ACADEMIC Staff Union of Polytechnic has accused Federal Government of de-marketing polytechnic education in Nigeria and robbing the nation of embedded development value.
Among unfavourable FG policies killing technological education in Nigeria, the ASUP boss listed HND/BSc dichotomy, inability to enhance academic continuity for HND graduates, disparity between HND/BSc holders in government circles among others. He explained, “Polytechnics education is not encouraged. In some Polytechnics, students population is less than 1000 while some state governors change their Polytechnics to universities instead of developing them.