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The document outlines the philosophy, goals, entry requirements, duration, curriculum, and guidelines for the Mechanical Engineering Technician program. The key points are: - The program aims to produce qualified technicians who can contribute to Nigeria's technological development and be self-reliant. It adopts a functional philosophy of education. - The goals are to produce technicians capable of tasks like engineering drawings, machining, plant maintenance, and applying management and IT skills. - Minimum entry requirements include secondary school qualifications with passes in subjects like math, physics, and chemistry. - The program duration is two academic years consisting of four semesters plus an industrial work placement. - The curriculum balances general education

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1.0 Philosophy of The Mechanical Engineering Programme: Next Page

The document outlines the philosophy, goals, entry requirements, duration, curriculum, and guidelines for the Mechanical Engineering Technician program. The key points are: - The program aims to produce qualified technicians who can contribute to Nigeria's technological development and be self-reliant. It adopts a functional philosophy of education. - The goals are to produce technicians capable of tasks like engineering drawings, machining, plant maintenance, and applying management and IT skills. - Minimum entry requirements include secondary school qualifications with passes in subjects like math, physics, and chemistry. - The program duration is two academic years consisting of four semesters plus an industrial work placement. - The curriculum balances general education

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1.

0 PHILOSOPHY OF THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAMME


The Mechanical Engineering Programme is designed to reflect a FUNCTIONAL philosophy of education.
While seeking to achieve academic excellence and promote the furtherance of knowledge, the
mechanical engineering programme also seeks to aid the acquisition of appropriate skills, abilities
and competence, both mental and physical as equipment for the individual to live in and contribute to the
development of his society.
The programme is therefore committed to the production of qualified and competent technicians who will
be able to face the challenges concomitant with the aspiration of the country to be technological
developed and the Technicians to be self-reliant after graduation.

2.0 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME


The programme aims at producing mechanical engineering technicians for the nations industries,
construction firms, public utilities and services. The diplomate should be able to:
Interpret and prepare engineering Drawings of mechanical equipment, their components and systems;
- Carry out machining and fabrication operations.

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- Produce machine components and assemble


- Operate, maintain and service mechanical equipment
- Prepare appropriate engineering report.
- Carry out plant installation and maintenance
- Apply management principles in organising supervisory groups and in the arrangement of sequence of
activities.
- Acquire and display basic entrepreneur skills.
- Apply adequate Information Technology (IT) skills.

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3.0 MINIMUM ENTRY REQUIREMENTS


Candidates for admission into the programme should have a minimum of:
(i) Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSSC) with at least pass in English Language and credit
passes in four subjects in at most two sittings which must include, mathematics, physics, chemistry, and
one other subject from
- biology
- agricultural science
- additional mathematics
- economics
- statistics - technical drawing, auto-mechanics and metal work
(ii) GCE O Level or its equivalent (Teachers Grade II or West African School Certificate) with at least a
pass in English Language and credit passes in four relevant subjects as specified in (i) above.
(iii) National Technical Certificate (NTC) with credit passes in mathematics, integrated physical science,
English Language and in the mechanical trade areas.
(iv) Pass at NBTE recognise Pre-National Diploma entry requirement in English Language and four
credits in the relevant subjects listed in (i) above.

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4.0 DURATION
The duration of the programme is two academic sessions consisting of four semesters of 18 weeks
each.

5.0 CURRICULUM
5.1 The curriculum of ND programme consist of four main components. These are:
i. General studies/education
ii. Foundation courses
iii. Professional courses
iv. Supervised Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES)
5.2 The General Education component shall include courses in:
i. Art and Humanities - English Language, Communication, History.

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ii. Social Studies - Citizenship Education, Political Science Sociology, Philosophy, Geography,
Entrepreneurship, Philosophy and Sociology are compulsory.
iii. Physical and Health Education - One semester credit only.
5.3 The General Education component shall account for not more than 15% of the total contact hours for
the programme.
5.4 Foundation courses include courses in Economics, Mathematics, Pure Sciences, Technical Drawing,
Descriptive Geometry, Statistics, etc. The number of hours for the Programme may account for about
10-15% of the total contact hours.
5.5. Professional courses are ore courses of the programme which give the student the theory and
professional skills he needs to practise his field of calling at the technician/technologist level. These may
account for between 60-70% of the contact hours.
5.6. Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) shall be taken during the long vacation
following the end of the second semester of the first year. See details of SIWES at section 11.0
5.7. Personal Logbook: The students to maintain a personal Logbook to record all the daily and weekly
summary of all the practical activities for all the semesters.

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6.0 CURRICULUM STRUCTURE


The structure of the National Diploma programme consists of four semester of classroom, laboratory and
workshop activities in the college, and a semester (3-4 months) of student Industrial Work Experience
Scheme (SIWES). Each semester shall be of 18 weeks duration made up as follows:
a. 15 contact weeks of teaching, i.e. recitation, practical exercise, quizzes, test, etc, and
b. 3 weeks for examinations and registration. SIWES shall take place at the end of the second semester
of the first year.

7.0 ACCREDITATION
The Diploma programme shall be accreditation by the National Board for Technical Education before the
diplomates can be awarded the National Diploma certificates. Details about the process of accrediting a
programme for the award of the National Diploma are available from the Executive Secretary, National
Board for Technical Education, Plot B, Bida Road, P.M.B. 2239, Kaduna, Nigeria.

