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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:

24th November, 2024 – 26th November, 2024

INSTITUTION:

Usumanu Danfodiyo University

DISCIPLINE:

Agriculture

PROGRAMME:

Forestry and Wildlife Management

PROGRAMME SCORE:

89.20%

 

ACCREDITATION STATUS:

 

FULL

 

DEFICIENCIES

REMEDIES

1. 45% of the academic staff have not benefitted from the staff
development programme

2. The equipment on the field work for the Foresty programme is
obsolete.

3. Dried overgrown grasses around the university’s forest reserve.

4 Shortage of water for irrigation in the forest nursery/greenhouse
nursery

 

1. The University should ensure that all academic staff benefitted from
the staff development programme.

2. The University should ensure that the equipment on the field work is
upgraded to a modern one.

3. The university should ensure that they carry out fire tracing to
prevent fire outbreak in the established plantation.

4. The University should provide adequate water supply to the forest
nursery and the greenhouse for proper irrigation

 

The total score for the programme is 89.20%. It scored 36 (97.30%)  in Academic Matters, 28 (80.00%) in Staffing, 23.5 (87.04%) in Physical Facilities, 17 (94.44%) 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