“I must say that the Law programme
in National Open University (NOUN) was approved by the NUC; we do not get
permission from anybody to approve any programme; it’s our responsibility.
The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof.
Julius Okojie, has stated that the commission is working with stakeholders
to resolve the standoff on admission of graduates of the National Open University (NOUN) into Law School.
Okoie, who made this known at a
capacity building workshop for education correspondents on Thursday in Abuja,
said NUC was addressing the issue with the Council for Legal Education (CLE).
It will be recalled that CLE
had insisted that that Law graduates of NOUN will not be admitted into the
Nigerian Law School.
Okojie said that the Law programme
of NOUN was approved by NUC but CLE adjudged it a part time programme which was
the reason it rejected it.
“This matter is being addressed
because it is between us, CLE and the university.
“What we have done in the interim is
stop new intake into that programme so that they do not have a backlog; we are
addressing the issue.
“When the Council for Legal Education came up
with the idea of no part time Law, NOUN did not consider Law a part time
programme by their mode; so they did not stop the programme.”
The NUC boss explained that in the
first letter that followed the licence of a private university, the commission
gives it the take off programmes.
According to him, three years down
the line, NUC goes for accreditation and verification before such a school can
take new programmes. (NAN)
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