FORM NBTE/PA/1B

NATIONAL BOARD FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION

SECTION B

THE PROGRAMME TO BE ACCREDITED

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SECTION B –PROGRAMME TO BE ACCREDITED

40.0 Title of programme to be accredited: STATISTICS TECHNOLOGY

Type of Accreditation required: see para 4 of accreditation standard

41.0 indicate below the type of accreditation required

Please check (√) one

41.1 initial Accreditation □

41.2 Re-accreditation □√
42.0 Has any NBTE accreditation team visited your institution to determine if the programme
can be accredited for the award of the ND/HND?
Please check (√) one

yes □√ No □
43.0 If answer to 42 is ‘’yes’’ , please attach to the complete questionnaire a photocopy of the
main decision and recommendation of the Board:

44.0 Name of Department/section where programmed to be accredited is offered:

STATISTICS TECHNOLOGY / SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCE

45.0 Date Established: 2017

46.0 Name and Qualification(s) of Head Department: INAMETE, EMEM NDAH HAPINESS
M.sc Statistics, B.sc Mathematics and Statistics

47.0 Name and Qualification(s) of Head of Section offering the programmed to be accredited if
different from paragraph 53 above: AZI, AMEACHI ONELE
M.Sc. Geophysics, PGDE, B.Sc Industrial Physics

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 History of the Department/Section
48.0 Write below, a brief history of the development of the Department/Section

The mandate of the Polytechnic is to raise middle level man power for serving/ working in the
Oil and Gas industry. Upon this, the department of statistics technology was afloated.
The Department started in May, 2018 (2017/2018 Academic Session) with the National Diploma
(ND) program with a teaching staff strength of four Lecturers, comprising of Ms. Inamete,
Emem Ndah H. as the Acting Head of Department, a Craftsman and the subsequent
engagement of another Lecturer and two Administrative officers.

The department later metamorphosed into the department of Mathematics and Statistics in
the 2020/2021 academic session, adding to its fold six (6) more lecturers

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 Department /unit Administration in General (use additional sheets if necessary)
49.0 Describe how the department/section is administered. Use separate sheets. The
description should highlight the following

49.1 Personnel administration

a) Organization structure (use chart if necessary):

HOD

Administrative
Officer

Secretary

Examination Time-table Lecturers Course Clerks

Officer Officer Adviser(s)
Technologist Cleaners

Technician

b) How staff are involved in the decision –making process and in general administration:
The Department may be run as structurally spelt out: The Head of Department will be
the administrative head of the department. Departmental lecturers are also part of the
administrative framework. The Head of Department is assisted by the administrative
officers and clerks. Being an academic environment, decision lies solely in the hands of
the Head of Department and the lecturers in the Departments. At the instance of the
Head of Department, some lecturers maybe appointed to coordinate certain sections of
the Department for the smooth running of the system.

c) Policy and practice on staff development if different from paragraph 31:

The policy and practice of staff development will be the same as in paragraph 31. The
academic staff will be allowed to go for further studies on part time basis. Non-
academics shall attend short courses and workshops.

d) Staff promotion if different from paragraph 29:

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 Staff promotion processes shall be the same as prescribed in the scheme of service for
polytechnics.

49.2 Student‘s welfare

a) Handling of academic grievances
There shall be due processes for handling academic grievances. In the event of any, the
course lecturer shall be asked to forward the academic record of the concerned students;
investigate the problems raised and proffer solution.
b) Student academic advising
The HOD shall appoint Academic Adviser for each student.

49.3 Examination
a) Setting, conduct, evaluation schemes, moderation schemes – internal and external for
diploma examinations and issuance of results.
There shall be setting, conduct, evaluation and moderation of schemes in the internal
examinations by the lecturers, external examiners shall be appointed by the management
to moderate the final/ second semester examination of the diplomats. At the end of this,
results/ certificates will be issued to successful candidates.

49.4 Academic Atmosphere

a) Any policy adopted and practiced by the department in pursuit of academic excellence
and maintenance of academic atmosphere.
In pursuant of academic excellence and maintenance of suitable academic atmosphere in
the department, policies shall be adopted and practiced in the department. The HOD and
other appointed lecturers shall oversee the teaching facilities, while the HOD shall single-
handedly oversee the lecturers, technologists and technicians that shall handle the studies
and workshops.

49.5 Espirit-de-corp and discipline

a) How discipline and espirit-de-corp are maintained
Discipline shall be effected to using the prescription of the polytechnic Act and public
service rules. Upon this, the Head of Department shall query errant staff to instill discipline
and sanity.

