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TASUED gets NUC accreditation

Published: 4th May 2008 at 08:45:50 PM

The Tai Solarin  University of Education (TASUED) has won the first prize, Best  Individual Researcher (Development) Arts category, at the just  concluded third Nigerian Universities Research and Development Fair  (NURESDEF), organised by the National Universities Commission (NUC) at  the University of Lagos.

According to the institution's Public Relations  Officer, Fisayo Osoteku, participants were evaluated based on the  abstracts, methodology, results, relevance of the work, contribution of  the work to society, advancement of knowledge, and originality of the  work.

Thirty federal, state and private universities,  the Russian Embassy, the British Council, the Raw Materials Research  and Development Council, Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation,  Federal Ministry of Industry, and individual researchers were among  those present at the fair.

In another development, according to the  statement, TASUED recorded another feat when the NUC gave it 100 per  cent accreditation in 36 programmes. The accreditation is split between  interim and full levels while none of the courses was denied  accreditation.

Source: The Guardian Newspaper (Thursday, April 24, 2008)