A state owned university in the central region of Nigeria, Plateau State University, Bokko has gotten a nod from the National University Commission (NUC) to start offering six new degree programs.
This announcement was contained in a statement made by the Acting Vice Chancellor and the Chairman of the Senate Professor Shedrack Gaya Best at the 92nd regular meeting of the Senate which held on January 10, 2025,
According to the statement, the six new academic programs which are granted approval to be started the next academic calendar are Medical Sciences (MBBS), Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharm D.), Statistics (B.Sc.), and Religious Studies (B.A.).
Also included are Law (LLB) and Nursing Science (B.Nurs). Each of the courses were granted approval by their relevant professional bodies.
While commenting of the development, Professor Shadrack said, " The result is that now we have gotten approval from the National Universities Commission (NUC) for all of these programs". He narrated that approval was as a result of series of successful resource verification visits conducted by the commission last year to assess PLASU’s readiness to offer these new programs.
Prof. Shadrack then praised the Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang for his enormous support to make the approval a success.
"I would like to sincerely thank the Governor for his steadfast support of the university’s progress,” he said. “This achievement would not have been possible without his leadership and dedication.”
The addition of the six new academic programmes now swell the number of courses on offer at the Plateau State University to thirty.
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