Mass Communication, 34 other UNICAL Programmes Get Full NUC Accreditation
Judex OKORO and Ebi COLLINS
Mass Communication has been named as one of the University of Calabar's 35 academic programmes granted full accreditation by the National Universities Commission (NUC), the regulatory body has announced.
A circular dated June 6, 2024, and signed by the Acting Director of Accreditation, Engr. Abraham Chundusu, on behalf of the Executive Secretary of NUC, stated that "in line with the provisions of the Act, the Commission organised the accreditation of academic programmes at the University of Calabar, Calabar, in October/November, 2003," and after thorough scrutiny, granted full accreditation to the following academic programmes, namely Mass Communication, Education Administration and Planning, Education English Language, Guidance and Counseling, Home Economics, Environmental Education, Elementary Education, Educational Technology, Education Geography, Educational Psychology.
Others are Agricultural Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Estate Management, Urban and Regional Planning, Fine and Applied Arts, Survey and Geo-informatics, Environmental Protection and Resource Management, Mathematics, Microbiology, Science Laboratory, and Statistics.
Also mentioned are Peace and Conflict Studies, Social Works, Political Science, Human Physiology, Linguistics and Communication Studies, Music, Pharmacology, Radiography, Physiotherapy, as well as Policy and Administrative Studies.
Other UNICAL programmes including Forestry and Wildlife, Anatomy, Law, and Physics also received NUC interim accreditation.
The National Universities Commission maintained that the accreditation granted would last for a period of five years before any further reviews.
Section 18 (1) of the Education (National Minimum Standard and Establishment of Institutions) Act CAP E3, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, empowers the National Universities Commission to lay down Minimum Academic Standards for all academic programmes taught in Nigerian universities.
