The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has granted full and interim accreditation to 53 programmes run by the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi.

A breakdown of accredited courses shows that 27 are National Diploma (ND) level while 26 are at Higher National Diploma (HND) level.

Further analysis shows that 32 courses received full accreditation while 21 received interim accreditation.

The distribution according to schools shows that 13 programmes are in Engineering; 14 in Science Technology; 10 in Environmental Technology and three (3) in Agricultural Technology. Others are 10 in School of Business Studies and three (3) in the School of General Studies.

This is contained in the letters of approval signed by the Director of Programmes of the Board, Mr. Musa I. Isgogo on behalf of the Executive Secretary Dr. Mas’ud Adamu Kazaure mni.

It was learnt that the approval was as a result of the accreditation exercise conducted by the Board in the Polytechnic in June, 2017.