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The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has granted the Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe-Oghara, permission to mount an additional 16 new academic programmes and expand the carrying capacity of the existing academic programmes.
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The new programmes were granted following the NBTE Resource verification visit to the polytechnic. The Rector of Otefe Polytechnic, Prof. Emmanuel Ufuophu-Biri, disclosed this at the institution’s 2024 Nine Lessons and Carols festival. He listed the programmes as National Diploma (ND) in Food Science and Technology, Environmental Science and Management Technology, Glass and Ceramics
Technology, Civil Engineering Technology, Foundry Engineering Technology, Mechatronics Engineering Technology, Metallurgical Engineering Technology, Photography, and Multimedia Technology.
Others include Higher National Diploma (HND) in Science Laboratory Technology Microbiology/Biochemistry Option, Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence), Computer Science (Cyber Security and Data Protection option), Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technology (Control and Instrumentation Option), Mechanical Engineering Technology, and Welding Engineering Technology.
Ufuophu-Biri stated that, with the new additions, the polytechnic now runs 46 globally competitive, productive, and sustainable national development academic programmes.He commended Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, for promoting, advancing, and developing education in the state.
The rector also thanked the governor for supporting the institution by giving it independence of initiative and providing financial, material, and moral support to the polytechnic.
He also praised the Commissioner for Higher Education, Prof. Nyerovwo Tonukari, and the State House Committee on Education, chaired by Charles Emetulu, for supporting the development of education in the state generally and supporting the polytechnic.
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