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 Programme curriculum and syllabus:

50.0 Attach to this questionnaire, the complete and current curriculum and course content
for the programme and list of titles of diploma projects carried out by the students
for;

I. National diploma
II. Higher National Diploma
In the past two years

FIND ATTACHED (APPENDIX 2), THE COMPLETE AND CURRENT CURICULLUM AND COURSE CONTENT FOR
THE ND PROGRAMME.

List of diploma projects carried out by the students (ND) include:

ND 2017 SET

1. One Way Anova of growth pattern of some Anthropometric parameters

2. Regression analysis of contributions of industrial sector to the Gross Domestic Product of
Nigeria
3. A time series analysis; a case study of Trumart Super Market, Bonny
ND 2018 SET.
1. Statistical Analysis on the Impact of Birth and Death Rate on Nigeria Economy (A case study of
Rivers State, 2006 – 2020).
2. Analysis of Road Accident in Nigeria, A Time Series Approach.
3. A Statistical Analysis of Reported Cases of Sexually Transmitted Disease in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

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 Summary of teaching staff disposition for the programme(s) to be accredited
51.0 Complete the table below
Table 7

Staff category/Designation No on Salary grade No. of Reasons for

payroll level Resignation/dismissal Resignation
Polytechnics Equivalents in in the preceding two or Dismissal
other post- years
secondary
institution
Lecturer III CONPCASS
3/5
lecturer III CONPCASS
3/5
Asst. lecturer CONPCASS
2/5
Asst. Lecturer CONPCASS
2/5
Asst. Lecturer CONPCASS
2/5
Chief
instructor
Principal
instructor
Senior
instructor
Technical
instructor
Others

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Table 8 Personal Data Of Staff Teaching All Courses of the Programme to be Accredited
Paras , 22.2 -22.5 of accreditation standard
52.0 Supply the information in the table, use additional sheets with the headings given below: FIND ATTACHED (APPENDIX 3)

Name of Rank/Designation F/T Qualifications, Post Course/subjects Teaching Other

staff in order salary grade level, dates obtained qualification taught load/lecture responsibilities/interest
of seniority date of first and work/teaching Hrs/week in curricular and extra –
and date of appointment specialization experience and curricular activities
birth membership of date, post held
professional and the
association and organization
publication
(5) (6)
(1) (2) (8)
(3) (4) (7)

Example Chief lecturer F/T B.SC 1962 Pupil ND 1 –Mech. 1.Head of Department
Mech. Engr., Engr./engineer Eng Technology
Mr. A john GL 15 M.Sc 1972 1962-71 NEPA 2. Patron of debating
ND 2- Eng society
1975 A.N.S.E 1974 Post –graduate Science ND2-
Publications work 1971-72 workshop
UNILAG Snr. processes
John, A. theory Lecturer,
of engineering
structures the 1972-75
Mechanical
Engineer, Etc. Yaba C.O.T
Chief Lecturer
1975-date

Note: 2-4 hours of laboratory/workshop Practicals as 1 lecture hour, F/T-Full Time, P/T-Part Time

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Other teaching staff

53.0 complete the table below in respect of laboratory/workshop staff available for the various
laboratories and workshops used for teaching the programme.

Table 9

NAME and date of birth Rank/ designation date Qualifications dates Laboratory/workshop
of first appointment obtained membership of deployed.
professional association
and work experiences,
position held and dates.

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Table 10:
54.0 supply the information in the table below:
Use additional sheets, if necessary
Names of staff in order of
seniority and dates of birth
Wada Grace Iganya, 1979
Soberekon Soibifaa Tonye,
1988
Emmanuel Walter Banigo,
1984
Administrative Non teaching staff disposition in the department/section
Where programme to be accredited is offered
Rank /designation , salary
grade level and dates of
first Appointment
Administrative officer I,
CONTEDISS 9/2, 2018
Administrative officer II,
CONTEDISS 7/2, 2017
Craftsman, CONTEDISS 4/2
STAFFING
Qualifications and dates
obtained
B.Sc.Ed Geography, ABU
2007
MBA LAUTECH, 2015
B.Sc Business Education,
RSU, 2011
Certificate in timber/trowel
and electrical vocation,
BVC, city and guilds of
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Post qualification work Remarks
experience position Held
and Dates
Federal Ministry of
Education, Abuja
Administrative staff, 2013 –
2017
Classroom teacher, West
itam secondary school, itu
2013 - 2014
Teacher, Electrical
Installation in industrial
London, 2011. unit Bonny

Certificate for international

minimum of industrial
safety, 2013.

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 Staff Appraisal

55.0 Appraise the entire academic staff of the department in terms of:

a) Adequacy in number, mix qualifications and experience (state average student to

staff)

There are five lecturers in the Department with M.sc, B.sc and B-Tech. The number aligns
with the NBTE minimum requirement for running Diploma programmes.

b) Effectiveness as lecturers/instructors

The staff/ lecturers: student shall be based on the caliber of lecturers/ instructors available,
their effectiveness may not be a challenge.

c) Professional achievements

A number of the lecturers have good publications in both local and foreign journals,
therefore they are academically influential and up to date in their respective specialization.

