We have reports from several students who had enrolled in distance learning programme with other tertiary institutions but could not get their Degree Certificates after graduation due to the problem associated with Sub-Affiliates as sometimes school fees paid by the students do not get into the hands of the University's officials as the fee paid was to be transferred from the first Agent to the second agent before it reaches the university's officials; along the line, one of them may fail to transfer payment either to the next agent or to the university's officials and student cannot communicate with the university officials directly unless through their Agents quite unlike Delcan Distance Learning Consult and the European-American University's Direct Affiliation.
Against this background, names of those who had concluded Degree programme are published on the university's website in view of the fact that if a student receives a Degree Certificate from any of her Affiliated Campuses in Nigeria, but his or her name is not published on her website then it suggests that, the Degree awarded is fake and the fees paid by the student was not received by the European-American University's officials abroad at the conclusion of his or her Degree programme.
This type of report is more synonymous with Nigerian universities Affilation with indigenous institutions involving third party Agents because most Nigerians are very eager to earn Nigerian University Degrees and falling prey to third party Agents; therefore, victims would discourage others for involvement in distance learning programmes because of their experience. This cause a great setback in distance learning involving degree programme.
This is based on the fact that, it is very easy to find out the authenticity of the Degree awarded from the Nigerian institutions as students can easily visit their main Campuses for verification of the award; so Agents are afraid to forge Nigerian Degree Certificates in case of payment default quite unlike in the foreign country due to distance factor except names of Graduates of foreign universities are published on their website for references to be verified by Employers and institutions online.
Based on this development, some students enrolled in Nigerian institutions distance learning programmes do not receive their Degree Certificates in case of payment default by any of their Coordinators; while foreign university Degree is synonymous with duplicated forgery due to distance factor unless names of Graduates are published on their website for references which serve as payment evidence for Degree programme and also safeguide against forgery of foreign Degree Certificates.
We do however, grant exemptions to such students by awarding either Ordinary or Advanced Diplomas depending on the years of study involved if he or she can produce verifiable documentry evidence as proof of enrollment of previous tertiary institution provided the course involved is not pure science or any other course that could not be studied through distance learning programme except at the main Campus; alternatively, it could be exchanged for any Arts and Management course within the course outline of the previous institution attended.
Students who obtained either our Advanced Diploma or from any other tertiary institution considered as equivalent, could enrol for Bachelor Degree programme for One year and Six Months.
Those who had WAEC/GCE "O' Level or equivalent, should enrol for Ordinary and Advanced Diploma before proceed to Bachelor Degree as to minimize dropped-out in Degree programme.
Those who had Bachelor Degree from any recognized tertiary institution, should proceed to Master on the same or similar course. But a different course requires our Professional Post Graduate Diploma before proceed to Master Degree enrollment.
The same rule applies to those who dropped out of school with considerable number of years of study.
LEGAL IMPLICATIONS
There is no Legal implication regarding Conversion/validation of Certificates at any level; rather it legally conforms to the "Accreditation of Prior Learning and Previous Experience Awards" as endorsed by UNESCO as detailed on the European-American University website and OXCEL "Legal" website.
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