Bayero University, Kano (BUK), has redesigned its 30 percent of the new Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) to boost skills acquisition of students and employability of graduates.
The NUC, while launching the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards had announced that the commission only developed 70 percent of the CCMAS leaving 30 percent for each university to develop in line with their peculiarities.
Vice Chancellor of BUK Professor Sagir Adamu-Abbas, stated this in Kano while speaking with journalist on development at the institution.
Adamu-Abbas also stated that the university authority had introduced various measures to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal on the staff and ameliorate the impact of recent registration fees hike on the students.
The vice chancellor expressed concerns over the high level of graduate unemployment in Nigeria among whom some industries and employers of labour described as “unemployable” and expressed confidence that the new curriculum would address the challenge.
He noted that apart from establishing Skills Acquisition Centre within the Students Welfare Department, experts were also hired from outside the centre to train students on specific entrepreneurial skills not provided at the centre.
“Nigerian universities, not just BUK, have to redesign their curriculum. But I believe, you know that NUC has already commenced that and we have already keyed-in and we have already submitted our 30% curriculum review to NUC.
“We factored industry and professional bodies in designing the 30% curriculum. That was what we did and submitted to NUC. When students graduate, they can easily fit into the industries or they can create something on their own,” he said.
Speaking on the increase of registration fees, the vice chancellor lamented that the cost of running the institution was enormous, especially the high cost of provision of electricity, which he estimated to be about N75 million monthly.
