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The President of COREN, Mr. Kashim Ali, who stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the end of council’s 2017 first quarter meeting, said the council had also agreed that reminders be issued to concerned Vice Chancellors on the implications of running unaccredited or expired programmes.
“Annually, we will publish the status of every university in Nigeria that is offering engineering programme so that parent will have information before they send their children and wards to the universities.
“We also approved that before the commencement of this, a letter will be sent to the Vice chancellors of all universities for them to understand the implication of the action we are taking.
“And for those that have outstanding unaccredited programme to submit them for valuation and accreditation where found worthy before the publication is done,” he said.
He added that the council also considered the accreditation report from the University of Port Harcourt and Bayero University, Kano.
The COREN president said nine out of the 11 programmes considered were given full accreditation while the remaining two were given pre-accreditation.
Kashim called for the resuscitation of Technical Colleges across the country to ensure that craftsmen were adequately trained to meet the desired needs of the country. (NAN)