The Yaba College of Technology, YABATECH, Yaba, Lagos, has emerged best polytechnic in Nigeria for the third consecutive time in the Webometrics ranking released for January 2022.
YABATECH Deputy Registrar, Mr Joe Ejiofor, who disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Monday, in Lagos, attributed the success to the institution’s improvement in web contents and researchable academic papers.
Noting that the primary objective of the ranking web was to promote open access to the knowledge generated by institutions, he said, “This is a ranking of higher institutions of learning, it uses both Webometric and Bibliometric (research) indicators and the primary objective is to promote open access to the knowledge generated by institutions.”
The Webometrics ranking placed Lagos State Polytechnic in the second spot, while Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, is third. Lagos City Polytechnic, a private polytechnic is ranked fourth, while Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, came fifth on the rating of the best polytechnics in Nigeria for the month of January, 2022.