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 Table 11 FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT OFFERING PROGRAMME(S) TO BE ACCREDITED

Type of facility No Average area No. of No. of rooms Expansion programme (if any) Total facility that will be
available of students each jointly used available to department
A room/studio room can with other when expansion work is
B etc inn M2 accommodate departments completed
Year Year Year of
at a time
C E facility started completion (A=F)
D H
F G

Example : lecture room 12 50 24 4 12 1980 1982 24

1. Lecture rooms 4 50 30 4
2. Lecture theatre

3. Assembly/ exams hall

4. Laboratories

5. Workshops

6. Studies

7. Library

8. Offices accommodation

9. Others(specify)

56.0 complete the table shown below

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 Laboratories

57.0 List the various laboratories available for teaching the programme. Indicate, if the
laboratories belong to the department or area shared with other departments. List
the equipment in each laboratory using the table in Appendix 1. Does each laboratory
have a chalkboard, demonstration unit and adequate laboratory furniture and seats
for all students during lectures and enough laboratory equipment and instruments to
support laboratory practical sessions?

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Workshop

58.0 List all workshops available for the programme, indicating if they are specific to the
department or share with other departments. Complete the table in Appendix 1 in
respect of each workshop. Does each workshop have a chalkboard and furniture items
to seat each student during lectures and adequate tools-hand and machines to
support all students during practical work?

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 Studios

59.0 List all studios available for teaching the programme. Indicate if they are specific for
the department or shared with other departments. Complete appendix 1 in respect of
each studio. Does each studio have a wall to wall chalkboard and adequate furniture
to seat all students during lectures?

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 Office Accommodation for Staff

60.0 Comment on the office accommodation available for academic staff, stating the size of
accommodation; list all furniture items in each office and how many lecturers share
each room. Do the Head of Department and lecturers of the rank of senior lecturer
and above have individual offices? Are the available offices well equipped as required
by NBTE?

The Head of Department has an individual office that meets the NBTE minimum standard.
Other lecturers are paired in two(s) in the two other offices allocated to the department for the
academic staff.

Below are the tabulated summary to the above questionnaire:

S/N Office Description Size M2 Capacity Remarks

(No. of Lecturers)
1 Head of Department’s office 52 1 Ensuite
1 Office Desk, 2 Seats,
Shelves.
Marker boards
2 Head of Department’s 20 1 2 Office Desks, 2 Seats,
secretary’s
office/Administrative officer

3 Lecturers 52 2/ office 4 Office Desks and 4

Seats.

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Facilities Appraisal

61.0 Discuss important physical deficiencies (if any) and explain measures being taken to make good the deficiencies. Appraise
the existing facilities in terms of quality and adequacy for current and projected enrolment period.
The facilities, tables, chairs etc are available, in good working condition and of high quality.

There are no known physical deficiencies with respect to:

A. Dedicated Class rooms, Lecture theatres and halls
B. Shared Class rooms, Lecture theatres and halls
C. Laboratory

CATEGORY PHYSICAL NUMBER CAPACITY(STUDENTS) SIZE(M2) REMARKS

FACILITY
Current Projected

Dedicated Classroom 4 N/A 15/class 60 20 desks and seats; 4- ceiling fans, marker board, 10-
electric bulb units, 4-windows

Lecture 1 N/A 100 162 150 seats, 4-split unit Ac, 10-ceiling fans,a marker
board, 8-windows, 1-public address unit, 1-projector,
theatres/ Halls
15-electric bulbs.

Shared Classroom 8 25/class 25/class 60 20 desks and seats; 4- ceiling fans, marker board, 10-
electric bulb units, 4-windows

Lecture 9 100 100-120 162 150 seats, 4-split unit Ac, 10-ceiling fans,a marker
board, 8-windows, 1-public address unit, 1-projector,
theatres/Halls
15-electric bulbs.

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 Table 12 Department/section finances: Recurrent provision and Appropriation

62.0 Complete the table below for the department/section in which the programme to be accredited is offered for the past two years.

