The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) recently paid a two-day official visit to Muhammadu Buhari Meteorological Institute of Science and Technology (MBMIST), Katsina State, to begin the process that will lead to accreditation of courses in Climate Change Science and Meteorology in the institute.
According to NiMet, the Team Lead and Deputy Director at NBTE Kaduna office, Dr. Jauro Kutura D., who represented the Director, NBTE Kaduna office, Alhaji Samaila Tanko disclosed that they were there “for accreditation of two programmes, National Diploma, Meteorology and National Diploma Climate Change Science.
Dr. Jauro says MBMIST has started planning towards the new mantra of the Executive Secretary of NBTE, Professor Idris Muhammad Bugaje, for skills node degree by incorporating agro allied skills into the institute. She also notes that the intention to develop curriculum for the HND programmes in Meteorology and Climate Change Science in addition to developing a curriculum for Electrometeorological Engineering technology at ND level is also a big plus for the development of the institute.
Dr. Jauro explains further that NBTE and institutions are partners in progress, stressing that NBTE does not carry out the exercise alone, rather it involves stakeholders from academia and industries who are professionals in the related field to assist to carry out the assignment.
“So the team is here to assist the adequacy of academic matters, physical and human resources available for the programmes and in the process they would offer their contributions, suggestions and advice for the betterment of the programmes,” she says.
She also solicits for the maximum cooperation from the entire management and staff of the institute to enable her team carry out their assignment successfully and promptly.
The Rector of the institute, Professor Effiom Oku, who welcomed the delegation on behalf of the Chairman of the Governing board and council members, emphasizes the importance of the exercise to the institute.
“The accreditation exercise is very important to us. Just like the Team leader has said, the acceptance of our certificate especially as we are about to push out our pioneers, that is why this accreditation is very important to us,” he says, while assuring the team of maximum cooperation.
As part of the visit Prof. Oku made a power point presentation on the history of the institute. The accreditation by NBTE is a systematic review of educational programmes to ensure that acceptable standards of education, infrastructure and quality is being maintained.
