Plateau college of education, Gindiri to run 19 degree programs – Provost

The Plateau College of Education, Gindri, says it has secured approval from the National Universities Commission (NUC), to run 19 degree programs.

Prof. Lazarus Maigoro, the Acting Provost of the College disclosed this to the News Agency Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Jos.

He said the programs would be in affiliation with the University of Jos.

”When I took over as Provost on Feb 14, I discovered that the institution has been for the past eight years pushing for affiliation with the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, to run degree programs without success.

” I applied to the university of Jos in March, it immediately sent a team who inspected our facilities, personnel and what have you.

”The report was presented to the senate of Unijos in June, and the proposed programs were approved.

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”Unijos then made recommendations to the NUC who subsequently sent a team of professors from across the country, led by its Executive Secretary, Dr Chris Maiyaki and three other Directors for and intensive resource inspection exercise.

”At the end of the inspection, NUC granted approval for us to run 19 degree programs,”he said.
Maigoro listed some of the new programs to include Bachelors degree in English, French, Biology, Religious Studies, Mathematics and History.

Others Physics, Guidance and Counseling, Economics, Special Education, Geography, Childhood Development, among others.

Maigoro thanked Gov. Caleb Mutfwang, for funding the entire process leading to the actualization of the feat for the institution.