Heritage Polytechnic, Eket, Akwa Ibom state, is a privately owned
polytechnic
Polytechnic is most commonly used to refer to schools, colleges, or universities that qualify as an institute of technology or vocational university also sometimes called universities of applied sciences.
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institute located in Ikot Udota,
Eket
Eket is one of the 31 local government areas in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The name ''Eket'' or Ekid also refers to the indigenous ethnic group of the region and to their language. The Eket people use the endonym ''Ekid'' for themselves and their l ...
local Government Area of
Akwa Ibom State
Akwa Ibom State is a state in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered on the east by Cross River State, on the west by Rivers State and Abia State, and on the south by the Atlantic Ocean. The state takes its name from the Qua Iboe ...
, Nigeria.
Background
The institution founded by Emmanuel J. Ekott who is a Chemical Engineer took off in 1996 as Christian Continuing Education Centre. By 1999, it metamorphosed to Christian Institute of Continuing Education. In 2000, the institution became known as Heritage College and it was licensed 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 ...
as a Polytechnic in 2010.
Courses
The institution has four Faculties and runs their programmes under these departments;
Faculty of Engineering
* Department of Computer Engineering
* Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Faculty of Environmental Studies
* Department of Estate Management
* Department of Quantity Surveying
* Department of Building Technology
Faculty of Management Sciences
* Department of Mass Communication
* Department of Business Administration and Management
* Department of Accountancy
* Department of Marketing
* Department of Public Administration
* Department of Theology
Faculty of Science and Technology
* Department of Computer Science
* Department of Science Laboratory Technology
* Department of Statistics
* Department of Biochemistry
* Department of Environmental Biology
* Department of Microbiology
* Department of Physics and Electronics
See also
List of Polytechnics in Nigeria
This article provides a list of polytechnics in Nigeria, as well as agricultural colleges and other tertiary educational institutes that provide practical training.
It does not include universities or teachers' training institutions.
The polytech ...
References
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Education in Akwa Ibom State
Polytechnics in Nigeria