Sign BSC/HND Dichotomy Bill before May 29, ASUP appeals to Buhari

BSC/HND Dichotomy

Sign BSC/HND Dichotomy Bill before May 29, ASUP appeals to Buhari

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sign into law the bill to abolish BSC/HND dichotomy before he leaves office on May 29.

National President of ASUP, Comrade Anderson Ezeibe, who made the call in an interview with Vanguard in Abuja yesterday, said the dichotomy had made young Nigerians not to be interested in polytechnic education in the country.
He said it would be a memorable legacy if President Buhari assents to the dichotomy bill before he exited office.

He said: “We are urging President Buhari to go ahead and sign that bill into law. That is another way of saving this sector. As we speak, the Roman figures are dropping significantly so because the sector is losing its attraction to young people
“So we expect him to sign this bill. Other stakeholders in the sector have also been calling for him to do so. It will be an enduring legacy if Mr. President succeeds in doing this before he leaves office.”

He contended that stakeholders in the polytechnic education sector had urged the Ninth National Assembly to pass the “Bill for an Act to Abolish and Prohibit Dichotomy and Discrimination between First Degree and Higher National Diploma.”