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8.0 AWARD OF NATIONAL DIPLOMA


Conditions for the award of National Diploma include the following:
a. Satisfactory performance in all prescribed course work which may include class work, tests, quizzes.
Workshop practice, laboratory work which should amount to a minimum of between 72 and 80 semester
credit units.
b. Supervised industrial work experience for four months.
c. Satisfactory performance at all semester examinations.
d. Satisfactory completion of final year project work Normally, continuous assessment contributes 30%
while semester examinations are weighted 70% to make a total of 100%. The industrial training is rated
on the basis of pass or fail.
National Diploma should be awarded in four classes:
(i) Distinction

- CGPA of 3.50 and above

(ii) Upper Credit - CGPA of 3.0 - 3.49


(iii) Lower Credit - CGPA of 2.50 - 2.99

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(iv) Pass

- CGPA of 2.00 - 2.49.

9.0 GUIDANCE NOTES FOR TEACHERS


9.1 The new curriculum is drawn in unit courses. This is in keeping with the provisions of the National
Policy on Education which stress the need to introduce the semester credit units which will enable a
student who so wish to transfer the units already completed in an institution similar standard from which
he/she is transferring.
9.2 In designing the units, the principle of the modular system by product has been adopted, thus
making each of the professional modules, when completed provides the student with technician
operative skills, which can be used for employment purposes self - and otherwise.
9.3 As the success of the credit unit system depends on the articulation of programmes between the
institutions and industry, the curriculum content has been written in behavioural objectives, so that it is
clear to all the expected performance of the student who successfully completed some of the courses or
the diplomates of the programme. This is slight departure in the presentation of the performance based
curriculum which requires the conditions under which the performance are expected to be carried out
and the criteria for the acceptable levels of performance. It is a deliberate attempt to further involve the

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staff of the department teaching he programme to write their own curriculum stating the conditions
existing in their institution under which performance can take place and to follow that with the criteria for
determining an acceptance level of performance.
Departmental submission on the final curriculum may be vetted by the Academic Board of the institution.
Our aim is to continue to see to it that a solid internal evaluation system exists in each institution for
ensuring minimum standard and quality of education in the programmes offered throughout the
Polytechnic system.
9.4 The teaching of the theory and practical work should, as much as possible, be integrated. Practical
exercises, especially those in professional courses and laboratory work should not be taught in isolation
from the theory. For each course, there should be a balance of theory to practical in the ratio of 50:50 or
60:40 or the reverse.

10.0 LOGBOOK
A personal Log-book to be kept by the students shall contain all the day-to-day, weekly summary, and
semester summary of all the practical activities from day one to the end of the programme. This is to be
checked and endorsed by the lecturers concerned at the end of every week.

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11.0 GUIDELINES ON SIWES PROGRAMMES


For the smooth operation of the SIWES, the following guidelines shall apply:
11.1 Responsibility for placement of students.
a. Institutions offering the National Diploma programme shall arrange to place the students in industry.
By April 30 of each year, six copies of the master-list showing where each student has been placed shall
be submitted to the Executive Secretary, National Board Technical Education, which shall, in turn,
authenticate the list and forward it to the Industrial Training Fund, Jos;
b. The placement officer should discuss and agree with industry on the following:
(a) A task inventory of what the students should be expected to experience during the period of
attachment. It may be wise to adopt the one already approved for each field.
(b) The industry-based supervisor of the students during the period. It should be noted that the final
grading of the students during the period of attachment should be weighted more on the evaluation by
his industry-based supervisor.
11.2 Evaluation of students during SIWES. In the evaluation of the student, cognisance should be taken
of the following items:

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1. Punctuality
2. Attendance
3. General Attitude to work
4. Respect for Authority
5. Interest in the field/technical area
6. Technical competence as a potential technician in his field.
11.3 Grading of SIWES: To ensure uniformity of grading scales, the institution should ensure that the
uniform grading of students work which has been agreed to by all polytechnics is adopted.
11.4 The Institution-Based Supervisor: The institution-based supervisor should initial the log-book during
each visit. This will enable him to check are being met and to assist students having any problems
regarding the specific assignments given to them by their industry-based supervisor.
11.5 Frequency of Visit: Institution should ensure that students placed on attachment are visited within
one month of their placement.
Other visits shall be arranged so that:
1) There is another visit weeks after the first visit; and
2) a final visit in the last month of the attachment.

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11.6 Stipend for Students in SIWES: The rate of stipend payable shall be determined from time-to-time
by the Federal Government after due consultation with the Federal Ministry of Education, the Industrial
Training Fund and the National Board for Technical Education.
11.7. SIWES as a component of the curriculum: The completion of SIWES is important in the final
determination of whether the student is successful in the programme or not. Failure in the SIWES is an
indication that the student has not shown sufficient interest in the field or has no potential to become a
skilled technician in his field. The SIWES should be graded on a fail or pass basis. Where a student has
satisfied all other requirements but failed SIWES, he may only be allowed to repeat another four months
SIWES at his own expense.

12.0 FINAL YEAR PROJECT


Final year students in this programme are expected to carryout a project work. This could be on
individual basis or group work. The project should, as much as possible incorporates basic element of
design, drawing and complete fabrication of a marketable item or something that can be put to use.
Project reports should be well presented and should be properly supervised.
The departments should make their own arrangement of schedules for project work.

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