BENIN CITY- Lighthouse Polytechnic, Evbuobanosa near Benin City, Edo State has been granted approval to run the Higher National Diploma (HND) programmes by the Federal Government.
The approval which was conveyed to the authorities of Lighthouse Polytechnic by the Federal Ministry of Education through the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), said the approval was consequent upon the visit of the accreditation team of NBTE in October, last year.
According to the NBFE letter, “Lighthouse Polytechnic is now approved to offer HND courses in Accountancy Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Technology.”
Similarly, the NBTE also accredited more National Diploma (ND) programmes for Lighthouse Polytechnic.
The new ND courses include Banking and Finance, Public Administration and Statistics. The NBTE further stated that “admission of students into the programme should commence from the 2014/2015) academic session.