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Federal Polytechnic Bauchi

School of General Studies

SCHOOL OF GENERAL STUDIES

 The School of General Studies was created in 1987 after a general re-organization of departments in the Polytechnic.

The School is basically a service school. It has four departments.

  1. Department of General Studies
  2. Department of Library and Information Science
  3. Department of Mass Communication
  4. Department of Crime Management & Control

The School offer IJMB Certificate and Advance Certificate in Crime Management Control, Journalism and Diploma in Crime Management Control. The School also offer National Diploma in Mass Communication, and Higher National Diploma in Mass Communication, and Higher Diploma in Crime Management Control. The School service courses for other departments in the institution.

The list of Directors/Deans of the School since inception are:-

  1. Mr. A.W. Omotowa 1987
  2. Mr. C.I. Okoye 1987 – 1980
  3. Mr. E.O. Asanya 1989 – 1991
  4. Mr. C.I. Okoye 1991 – 1993
  5. Mr. S.M.T. Sandare 1993
  6. Mr. A. W. Omotowa 1993 – 1994
  7. Mr. I. Audu 1994 – 2003
  8. Mal. M.L. Garba 2003 – 2005
  9. Alh. S. C. Muhammad 2005 – 2013
  10. Alh. Hassan, HASSAN 2013 – 2018
  11. Dr. Umar Garba Pan 2018 – 2019
  12. Mrs. Lami C. Nwachuku 2019 – Date

The Department of Library and Information Science started in January 2016.  The Department has a staff strength of four academic staff as a take-off.

In 2018, the Department satisfied the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) requirements to run the National Diploma

The Department has been headed by the pioneer HOD Mal. Aliyu Musa since 2016

This Department which was earlier known as the department of Arts and Social Sciences was established in 1987 after a general re-organization of departments in the institution.  Before 1987, the department was in the School of Business Studies.

In 1988, the creation of the School of General Studies led to the renaming of the department as the Department of General Studies and to be one of the departments under the new School of General Studies.

The Department of General Studies is basically a service department in charge of the teaching of service courses such as English Language, Citizenship Education, Laws, French, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences and Library Studies in all the other departments of the Polytechnic.  Apart from its role as a service department, the department of General Studies is also offering Diploma and Higher Diploma Courses in Crime Management and Control Technology.

The Department is blessed with thirty seven (37) academic and three (3) administrative staff.  The following is the list of the department’s head since its inception:

  1. Mr. A.C. Ugwu-Oju 1987    -  1989
  2. Mr. Andrew E. Ojie 1989
  3. Mr. K.M. Lele 1989    -  1991
  4. Mr. S.M.T. Sandare 1991    -  1993
  5. Mrs. Anne Temple-Obi 1993    -  1996
  6. Mr. Morrison Ejoboja 1996    -  2000
  7. Mal. M.L. Garba 2000    -  2010
  8. Mr. Chukwudi Azoro 2010 – 2017
  9. Mrs. Lami C. Nwachuku 2017 – 2020
  10. Dr. Mohammed Isa 2020 – Date

The Department of Mass Communication started in January, 2003.  The Department has staff strength of four academic staff as at take off.  Presently, the department staff strength is twenty-five (25) Academic and Non-Academics.

In 2008, the Department satisfied the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) requirements to run the National Diploma and Higher National Diploma in Mass Communication.

The department runs the following programmes:-

  1. Higher National Diploma Mass Communication
  2. National Diploma Mass Communication
  3. Diploma in Journalism
  4. Diploma in Public Relations.

The Department has been headed by the following

  1. Mrs. Joy Ale 2003               
  2. Malam Auwal Bala Aminu 2003 – 2006
  3. Mal. Abubakar S.S. Al-Sadiq (Ag.) 2006 – 2007               
  4. Alh. Adamu Moh’d Hamid (Ag.) 2007 – 2007
  5. Mal. Hassan Alh. Hassan 2007 – 2018
  6. Mal. Bello Madaki Beli 2018 – Date

Notable Achievements

  1. In 2007, the Department reached out to Bauchi State First Lady Hajiya Aisha Isa Yuguda and generated =N=7.4M and built the Newsrooms/Editing Suite and the HOD’s Office.
  2. The Department produced students’ practical newspaper “AKU” to serve the Polytechnic Community and Gwallameji village.
  3. The Department received commendation letters from the Media Industry and the Polytechnic Management for it outstanding professional performance.
  4. The Department organized lectures and featured Prof. Umaru A. Pate and the Chairman Nigeria Union of Journalist Bauchi State Chapter Alh. Dahiru Garba.

Students Enrolment

            The growth of the department has been rapid in term of students’ enrolment. Since the attainment of accreditation in 2008, the Department yearly receive not less than two thousand (2,000) applications. The recent number stood at 1,800 and about 600 students’ were admitted this year 2010/2011 session.

Facilities Available

The Department has five fully equipped studios and Laboratory viz: Radio Studio, TV Studio, Advertising and Public Relations Resource Centre, Newsroom/Editing Suite and Photography Laboratory.  All are according to the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) requirements.

DEPARTMENT OF CRIME MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL

Dr. Isah Muhammed

Dean School of General Studies