Authorities of the Edo State owned university, the Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, said it recorded 100 per cent accreditation of its courses in the latest accreditation exercise carried out by the National Universities Commission (NUC).
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!It said out of the 20 programmes assessed by the NUC accreditation team, 18 were accorded full accreditation while two got interim accreditation.
Spokesman for the university, Mr. Edward Aihevba, in a press statement said listed the programmes with full accreditation to include English, French, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Industrial and Production Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Educational Management.
Others are Guidance and Counselling, Education Economics, Physical Education, Technical Education, Chemistry, Computer Science, Industrial Chemistry, Industrial Mathematics and Mathematics.
Aihevba said Agricultural Education and Statistics were programmes accorded interim accreditation.
He said the NUC accreditation team visited the university between November and December last year to assess its programmes.
Aihevba noted that the feat was an indication that the university had attained the highest academic standard prescribed by the NUC in the programmmes visited.
“By this 100 per cent performance, Ambrose Alli University has attained the highest academic standard prescribed by the NUC in the programmes visited.
“Full accreditation denotes that the university is qualified to run the programmes for the next five years, while interim accreditation means the programme can be run for the next two years before another visit will be due.”
