The National Universities Commission (NUC) has reaccredited 25 courses at the Kwara State University, Malete which were presented during the October/November 2024 round of accreditation of academic programmes.
Dr Saeedat Aliyu, who is the institution’s Ag. Director, University Relations, noted in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com on Thursday evening that the result of the accreditation process was sent to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh via a letter dated April 30, 2025, which was signed by Acting Director of Accreditation, NUC, Engineer Abraham Chundusu.
21 of the courses received ‘full accreditation’, while 4 got ‘interim accreditation’.
‘The courses with full accreditation include Taxation, Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, Food Engineering, Biochemistry, Environmental Management and Toxicology, Physics, and Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution.
Others are Special Education, French Education, Education Christian Religious Studies, Islamic Studies Education, Arabic Education, and Computer Science Education.
Business Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Management, Agriculture Education, Biology Education, Physics Education, and Chemistry Education complete the list of courses that were granted full accreditation.
French, Mathematics Education, English Education, and Yoruba Education were however granted interim accreditation.
The programmes with full accreditation have a validity of 5 years, while those with interim accreditation are valid for 2 years, after which the programmes will be revisited by the NUC.
In his reaction to the outcome, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh, commended staff of the institution for successfully presenting their respective programmes for reaccreditation’ the statement said while adding that Professor Jimoh has also promised that the management of KWASU would continue to support all academic, research, and community development activities.
The Vice-Chancellor has also emphasized the need for greater commitment on the part of everyone in order to take the university to greater heights-Team@orientactualmags.com
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