Aca Aca Year 2019 Year 2020

demic Year demic Year
Sources of funds 2019 2020… Cost Category

Provision Expenditure Provision Expenditure

Amount in N Amount in N

Institution’s Budgetary 774,774,175 991,103,972 1. Staff Salaries 327,190,878 312,872,265 551,236,090 410,700,075
Allocation
2. Staff Development 4,000,000 750,300 3,575,601 2,434,000

Consultancy
3. Library Materials 8,000,000 6,777,900 4,908,930 3,351,000

Voluntary Public Support - - 4. Laboratory Equipment 10,000,000 2,100,000 14,795,599 3,648,780

Seminar/Please give details - - 5. Studio Equipment - - 5,575,594 -

Conference fees
6. Office & Classroom furniture 30,863,699 15,426,575 15,437,124 -
Tuition fees(where applicable) 9,469,600 6,092,600
7. Maintenance 4,515,000 3,920,062 2,428,939 1,659,900

Others(Specify) 17,742,000 10,404,500

8. Supplies/Training 8,100,000 7,391,043 21,343,214 8,447,607
Consumables
610,000 164,400 2,445,605 1,464,800
9. Vehicle maintenance
2,340,000 1,443,300 10,582,419 5,665,567
10. Utility services
35,223,715 20,428,115 49,585,733 17,500,000
11. Others (specify)

Total

Total

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Table 13 Capital funds: Provision and Appropriation

63.0 Complete the table below for the three years preceding the one in which the visitation is being made in respect of the programme for which
accreditation is being sought.

Cost Category Year 2018. Year 2019 Year 2020

Provision Expenditure Provision Expenditure Provision Expenditure

1. Expansion to physical
facilities
35,223,7 20,428, 13,000,
a. Classrooms/Lectures - - 15 115 000 12,000,000
theatres
26,623,11 25,303,6
b. Workshops/studios 4 92 - - - -

c. Laboratories - - - - - -

2. Machines and hand tools and 8,000,000 7,693,999 - - - -

other equipment,
investments, etc

3. Others (Specify)

 Website Development 20,000,000 18,919,021 - - 12,769,863 2,000,000

 Hostel Rehabilitation - - - - 12,000,000 11,000,000

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 Investment and liabilities

64.0 State below the current investment and liabilities of the department/section

The current investment of the department is the various industry based research works presently
undertaken by her lecturers, individually and collectively.

There are no liabilities presently.

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 Financial Appraisal

65.0 Appraise the adequacy of the operating funds for the department/section. For recurrent expenditure also indicate the per
capita expenditure per annum.

The adequacy of the operating funds for the department can be appraised using the table below:

Sources of Fund Institution Budgetary allocation for departments

Operating fund

Recurrent expenditure Papers for printing; printer inks; departmental meeting

Expenditure per annum

Capital expenditure

Remark/summary:

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 Standards of Diploma Examinations

66.0 Briefly describe how standards of examination leading to the diploma award are set
and maintained at appropriate level by the department. Attach the following
information to the completed questionnaire.

a) Rules and regulations for diploma examinations and awards;

b) Final year examination question papers in basic and professional (core) courses
and external examiners/moderators’ reports for the two years preceding the visit.

c) A list of Projects, thesis, long essays undertaken by students enrolled in the

programme to be accredited for the two years preceding the one in which the visit
is to be held.

The department abides by the NBTE rules guiding the award of diploma programmes.

In line with paragraph 49.3, aside our final year examinations moderated by an external examiner, in the
others, we set, conduct, evaluate and moderate schemes through appointed moderators. During the
moderation, the nature and standard of the questions shall be probed. Also, using the set questions, we shall
be probed to see if the scheme of the courses taught were covered.

furthermore, a combination of the internal and external moderation of our students’ work shall provide the
spring board towards attaining the prescribed standards for the award of the diplomas.

Find the attached for (a) – (c).

1 Continuous Assessment (Attendance, assignments, and tests) (40%)

2 Examinations (60%)

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67.0 Appraise the standard and quality of examination and students work at their level of
training based on:

a) adequate coverage of the syllabus content for each courses;

b) Standard of tests and examination for each course.

c) Quality of students answer to the various questions.

d) quality of practical work and diploma projects;

e) students readiness for the level of manpower they are being trained for; and

f) The external moderation scheme.

Indicate what action has been taken on the deficiencies highlighted by the external
examiners for the examination taken within two years preceding the visit.

The Head of Department shall ensure

(a) Adequate coverage of the scheme for each course.

(b) Standard of tests and examinations as prescribed by NBTE

(c) Students’ answer the various questions in the quality expected from them.

(d) Students were well supervised and monitored in their practical and project.

(e) Adequate monitoring and supervision of practical works.

(f) That external moderation scheme adopted and maintained.

In the case of any deficiencies, adequate measures shall be applied to restore the expected
and maintain the prescribed standard. And to achieve this, negative observations made by
the external examiner on the students’ work must be corrected.

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Table 14 Employer Rating of Diplomats of Programme to be accredited.

