FG to make Ph.D minimum qualification for academic staff – Tribune
November 23, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi
The Federal Government has said plans are underway to make doctorate degree the minimum qualification for any academic staff in tertiary institutions in the country.
The Minister of Education, Dr. Sam Egwu, made this known at the 17th convocation ceremony of the Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State, on Saturday, adding that technical education would be required to provide technical manpower to drive the process.
He said part of efforts to achieve the goal was an agreement the Federal Government, through the Education Trust Fund (ETF), entered with the International Science Fund for the provision of laboratories and technical equipment in tertiary institutions in the country.
