How NCHE approves study courses

All universities and other tertiary institutions across the country must have their programmes accredited by the National Council for Higher Edu- cation (NCHE), which regulates the sector. According to the Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions Act,as sector regulator, the NCHE is the custodian of course content, guiding and assessing institutions’ability to teach a given programme. Among the NCHE’s guidelines is a stipulation that academic institutions falling under its purview must review accredited programmes every five years for undergraduate study and roughly every ten years for the graduate level. The review process can be expensive, time-consuming and complicated, taking about three months for proactive institutions and up to a year for those with a slower pace, as indicated in findings by […]