68.0 Complete the table below for 20 diplomates of the programme to be accredited for each of the two years preceding the visit. Where
the programme is yet to graduate any student the reports of SIWES for 20-students in the programme should be summarized below:

Year of Names of Diplomates Programme Name of Employers or Higher Appointment Summary of Employer’s
NO Graduation institution being attended by remark.
Diplomates

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69.0 FOR AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMMES
Crop Farms
69.1 Complete the table below in respect of all experimental and commercial crop farms, orchards,
plantations, gardens etc. available for the programme.
S/N Type Farm Size Estimated Yearly output

NA NA NA NA

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70.0 Appraise the success or failure of the crop farms in the two planting seasons vis-à-vis
the output of each farm and the revenue generated.

S/N Type Farm Size M2 Total No Estimated Yearly output

NA NA NA NA NA

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71.0 Livestock Farms
Complete the table below in respect of all experimental and commercial livestock farms
available for the programme.

S/N Type Farm Size M2 Total No Estimated Yearly output

NA NA NA NA NA

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72.0 Appraise the success or failure of livestock farm so far vis-à-vis the output of each farm
and the revenue generated in the last two years.

N/A

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73.0 Other Field Facilities
Complete the table below in respect of the following field facilities: crop storage; crop
processing; warehouses; survey equipment, meteorological station; pest control
equipment; irrigation equipment; farm machinery shed; Landscape sites; fertilizer store;
arboretum; umber grave yeard; nursery tools; hatchery; feedmills; sillage pit; hay barn;
milking parlour; abattoir; meat shop; spray race; farm office; fish ponds, fish processing
facilities; net loft; cold room; fishing vessels.
Indicate NA (not applicable) where necessary.
Description of Facility Type Size/capacity Remarks
NA NA NA NA

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74.0 List all the equipment contained in each of the facilities listed in 6.4.5 above

Facility Equipment instrument available Quantity Remarks

Theodolite 2 Functional

Ranging poles 3

 Not Applicable

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75.0 Other Teaching Facilities

Complete the table below in respect of the following facilities for agricultural training audio
visual; drawing room; navigation facilities; museum; armoury; tannery; herbarium.

Description Type Size/Capacity Remarks

For Example: Viewing Room 10 x 14 M2

Audio Visual Display Room
10 x 12 M2
Studio
Dark Room
8 X 8 M2
Store
10 X 10 M2

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76.0 List all the equipment contained in each of the facilities in 6.5 above.

Facility Equipment / Quality Remarks

Instrument

For Example: Audio Projectors 4

Visual
Cameras 8

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77.0 GENERAL STUDIES (G. S) COURESES FOR ND /HND PROGRAMMES see Accreditation standard
paragraph 11 page 4

77.1 Administration of the G.S Courses.

A. Is there a G.S department School in the institution?

 YES

B. If no, how are G.S course administered?

C. If yes when it established?

 The school was established at the take off of the National Diploma (ND) programmes in
the institution.

D. Draw an organogram of how the department or school is administered?

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 ORGANOGRAM OF THE SCHOOL OF GENERAL STUDIES

FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC OF OIL AND GAS, BONNY, RIVERS STATE

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E. Attach a brief history of the department

The School of General Studies of FPOG was established at the take off of the ND Programmes
2017.

78.0 Curriculum content for General Studies

1. The current curriculum content for the general studies courses taught in the ND and
HND Programmes in the institution.

GNS 101: USE OF ENGLISH I & II (2 CREDIT UNITS)

Study Skills: Note taking/note making; importance and methods of reading: scanning, skimming,
intensive. (Week 1-2)

Concept and Nature of Language: Characteristics and functions; language skills: speaking, listening, writing
and reading; use of the English language in Nigeria. (Week 3-4)

Basic Grammar: Parts of speech; units of grammar: word, phrase, clause and sentence; Concord. (Week
5-8)

Punctuations and Paragraphing: Punctuation marks and uses; paragraphing and parts of a paragraph:
topic sentence, development and conclusion/transition; qualities of a paragraph: unity, coherence and
emphasis. (Week 9-10)

Comprehension and Interpretation: Main ideas in a given passage as distinct from supporting details;
using main ideas to anticipate specific details in a passage; using context clues to aid comprehension;
drawing conclusions from available information. (Week 11-12)

Essay Writing: Definition; types, features and format for writing good essays. (Week 13-15)

GNS 120: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION I (2 CREDIT UNITS)

Citizenship Education: Meaning; significance of Citizenship Education; agents of Citizenship Education;
challenges of Citizenship Education. (Week 1 – 2)

Citizen and Citizenship: Citizen; types of citizen; citizenship; modes of acquiring citizenship. (Week 3 – 4)

Nigerian Constitution and Citizenship: Constitution; sources of constitution; types of constitution;

constitutional development in Nigeria; federal constitution; citizenship acquisition through the
Constitution. (Week 5 – 10)

Duties of a Nigerian Citizen: Civic duties/obligations and responsibilities of the Nigerian citizens. (Week
11)

