Rector blames Bsc /HND dichotomy on absence of industries
Rector of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Alhaji Mas'ud Elelu has ascribed the seemingly unconstitutional dichotomy created between university and polytechnic graduates to absence of industries caused by some people in Nigeria for their own selfish interest.
Just as he pointed out that this act has also led to the death of technical education which is causing the country more harm than good economically. Elelu in an exclusive chat with National Mirror pointed out that the dichotomy became visible when manufacturing companies that hitherto looked out to employ polytechnic graduates started folding up.
He noted that there shouldn't be an issue on the discrepancies because each certificate should carve a niche for itself based on the difference in the method of acquiring knowledge.
"The kind of knowledge been impacted in the polytechnics is purely practical oriented which enables the students to have hands on experience on what they are being taught in the classrooms, while the university knowledge is largely theoretical.
"We should not be talking about disparities because each based on how the curriculum is designed should carve a niche for itself in the economy. If the economy of the country is buoyant enough as it used to be in the 70's, no polytechnic graduates will be looking for job in the public sector.
"In the 70's polytechnic graduates does not compete with University graduates in the public sectors rather they were being sought after by the private sectors i.e Lever brothers, Nigerian Breweries Dunlop and what have you and were earning more than the University graduates," he pointed.
He argued that the absence of industries to accommodate the technical graduates being churned out by different institutions has resulted for them to be looking for jobs elsewhere to make ends meet.
"The cry for parity now is because many of the polytechnic graduates have found themselves also in the public sector and are also saying, if they spend same number of years studying as University graduates they should be earning the same thing
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