NBTEA COMMENCES REVIEW OF CURRICULUM FOR NATIONAL DIPLOMA ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY 25-11-24
By Sadiq Aminu The National Board for Technical Education, NBTE has commenced the review of curriculum for National Diploma Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technology as part of efforts to reposition the polytechnics.
The exercise is being carried out in collaboration with an international technical service provider.
At the opening of the three-day workshop for the review, the Executive Secretary, Dr. Idris Bugaje said there was the need to have a curriculum that meets global standards.
Two years ago, the National Board for Technical Education introduced a skills empowerment programme, in which it signed a memorandum of understanding with an European private firm to train over 500 National Diploma Holders of electrical /Electronic engineering for two years and help them secure employment.
After the screening, only 25 of them scaled through and this, prompted the NBTE to embark on the review of the curriculum Electrical/Electronic engineering to strengthen the field and equip the students with skills for global competiveness and employability.
The Executive Secretary, Dr. Idris Bugaje explained that the involvement of the international experts in the review was strategic to ensure that Nigeria had a robust and up-to-date-curriculum.
“We are taking curriculum review to another level in this country. We are bringing in experts from outside Nigeria, so that we can develop a curriculum that can serve the global industries. All the digital innovations that have come up in engineering delivery, would be incorporated in this.”
The President of the Private firm, Mr.Jen-Christian Moller expressed the belief that the set goals for the curriculum review would be achieved.
The curriculum for Electrical/Electronic engineering was last reviewed in 2020.