NAPS HAILS COUNCIL OF ESTABLISHMENT CALLS FOR IMPLEMENTATION

It is gratifying to realize that in spite of the propaganda against the polytechnic system by the Nigerian sycophants and hypocrites, the Council of Establishment does not succumb to any emotional weakness while making the fundamental decision of removing the disparity in career progression and differential salary structure between polytechnic graduates and the university counterparts in civil service though with a PGD prerequisite, giving a step victory to the total abolishment of HND / BSC dichotomy. The rational decision to put an end to the unjust discriminatory against the HND holders is rightly celebrated,

Implementation remains the greater challenge our struggles are faced with, so many favorable policy statement had come and gone without implementation hereby relegating the struggles to power zero, it therefore became imperative we push for the implementation of the policy, immediate jacking up of all due workers with PGD to necessary grades as policy statement without implementation is like shooing a gun without bullet.

We see the development as a great challenge for all stakeholders to merge force for the remover of all obstacles to the nations search for technology advancement. The struggle goes beyond career progression, it is the emancipation of polytechnic education from marginalization, segregation and discrimination, agitation for parity at all fronts including funding and structures, a call for the autonomy of polytechnics to award degrees and higher degree certificates, a fight for the sustainability of polytechnic education towards the technological breakthrough of our beloved nation.

The scandalous policy (rumor) of scrapping polytechnics or their conversion to campuses of neighboring universities will meet the rejection of the students as it negates the objectives of polytechnic education that dealt with technical expertise and practical orientations which is not obtainable in the conventional universities. Polytechnic is a practical base institution and that is the global demand, it is expected that the polytechnic be accorded good treatment with utmost attention for it is theory that dissolve into practical for the sake of optimum productivity, but in our situation we give more prominence to theory rather than practical and our polytechnics are treated with frivolities, fragrantly discriminated and completely looked down upon.

We call for the change of attitude towards the polytechnic education and removal of all discriminatory policies which discourage students from seeking admission to technical based schools other than converting the system to campus of neighboring universities. It is our desire as patriotic Nigerians to see our polytechnics having autonomy to award degrees and higher degree certificates, treated with utmost respect in all ramifications and empowered to compete with polytechnics in the advance countries

Comrade Olugbode Damola
NAPS National PRO