The Council for the Regulations of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), has vowed to sanction any university or polytechnic that admits engineering students above its admission quota.
The president of the council, Engr. Sadiq Zubair Abubakar, who disclosed this Wednesday in Abuja said: “Education is one of the key scorecards of COREN, and I am sure you know when you study the medical profession, there is an admission quota and if your university exceeds the number granted by the medical council, then that university will be sanctioned. If the number of enrollments exceeds your facilities, they will withdraw the certificate.
“Engineering is not anything less, so we have activated that because it is already in our law, we have what we called the BMASS that defines the maximum number a university can admit in any of its engineering professions based on the facility of teaching and practical in workshop and laboratories, just like the medical students.
“We have already written to all universities; polytechnics and we are supposed to follow up with enforcement. We have had discussions with JAMB to do exactly what they are doing with the medical courses. And from the next academy session, you will not see any university that will admit engineering students more than their capacity.
“Any institution that does that will be put in the spotlight and withdraw the mandate for them to teach just like other professions are doing. We want to make sure that the skill and proficiency of the graduates whether in universities or polytechnics in engineering is sacrosanct.”
