Certificates, Diplomas and even Degrees could be awarded to any individual based on the recognition of prior learning and experimental experience as endorsed by UNESCO and approved by other tertiary institutions globally.
Such qualification will be recognized both in the government and private sector based on the following factors:
The awarding institution must be approved by the government in the host country through official registration.
The Director/Proprietor of the institution must be a member of recognized professional body and in some cases as a Corporate Member using the name of the institution and not as an individual depending on the choice of the Director/Proprietor.
The institution should be affiliated to a recognized University awarding Degrees as its mentor after assessment of the credibility, qualification, legal status and professional expertise of the Director/Proprietor.
For the purpose of references, the institution should maintain list of all registered students/graduates on her website.
According to law, the institution can only award both Certificates and Diplomas and not Degrees.
Type of Certificates and Diplomas is quite distinct from that of the academic qualifications. Consequently, private institution awards, Graduate Diplomas, Professional Postgraduate Diplomas and others as equivalent to that of the academic diplomas award by Universities and other tertiary institutions.
Most people particularly Africans think that only Certificate, Diploma and Degree could be earned through academic works attached. But that is not true. UNESCO had endorsed academic qualification and credit earned based on the recognition of prior learning and experimental experience and not based on book work alone. Most inventions we enjoy today were not studied in the classroom. It is from the inventions of those individuals with Primary Six Certificate and ordinary lab technician, we put in writing and then become a classroom work for us to earn Certificate, Diploma and Degree. Now the question is 'The Inventor and the student in the Classroom, who is to be awarded Degree first?. Google UNESCO recognition of prior learning experience and search results of other websites and including European-Amercan University website for more details.
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