NATIONAL BOARD FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY POC Inne = ADDRESS: Giiegwigns of sei Pie Road EA 22 TEBPRO/S/VOLIV/263 TEL ytASA A026 RAP ‘The Director General, National Youth Service Corps ‘Maitama, Abuja. UNBUNDLING OF HND COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAMME, Due to emerging trends and the need to strategically position our graduates for a more effective national development, T wish to notify you that the Board has unbundied the IND COMPUTER SCIENCE programme run in all institutions under our purview. The new specialized areas floated cout of the former are as follows: i) HIND Artificial Intelligence ii) HND Networking and Cloud Computing HIND Software and Web Development iv) HND Cybersecurity and Data Protection Consequently, there will no longer be admissions into the HND COMPUTER SCIENCE programme from the 2024/2025 academic session. Students that have already been admitted into the former programmes arc given up to 2025 to phase out. The grace period is to enable concerned institutions to graduate students that were admitted under the old curricula. In view of the above, you are requested to kindly note that admissions from the 2024/2025 academic session into the erstwhile HND Computer Science programme will be only in the aforementioned four specialized areas. ‘While hoping that this information will be treated accordingly and given widé circulation through your good office, please accept the assurance of my highest regards and consideration (Ait Prof Idris M. Bugaje Executive Secretary CC DG, Industrial Training Fund ‘All Rectors/Provosis and Heads of Polytechnics, Monotechnics and Si Institutions ‘Above for your information and noting please Cele Prof Idris M! Bugaje Executive Secretary