{"id":123123,"date":"2025-10-22T02:09:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T01:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=123123"},"modified":"2025-10-22T02:09:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T01:09:30","slug":"coren-nbte-move-to-boost-global-recognition-for-nigerian-engineers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/coren-nbte-move-to-boost-global-recognition-for-nigerian-engineers\/","title":{"rendered":"\u200eCOREN, NBTE Move to Boost Global Recognition for Nigerian Engineers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Daniel Adaji<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200eThe Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) and the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) have taken steps to align Nigeria\u2019s engineering education with global standards.<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200eThis was disclosed to journalists in Abuja on Monday by COREN&#8217;s of Head of Corporation Advancement and Publication Relations, Haruna Ojonugwa.<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200eBoth organisations held a one-day workshop in Abuja on Sunday, to chart a roadmap for Nigeria\u2019s application to the Sydney and Dublin Accords &#8211; international frameworks that promote global recognition of engineering technologist and technician qualifications.<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200eThe workshop focused on exposing participants to the requirements, procedures, and timelines for Nigeria\u2019s application to the accords, which are under the International Engineering Alliance (IEA).<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200ePresident of COREN, Prof. Sadiq Abubakar, urged stakeholders to work together to achieve full membership.<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200e\u201cThe opportunity has come for us to be formalised to ensure that we have global recognition by joining these accords. It is a national assignment, and all hands must be on deck to ensure it succeeds so that Nigeria can export its abundant human capital through certified engineering practitioners,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200eExecutive Secretary of NBTE, Prof. Idris Bugaje, stressed the importance of international benchmarks for Nigeria\u2019s technical and vocational education.<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200e\u201cThe meeting today is very important for Nigeria. It\u2019s not enough to have national accreditation by the NUC and NBTE. More important is that there should be an international benchmark, and that is what the three accords are all about,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200eHe stated that Nigeria is close to joining the Washington Accord for university-level engineering degrees, while efforts are now focused on securing recognition for the Sydney Accord (HND level) and the Dublin Accord (OND level).<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200eLead resource person, Prof. Megat Megat Mohd Noor of the Board of Engineers Malaysia, and Chair of the Dublin Accord, delivered three sessions on requirements, procedures, and implementation timelines for joining the accords.<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200eParticipants included officials of COREN and NBTE, rectors of polytechnics, nominees from both bodies, and members of the Engineering Accreditation Committee.<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Adaji \u200e \u200eThe Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) and the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) have taken steps to align Nigeria\u2019s engineering education with&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":123125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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