The National Board for Technical Education, NBTE, the regulatory body for polytechnic education in Nigeria has approved seven new academic programmes for The Polytechnic, Ibadan.
A statement by the Registrar/Secretary to Council, Mrs Modupe Theresa Fawale, FNIM, informed that the letter conveying the approval, dated 19th May, 2023, with reference number
TEB/PRO/SP.11/VOL.111/444, addressed to the Rector, The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Professor Kazeem Adekunle Adebiyi, and signed by the Director of Polytechnic Programmes, Architect Ngbede Ogoh, on behalf of the Executive Secretary of the NBTE, Professor Iris Bugaje, stated that the approved programmes include: ND Photography Technology; HND Library and Information Science; ND Tourism Management Technology; ND Cooperative Economics and Management; ND Taxation; ND Metallurgical Engineering Technology; and ND Pharmaceutical Technology.
The letter further informed that the approval allows the institution to commence admission for the stated programmes for the 2022/2023 academic session.
The Rector of the Institution, Professor Adebiyi, while expressing gratitude to the NBTE, noted that all efforts would be made to commence admission into the stated programmes and equally abide with the NBTE regulations on all the programmes run by the institution.
He commended the state governor, Engr Oluseyi Makinde, for the financial and moral support to the institution without hindrance.
