By Emeka Aginam

After accreditation visits to private and public Computer Training institutions across the nation in  order to ensure quality control assurance in IT education ,  the  Computer Professionals (Registration Council) of Nigeria (CPN)  at the end of its  65th regular Council meeting held recently in Lagos approved   the results of accreditation teams to three Universities as well as two private computer training schools.

The Head, Media, Communication and Brand Management of the Council Amoo Taofeek  Akanni in a statement disclosed that the accredited Universities will include,  University of Lagos, Lagos State University and Obafemi Awolowo University while the private Computer Training Schools will also include Software Technology Park Limited, Abuja and Meridian Technologies Limited, Maryland, Lagos, both franchisee of APTECH.

The CPN accreditation of academic programmes, he said was  a detailed appraisal of public and private computer training institutions in Nigeria for a level of performance, integrity and quality which entitles them to the confidence of the educational community, employers of labour and the general public.

He said that the  accreditation panels were made up of seasoned academics and top industry practitioners, among who were Prof. J. O. A. Ayeni who headed the accreditation panel to Obafemi Awolowo University, Prof Enoch O. Nwachukwu headed the team that visited the University of Lagos while Professor Rotimi Adagunodo led the team to the Lagos State University.

He said that Dr. Peter Olayiwola led the team that visited Software Technology Park Limited, Abuja while Professor Sylvanus Anigbogu headed the team that went to Meridian Technologies Limited, Maryland, Lagos.

“The panels examined thoroughly the academic programmes, facilities, faculties, among  available in all the institutions visited and thereafter  submitted their reports to Council based on their findings therein. Accordingly, the Council thereafter examined the reports, deliberated on it and thereafter approved it at its meeting of Thursday 13th of December, 2013” he explained.

The Obafemi Awolowo University and  University of Lagos, he said  got full accreditation while Lagos State University was awarded an interim accreditation.

Software Technology Park Limited, Abuja and the Meridian Technologies Limited, Maryland, Lagos  he said were awarded an interim accreditation.

For schools given interim accreditation; he said that the minor deficiencies noticed by the accreditation team are expected to be corrected within the next two years when another team will be sent to inspect the level of compliance with Council’s standards.