Rights of Nigerian Citizens and Constitution: Fundamental rights of the Nigerian citizens as enshrined in
the constitution: Social right; Economic right; Political right; Religious right etc. (Week 12 – 13)

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The Rule of Law: Definition; importance of rule of law; abuse of power and its consequences; merits of
rule of law; enforcement of rule of Law. (Week 14)

Equality and National Ethics: Equality and equity; significance of equality and equity; national ethics;
ethics and social cohesion; ethics and justice; ethical practices; unethical practices. (Week 15)

PMC 111: PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS I (2 CREDIT UNITS)

The Scope of Economics: The concept of Economics and the scope; limitation of the definitions of
Economics; comparison of the views of the classical economics with the modern economist;
relationships between Economics and the Social and Physical Sciences. (Week 1-2)

Price Theory: The concept of demand; supply; price equilibrium and utility; uses of utility; price elasticity
and calculation; income elasticity and calculation. (Week 3-4)

Theory of Production: Concept of production and function; factors of production and their uses;
markets; perfect competition; monopoly; oligopoly; duopoly; monopsony; cost and types of cost; long
and short run cost; total cost; average cost; marginal cost revenue; law of diminishing returns; law of
varying proportion; increasing and decreasing returns; price and output determination under conditions
of perfect and imperfect competitions and monopoly; profit maximization and equilibrium analysis;
normal and supernormal profits. (Week 5-12)

Factors Affecting the Location of Industries: Concept of industry; factors that influence the location of
industry; mergers and restrictive practices; Government-Industry relationships; government policies.
(Week 13-15)

PMC 122: PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS II (2 CREDIT UNITS)

Money, Banks and other Financial Institutions and their roles in the Economy: Demand and supply of
money; central and commercial banks and their historical development in Nigeria; functions of banks
with reference to the Nigeria economy; role of other financial institutions and their sources of capital
and credit; the principles of investment and the role of stock; the necessity for exchange in the capital
market. (Week 1-3)

The Term “National Income” and its Significance in an Economy: National Income; computation of
national income; income expenditure and output method; problems of computing national income;
determining the National product; significance of national income in the economy; compute
consumption, saving and investment analysis in a simple economic model; multiplier and accelerator
concepts. (Week 4-6)

Theory of International Trade: International trade and the gains of international trade; balance of
payments concepts; fixed and variable exchange rates; activities of international institutions as: IMF,
ECOWAS, IBRD, GATT, etc. (Week 7-9)

Basis of Economic Development: Concept of economic development; theories of economic

development; stages of economic development; impact to technology. (Week 10-11)
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Public Finance: Analysis of government revenue and expenditure; deficit spending and budgetary
surplus; effects of taxation on prices; micro-level investment decision and expected rates of returns;
investment pricing and output in the public sector. (Week 12-15)

EED 126: PRACTICE OF ENTRPRENEURSHIP I (3 CREDIT UNITS)

The basic concept of Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship; entrepreneur; small business and self-
employment; entrepreneurship philosophy and entrepreneurial characteristics; development
enterprise(Week 1).

Historical perspective of entrepreneurship development: Origin of origin of entrepreneurship;

organizational structure; role of an entrepreneur; reasons for business failure (Week 2).

Planning a business enterprise and project: Concepts of planning; business enterprise and project;
importance of planning to a business enterprise; skills and techniques of a successful small business
(Week 3).

Project proposal: Project and proposal; profitable management of small businesses (Week 4-5).

Management of Small business: Management; functions of management- planning; organizing;

controlling; staffing and directing; management of resources; authority and responsibility; management
by objectives; policy formulation and implementation; motivation; management control; problems of
leadership in small business (Week 6-8).

Employment issues: Education; training; association of education, training and development to

employment; skills and employment; private sector and employment generation; formal and informal
sectors; rural and urban settings and employment (Week 9-10).

Nigerian Legal System: Nature of law; sources of Nigerian laws; characteristics of Nigerian Legal System
(Week 11-12).

Contract and tort: Conceptualization of contract and tort; types of contracts and torts; requirements for a
valid contract; contractual terms (Week 13).

Agency and Partnership: Understanding agency and partnership; creation of partnership and agency;
authority of partners and Agents; rights and duties of principal partners, agents and third parties;
termination of partnership, agency and remedies (Week 14-15).

