NUC approves six new programmes for Al-Qalam university
Al-Qalam university, Katsina, has secured approval from the National Universities Commission (NUC) to commence six new undergraduate programmes that would be run in the main Campus of the university on a full-time basis.
The head of public affairs of the university, Akilu Abubakar, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Katsina.
Mr Abubakar said the approved programmes would commence in the 2023/2024 academic session.
The new programmes include: B.Sc. Information Technology, B.Sc. Statistics, B.Sc. Cyber Security, B.A. Sharia, B.Sc. Public Administration and BLIS. Library and Information Science.
Mr Abubakar explained that the approval is contained in a letter from the NUC to the Vice-Chancellor of the university, which was signed by NUC’s director of academic planning, N. B. Saliu, on behalf of the executive secretary of the commission.
Mr Abubakar recalled that in April 2023, the university received six resource assessment panels from the NUC, consisting of 15 members, who assessed the resources available in the school to start offering the new programmes.
(NAN)
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