T here has been news around this for a while. Federal Government was trying every possible mechanism to bridge the gap between HND and Bsc. The dichotomy has been an issue beyond the resolution of several past administrations. But finally, the ministry of education under the current administration has succeeded in scraping HND programmes in the federal-owned polytechnics across the nation as a means to achieve this equation. At the FEC meeting held on the Federal government has finally scrapped the 2-year Higher National Diploma course. Facts About Discontinuation of HND Programmes Below are the details to take note of: The scrapping only affects the Federal polytechnics across the nation States had been implored to follow the course (and if they prefer otherwise) or continue as they were used to run the programmes. Polytechnics will henceforth be limited with the award of National Diploma (ND) Any higher qualifications by these private or state-owned polytechnics will be th...