. 78.4% of the academic staff did not benefit from staff development programme;
7. There is no Oral Pathology Laboratory;
8. The Phantom Head Laboratory does not have chairs and compressors to use with the available phantom heads;
9. The Restorative Dentistry Laboratory lacks….;
10. The office accommodation for academic staff were inadequately furnished;
11. Buckets of sand were inadequate and the fire extinguisher had expired;
12. The journals in library holdings were inadequate in number and currency;
13. The internet connectivity in the e-library was inadequate to access the e-resources; and
14. No evidence of educational project/research to serve the host community.

1. The University should ensure that innovative courses are included in the curriculum for the programme;
2. The University should ensure that the rules and regulations governing penalties for examination malpractices, dress code and requirements for graduation are included in the students’ handbook for the programme;
3. Core clinical academic staff should be adequate for dentistry programmes;
4. The University should ensure a staff mix by rank of 20:35:45;
5. All academic staff should be encouraged to possess a Ph.D;
6. All academic staff should benefit from the staff development programme;
7. Oral Pathology Laboratory should be provided for the programme;
8. The Phantom Head Laboratory should be well equipped with chairs and compressors for the programme;
9. The University should ensure that the Restorative Dentistry Laboratory is well equipped with….
10. Academic staff office accommodation should be adequately furnished;
11. The University should ensure that adequate buckets of sand and functional fire extinguisher should be provided for the programme;
12. Adequate number and more current journals should be procured for the programme;
13. Functional internet connectivity in the e-library should be provided for the programme; and
14. The University should ensure that the educational project/research should serve the host community.