GNS 201: COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH I & II (2 CREDIT UNITS)

Communication: Processes and purpose of communication; impact of interference in communication at

various levels; code mixing and code switching. (Week 1)

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Oral Presentations: Label a diagram of the organs of speech; describe the functions of speech organs in
speech production; identify the phonemes of English; pronounce correctly by making distinctions
between different sound contrasts (consonant and vowel systems of English); explain the principles of
effective speaking, viz the correct use of stress, rhythm and intonation patterns. (Week 2-4)

Meaning: Denotation and Connotation; identifying words and sentences used denotatively; Identifying
words and sentences used connotatively. (Week 5)

Registers: Describe registers; factors influencing registers: field, mode and tenor; register peculiar to
different professions; appropriate uses of jargon. (Week 6)

Correspondence: Types of correspondence: letters, memo, emails etc.; parts of a letter; difference
between formal and informal letter format. (Week 7-8)

Business Correspondence: Types of business letters: applications, enquiries, complaints, invitations,

with their replies; using suitable language for specific letter types. (Week 9-10)

Writing for Publication: Techniques for writing for publication; writing essays on topical and current
issues; analysing published essays of academic value; evaluating the development of ideas in a given
article; writing good articles for publication. (Week 11)

Report Writing: Characteristics, types and qualities of a good report; stages of report writing; writing a
report. (Week 12 -13)

Summary Writing: Steps in writing a good summary. (Week 14 - 15)

SDV 210: ENTRPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT I (3 CREDIT UNITS)

The basic concept of Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship; entrepreneur; small business and self-
employment; entrepreneurship philosophy and entrepreneurial characteristics; development enterprise
(Week 1).

Historical perspective of entrepreneurship development: Origin of origin of entrepreneurship;

organizational structure; role of an entrepreneur; reasons for business failure (Week 2).

Planning a business enterprise and project: Concepts of planning; business enterprise and project;
importance of planning to a business enterprise; skills and techniques of a successful small business
(Week 3).

Project proposal: Project and proposal; profitable management of small businesses (Week 4-5).

Management of Small business: Management; functions of management- planning; organizing;

controlling; staffing and directing; management of resources; authority and responsibility; management
by objectives; policy formulation and implementation; motivation; management control; problems of
leadership in small business (Week 6-8).

Employment issues: Education; training; association of education, training and development to

employment; skills and employment; private sector and employment generation; formal and informal
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sectors; rural and urban settings and employment (Week 9-10).

Nigerian Legal System: Nature of law; sources of Nigerian laws; characteristics of Nigerian Legal System
(Week 11-12).

Contract and tort: Conceptualization of contract and tort; types of contracts and torts; requirements for a
valid contract; contractual terms (Week 13).

Agency and Partnership: Understanding agency and partnership; creation of partnership and agency;
authority of partners and Agents; rights and duties of principal partners, agents and third parties;
termination of partnership, agency and remedies (Week 14-15).

SDV 211: ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT II (3 CREDIT UNITS)

Financial Management: Sources and types of funding; cost, price, revenue, profit and break-even point;
financial statements-budgeting, balance sheet, profit and loss accounts, and cash flow; application of
financial statements in business management. (Week 1-2)

Preparation of accounts: Dealing with assets; profit and loss statement; balance sheet. (Week 3-4)

Cost preparation: Labour costs; direct machine cost; overheads: labour, machine, and general costs.
(Week 5-6)

Product and job costing: Product costing; job costing; project costing. (Week 7)

Laws guiding formation of companies: Fundamental concepts in company law: memorandum and
Articles of Association; promoters, promotion and the prospectus; comparison of shares and debentures;
functions and powers of Directors, Secretaries and Auditors; liquidation of companies. (Week 8-10)

Labour and Industrial Law: Employer-employee relationship Laws; industrial safety Laws; water and
public health Laws; evaluation of land acquisition Laws. (Week 11-12).

Copyright and patent Laws: Copyrights; patent; rights and liabilities under the copyrights and patient
laws; breach of copyright and patent right and remedies. (Week 13)

Sale of goods; Contract of sale of goods; differentiating sale of goods from hire purchase, works and
materials; duties of the parties; passing of properties and titles; breach and remedies. (Week 14-15).

EED 216: PRACTICE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP II (3 CREDIT UNITS)

Financial Management: Sources and types of funding; cost, price, revenue, profit and break-even point;
financial statements-budgeting, balance sheet, profit and loss accounts, and cash flow; application of
financial statements in business management. (Week 1-2)

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Preparation of accounts: Dealing with assets; profit and loss statement; balance sheet. (Week 3-4)

Cost preparation: Labour costs; direct machine cost; overheads: labour, machine, and general costs.
(Week 5-6)

Product and job costing: Product costing; job costing; project costing. (Week 7)

Laws guiding formation of companies: Fundamental concepts in company law: memorandum and Articles
of Association; promoters, promotion and the prospectus; comparison of shares and debentures;
functions and powers of Directors, Secretaries and Auditors; liquidation of companies. (Week 8-10)

Labour and Industrial Law: Employer-employee relationship Laws; industrial safety Laws; water and
public health Laws; evaluation of land acquisition Laws. (Week 11-12).

