Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic (formerly Rivers State Polytechnic) is a tertiary learning institution in

Bori City Bori City is a city in Khana, Nigeria, Khana Local Government Areas of Nigeria, Local Government Area, Rivers State, southern Nigeria. It is the birthplace of author and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa. Bori is the traditional headquarters of the Ogoni p ...

Khana Khana may refer to: * Khana language Places * Khana, Arghakhanchi, a village in Arghakhanchi district, Nepal *Khana, Nigeria, a Local Government Area in Rivers State *Khana Junction in Bardhaman district, West Bengal, India *Kingdom of Khana in Ba ...

Local Government Area in

Rivers State Rivers State, also known as Rivers, is a state in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria (Old Eastern Region). Formed in 1967, when it was split from the former Eastern Region, Rivers State borders include: Imo to the north, Abia and Akwa ...

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

. It has two campuses, one for the School of Management Sciences and the other for the School of Engineering. It is approved as a state-owned polytechnic by the

National Board for Technical Education The National Board for Technical Education, otherwise known as NBTE, is a board of education which supervises, regulates and oversees educational programmes offered by technical institutions at secondary, polytechnic and monotechnic levels thr ...

History

The polytechnic was established by the Rivers State Government on 13 May 1988. to provide instruction and research in applied science, technology, commerce and business management. The Military Governor,

Anthony Ukpo Stephen Anthony Ukpo (16 July 1947 – 6 September 2021) was Minister of Information and Culture, and then Governor of Rivers State, Nigeria, from August 1986 until July 1988 during the military administration of General Ibrahim Babangida. Mil ...

, inaugurated the provisional council and his successor, Group Captain

Ernest Adeleye Group Captain Ernest Olawunmi Adelaye was appointed military governor of Rivers State, Nigeria from July 1988 to August 1990 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (born 17 August, 1941) is a retir ...

signed the edict establishing the Polytechnic on 25 March 1989 and performed the formal ceremony of the institution on 19 May 1990. In 2009 Senator

Lee Ledogo Maeba Lee Ledogo Maeba is a Nigerian politician who was elected senator for the Rivers State South East constituency on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform in April 2003, at age 37, and was reelected in April 2007. As of 15 March 2004, Maeb ...

noted that in 2007 he had obtained approval in principle from the Federal Government to upgrade the polytechnic to a Federal institution, but that the state government had yet to follow up on the opportunity. In August 2009 the acting provost spoke of the problem with cultism among students, and possibly instructors, and described the decisive actions that the polytechnic was taking to combat it. Talking in November 2009 about efforts to clean up the environment from contamination by oil exploitation, Rivers State Governor

Rotimi Amaechi Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi (born 27 May 1965) is a Nigerian politician, he served as the Federal Minister of Transportation of Nigeria from 2015 to 2022 under the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari. He resigned to contest for Nigeria's presidency ...

said that educational institutes including the polytechnic would assist in ensuring the success of the program. In January 2010 the polytechnic introduced a National Diploma course in Mass Communication, for aspiring journalists.

Academic programmes

The Institution has 4 Schools (faculties) and they offer

Academic An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, ...

courses for National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma Degree (HND)

Schools and department

1. School of Applied Sciences School of Applied Sciences: * Computer Science * Science Laboratory Technology – ND * Statistics * Science Laboratory Technology (SLT) Science Laboratory Technology HND options * Biology * Microbiology * Chemistry * Biochemistry * Physics/Electronics 2. School of Engineering * Civil Engineering * Architectural engineering * Electrical/Electronic Engineering – ND * Electrical/Electronic Engineering Electrical/Electronic Engineering HND Options * Telecommunication and Electronics * Power and Machine * Mechanical Engineering – ND Mechanical Engineering – HND options * Manufacturing * Power plant 3. School of Environmental Technology * Estate Management * Urban and Regional Planning * Industrial Safety and Environmental engineering Technology 4. School of Management Sciences * Accountancy * Banking and Finance * Business Administration & Management * Marketing * Office Technology and Management (OTM) * Insurance * Mass Communication * Public Administration

Notable alumni

References

{{coord missing, Rivers State Polytechnics in Nigeria Universities and colleges in Rivers State Educational institutions established in 1992 Public universities in Nigeria 1992 establishments in Nigeria

History

Academic programmes

Schools and department

Notable alumni

See also

References