HND holders will soon be employed as assistant lecturers in polytechnics – NBTE

The National Board for Technical Education, NBTE, on Monday said that the services of holders of Higher National Diploma (HND) will soon be needed as Assistant Lecturers in Polytechnics and Monotechnics.

This was confirmed by Prof. Idris Bugaje, the Executive Secretary of the Board, while addressing newsmen in Kaduna.

Bugaje revealed that only university graduates are employed as assistant lecturers in polytechnics.

He added that graduates of polytechnics, who are HND holders are only employed as technologists and technicians in the polytechnic sector.

The Executive Director has referred to the fate of HND holders as “gross injustice”.

“Why should somebody from the university system come and midwife over a different system and become lords over them?

“The highest product in the polytechnics is the HND, as such, the best of these graduates should be employed as assistant lecturers and grow within the systems to have their Master’s degree.

“They can rise through the ranks to become Chief Lecturers and eventually become Rectors of their respective institutions.

“In the same vein, polytechnic staff will also come to NBTE on sabbatical.

“This will promote interaction and understanding among the stakeholders in the TVET sector,” he had said.