Lack of lecturers, poor infrastructure delaying accreditation – KDSCOE boss

Prof. Emmanuel Chom, Administrator, Kaduna State College of Education, Gidan Waya has said that the dearth of lecturers and poor infrastructure was frustrating efforts to accredit many programmes.

“The college is faced with a huge infrastructural gap and inadequate lecturers; that situation is affecting our efforts to secure accreditation for many of the courses,” Chom said on Thursday in Kafanchan, at the inauguration of the renovated Staff School of the institution.

The inauguration was performed by Prof. Andrew Nok, the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology.

Chom regretted that most of the buildings were dilapidated, adding that office accommodation was also inadequate.

“Another worry is that most of the equipment and machines, especially for vocational and technical education programmes, are obsolete.

“Laboratories are…