BENIN – The Faculty of law, Edo State University, Uzairue, has been given full accreditation by the National University Commission (NUC).
The approval by the NUC, according to the University authority, was effected after a thorough review of the report of an accreditation visit of the NUC to the University in March and April 2021.
“The full accreditation of the law programme has made the university achieve another remarkable feat, thereby adding to the list of programmes with full accreditation status.
“Accordingly, all programmes presented for accreditation have approvals by the NUC and earned accreditation status with a minimum score of 78% to date.
“Programmes that are professional in nature such as Medicine, Nursing, Medical Laboratory Science, Engineering, Law and Accounting have approvals and earned full accreditation status from the professional regulatory bodies.
“With this landmark achievement, the Faculty of Law of the university, which is one of the university’s flagship programmes has been in the spotlight for its outstanding performance and contributions to the development of legal education in its use of Modern Legal Softwares, robust law Library, legal clinic, standard and functional Moot Court and students-industry engagement, which will better prepare the students for the task ahead.
“With the full accreditation, the university’s law students, especially the 1st set, who are now in 400 level are in high spirit, as they await the realisation of their dreams in the shortest possible time.
“The euphoria of no strikes, no interruptions of academic calendar policy of the University and the aura of timely completion of academic programmes is evident as the university prepares for the second semester examinations of the 2020/2021 academic session which commenced last week Thursday, 26th August 2021, in fulfilment of Managements promise to adhere to its academic calendars.”
