NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION
REPORT ON ACCREDITATION OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES
IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES
A. SUMMARY OF PANEL’S REPORT
DATE OF VISITATION:
28th – 30th November 2024
INSTITUTION:
Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State
DISCIPLINE:
Communication and Media Studies
PROGRAMME:
Mass Communication
PROGRAMME SCORE:
89.6%
ACCREDITATION STATUS:
FULL
DEFICIENCIES |
REMEDIES |
1. Media studios spaces are inadequate. 2. Equipment in the lecture theatres/ classrooms are dilapidated and 3. Staff offices are not adequately furnished with refrigerators and 4. Physical library journals are inadequate in number and currency. 5. Access to the library e- resources is localized to the Library complex 6. 20% of the academic staff do not have PhD. 7. 27.8% of the academic staff have not benefitted from the Staff 8. Funding for the programme is inadequate.
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1. The University should provide a standard and spacious Medio Studio. 2. The University should ensure that all obsolete and dilapidated 3. The University should ensure that staff offices are furnished with 4. The University should ensure that more current journals are 5. Internet hotspots should be extended to other parts of the campus 6. All Academic staff should be encouraged to obtain a PhD. 7. The University should ensure that all academic staff benefitted 8. The programme should be adequately funded.
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The total score for the programme is 89.6%. It scored 37 (97.3%) in Academic Matters, 35 (97%) in Staffing, 27 (81.5%) in Physical Facilities, 18 (72.2%) in Library. The programme scored 3 (66.7%) in Funding, 3 (100%) in Research and Collaborations and 2 (100%) 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