Copyright and patent Laws: Copyrights; patent; rights and liabilities under the copyrights and patient
laws; breach of copyright and patent right and remedies. (Week 13)

Sale of goods; Contract of sale of goods; differentiating sale of goods from hire purchase, works and
materials; duties of the parties; passing of properties and titles; breach and remedies. (Week 14-15).

PMC 223: BUSINESS LAW (2 CREDIT UNITS)

Law of Contract and Sale of Goods: Law of contract; contractual relations; conditions for a valid
contract; laws relating to sale of good; Sale of Goods Act; principle of transfer of property and risk.
(Week 1-2)

Law of Supply of Labour, Goods and Services: Contract for sale and/or supply of goods and services;
principles of vicarious liability as it applies to employees and employers; consequence to the employer
when orders are placed for supply of goods and services. (Week 3-4)

Law of Agency: Definition and explanation of Agency; the nature of Agency; types of Agents; duties and
responsibilities of an Agent; disclosed and undisclosed principals and the legal consequences; factors
leading to termination of Agency; the rights of principal and third party after termination of Agency.
(Week 5-7).

Law of Partnership: Definition and classification of Partnership; formation of partnership; rights and
duties of partners; the legal position and consequences arising from action of partners with third
parties; factors leading to dissolution of partnerships; handling of partnership assets and liabilities upon
dissolution. (Week 8-10)

Negotiable Instruments: Various types and use of Negotiable Instruments and notes in business
transactions; parties to Negotiable instruments; rights of interested third parties. (Week 11-12)

Law of Hire Purchase: Nature of hire purchase transaction; other forms of secured credit such as lien,
loan and asset leasing; differences between hire purchase and other forms of secured credit; obligations
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 of owner and hirer under hire- purchase transactions; legal rights of hirer and owner against the third
party; legislations regulating hire purchase in Nigeria; Hire Purchase Act 1965 and subsequent
amendments. (Week 13-14)

Law of Common Carriage: Definition of common carriage; law as it relates to carrier, breaches in
carriage and remedies. (Week 15)

2. Time table showing where the courses are taught to the various groups.
TIME TABLE FOR GNS

B. Appraise the adequacy of the content with those of the NBTE minimum national
curriculum and course specification for the programme to be accredited. Are all the
compulsory courses taught?
The course contents are adequate and in line with NBTE minimum requirements/
specifications for the accreditation of the programme.

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79.0 Resources for General Studies Courses

a) Are adequate numbers of classrooms / lecture theatre available for teaching the
programme?
 YES

b) If yes, are the classrooms / lecture theatres properly furnished, lighted, ventilated and
clean?
 YES

c) Are the adequate to guarantee a seat and writing desk to each student during
class/lecture periods?
 YES

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80.0 Teaching the General Studies Courses

Describe the mode of teaching the various courses and how the students are assessed.

 All General Studies courses are taught using the face to face teaching/learning mode
with emphasis on class- based activities in the form of class works, assignment
presentations and tests totaling continuous assessment.

 Because bulk of the teaching process is interactive, it is mandatory for students to attain
a minimum of 70% attendance to be eligible for examination.

 Consequently, the continue assessment makes up 40%, while examination at the end of
the semester makes up the remaining 60% of the total score.

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81.0 Teaching staff for G.S Courses

a) Attach the summary of the curriculum vitae for teaching and support staff for the G.S
Courses.
b) Are the staff adequate using teaching load and SSR on paragraph 11.3 on page 7?

a) Find attached the CVs of teaching and non- teaching staff of the school of General
Studies.

b) YES. They are.

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82.0 Books & Non- Book items

a) Attach to this questionnaire the list of textbooks, reference books, journals/ periodicals
and non-books item suitable for G.S course available in the library.
b) Appraise the adequacy and appropriateness of the stock of the various teaching
materials available to the programme.

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 APPENDIX 1

83.0 List of Principal Tools, Machines, Instruments and Equipment Available

Complete the table below in respect of the above. Use separate sheets with the same headings
for the workshops, laboratories and studio.

Name of Workshop/Laboratory/Studio: Statistics studio

Items Description of items Quantity in Remarks

No. stock

(Useable items
only)

1 Ludo 4
2 Scrabble 4
3 Scale 3
4 Rulers 20
5 Mathematical set 5
6 Calculators 30
7 T-square 5
8 Buckets 9
9 Health scale 2
10 Bowls 3
11 Chess 4
12 Statistical tables 15
13 Measuring tape 8
14 Playing cards 17
15 Balls 30
16 Pins 5
17 Wall clock 1
18 Coins 13
Total cost of usage items available at the time of
completing questionnaire

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Name of officer completing the form

INAMETE, EMEM NDAH H.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Rank: Head of Department

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Signature Rector ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

Office Stamp and date

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