National Council on Establishment Resolves University/Polytechnic Dichotomy

The National Council on Establishment has approved the Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) as the bridge programme for holders of the Higher National Diploma (HND) to rise to the peak of their ocareer just like their degree counterparts.
Strategic Media gath ered that the NCE in a meeting last Friday resolved, among others, that the entry point for HND holders into the. Civil service would henceforth be grade level 08, like their bachelor degree holders counterparts.
According to a source, the move will effectively and finally resolve the discrimination and career limitation that graduates of polytechnic institutions had for years been subjected to in the workplace, especially the states and federal civil service.