NUC Approves New Technical Education Courses for Confluence University
By Jack Acheme, Abuja
As Nigeria increases interest in science and technology for national development, the National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the establishment of eight (8) new Science and Technology Education programmes at Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, Kogi state.
The development is aimed at enhancing science and technical education in Secondary Schools and increasing their input to tertiary education.
A statement by the Registrar of the University, Ms. Olufunke Hudson, noted that the programmes are to run in a dedicated academic unit, the Faculty of Science and Technology Education, stressing that the faculty is provided with necessary resources, human and material, in line with set standards to train professional teachers for the secondary and technical schools in the State and the country in general.
“The establishment of the programmes has become very important in view of the State Government’s determination to improve on quality and access to all levels of education in the State, with the recent creation of more tertiary and technical educational institutions.
“Besides, secondary and technical institutions are the providers of the basic inputs into tertiary institutions and with the expansion of tertiary education in general, high-quality inputs into the institutions are in greater demand.
“It is therefore a compelling necessity that the quality of secondary and technical education should be strengthened to enable them to perform the expected role in the education sector,” noted the statement.
The new undergraduate programmes include Biology Education, Chemistry Education, Mathematics Education, Physics Education, Computer Science Education, Geography Education, Library and Information Science and Technology Education among other programmes offered by the University.
The statement explained that with the establishment of eight more programmes, CUSTECH, Osara now has a total number of 38 programmes, and all are available for the on-going 2023/2024 admissions.
The existing programmes are Science-Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Geology and Applied Geophysics; Computing-Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, among others,
It added that all the programmes are currently accessible on the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) platform for interested candidates to select.
