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VISION STATEMENT |
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To establish an institution where theory is blended with practice through imparting knowledge, which will culminate in shaping the individual and society. |
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MISSION STATEMENT |
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To create an environment geared toward shaping and directing the capabilities and capacities for controlling and utilizing both human and material resources of the young state.
Due to the creation of Kogi State by the regime of General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida on August 27th 1991. The Polytechnic was established in December 1992 by the 1st and 2nd Executive Governor of Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu through an amended edict No. 6 of 1994.
The Polytechnic took off in January 1993 at the Government Science Secondary School, Lokoja and Osara Campus with Dr. Isa I.A. as the first Rector.
Kogi State Polytechnic was regarded as a child of necessity for the following reasons: |
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- To satisfy Kogi state indigenes in their quest for Polytechnic education.
- To retain the services of the deployed Kogi State indigenes from both Benue and Kwara Polytechnic.
- To afford Kogi State indigenes a wider admission opportunity in the development of the much needed middle level manpower requirement of the new state.
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THE POLYTECHNIC STARTED WITH FOUR (4) SCHOOLS |
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Namely:
- School of Mineral Resources Engineering and Metallurgy.
(This was a campus of Kwara State Polytechnic which invariably became the nucleus of Kogi State Polytechnic.
- School of Management Studies.
Comprosing of three (3) departments i.e Business Studies, Financial Studies (now Accountancy) and Secretarial Studies (now Office Technology and Management).
- School of Applied Sciences
with a single department of Mathematics / Statistics.
- School of Vocation and Continuing Education.
Comprising of three (3) departments namely, Department of Art and Industrial Design, Department of Public Administration and Department of General Studies.These Schools later expended while additional ones were created and the main campus was moved from the Government Science School in 1996 to the permanent site at Felele then called Lokoja Teacher Training College, Lokoja.
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Presently, the Polytechnic has eight (8) Schools namely:- |
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1. School of Applied Sciences |
2. School of Management Studies |
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- Pre-ND Science & Technology
- ND Science Laboratory Technology
- HND SLT (Biochemistry)
- HND SLT (Biology)
- HND SLT (Chemistry)
- ND Statistics
- HND Statistics
- ND Computer Science
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- ND Office Technology & Management
- HND Office Technology & Management
- ND Public Administration
- HND Public Administration
- ND Business Administration & Management
- HND Business Administration & Management
- ND Accountancy
- HND Accountancy
- ND Library & Information Science
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3. School of Art, Design and Printing |
4.School of General Studies |
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- ND Art & Industrial Design
- HND Art & Industrial Design (Graphics)
- HD Art & Industrial Design (Textile)
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- Remedial Studies
- General Studies
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5. School of Engineering |
6. School of Environmental Technology. |
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- ND Metallurgy
- HND Metallurgy
- ND Mineral Resources Engineering
- HND Mineral Resources Engineering
- ND Civil Engineering
- ND Electrical Electronics Engineering
- ND Mechanical Engineering
- ND Foundry Engineering Technology
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- ND Architectural Technology
- ND Building Technology
- ND Surveying & Geo-Informatics
- ND Urban & Regional Planning
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7. School of Preliminary Studies. |
8. School of Part-Time and Vocational Studies |
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- Diploma in Public Administration
- ND Public Administration
- NDS Public Administration
- HND Public Administration
- Diploma in Accounting & Auditing
- ND Accounting
- NDS Accountancy
- HND Accountancy
- ND Business Administration
- HND Business Administration
- ND Office Technology and Management
- ND Computer Studies
- HND Metallurgical
- Diploma in Law
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