Reciprocal Agreement among tertiary institutions had been endorsed by UNESCO as a means of fostering cooperation among academic institutions of higher learning around the world. Under the scheme, a student in level 200 can seek for credit transfer to another institution either in the same or foreign country and be admitted at the same level. (You may google out reciprocal Agreement among tertiary institutions for more details).
In that case, it would resort to Dual Degree also known as Reciprocal Degree award; that means, a Graduate with a university degree from one school could as well be awarded another Degree of the other school on admission either on the same or another course as equivalent based on the reciprocal agreement between the two institutions.
Similarly, the European-American University had entered into Validation Agreement (also known as Reciprocal Agreement) with universities in several Latin American countries and around the World including the United States of America for Dual Degree awards and for the global recognition of her Degree programme. (See “Recognition” on her website for more details). In Nigeria, there are also Nigerian universities affiliated to several foreign universities based on Reciprocal Agreement. It makes it easy for student who had a Bachelor Degree in Nigeria to begin his or her Master Degree programme in a foreign country of the partner institution. (You may google for the list of foreign affiliated universities in Nigeria).
Based on this development, students are prepared based on the Curriculum agreed by the two parties prior to the admission overseas. Outside the reciprocal agreement, the Bachelor Degree may be downgraded to an ordinary Diploma level overseas due to academic standard differences between the two countries.
Consequently, the student would start all over to read and pass his or her exams in order to be qualified for the Bachelor Degree award of that country’s standard.
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