The Federal Government has directed polytechnics, monotechnics and other allied institutions to stop awarding degrees.
This order was conveyed in a circular dated December 1, 2022, by the National Board for Technical Education, directed to heads of the affected institutions.
A copy of the document signed by the board’s Director, Polytechnic Programmes Department, Ogoh Ngbede, was obtained by our correspondent on Tuesday.
Ngbede, in the circular, expressed the Federal Ministry of Education’s dismay at the increasing number of tertiary institutions in the country offering programmes for which they were not originally designed