Dennis Erezi
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved 13 new undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for Kwara State University (KWASU) Malete.
The approval was contained in a letter signed by the NUC Acting Director of Academic Planning, Abubakar Girei, to KWASU Vice-Chancellor.
KWASU spokesperson Dr. Saeedat Aliyu said two programmes are at the undergraduate level while the other eleven are postgraduate programmes.
“The approved undergraduate programmes are: B.HIM Health Information Management and B.Sc. Development Studies while the postgraduate programmes include LL.M and Ph.D. in Common Law, LL.M. and Ph.D. in Islamic Law, and M.LIS and Ph.D. Library and Information Science,” Aliyu said.
“Others are Ph.D. Human Kinetics, Ph.D. Special Education, M.Sc. Medical Laboratory Science, Masters in Public Sector Accounting, and Masters in Development Finance,” the school’s image maker said.
According to the letter, the programmes are to be run in full-time mode and are to commence from 2024/2025 academic session.
In his reaction to the NUC approval, the Acting Vice-Chancellor of KWASU, Professor Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh, expressed excitement at the new programmes commencing in University.
He commended the state government for the support in achieving the feat while appreciating the steadfastness of staff of the institution for the readiness to take on the new programmes and contribute more to human capital development.
