The National Innovation Diploma in Agriculture is designed to produce
a self – reliant, skilled and productive agriculturist.
OBJECTIVE
Establish agricultural enterprises in fish, crop and animal
production and support services
Create enterprise opportunities in apiary, sericulture floriculture
and micro-livestock e.g. Rabbits, cane rat snailery, quails and
pigeons.
Carry out enterprise ventures in the production of animal feeds.
Create enterprises in processing, storage and marketing of
Agricultural produce.
Create enterprises in pest and disease control.
ENTRY QUALIFICATION
(a) Five credits level passes in WAEC or NECO and NABTEB in not more
than two sittings.
The subjects must include Biology/Agricultural Science, Chemistry and
any three of the following:
Geography, Mathematics, Economics, Technical Drawing, Physics and
English language. At least, a pass in English language and Mathematics
is compulsory.
(b) Candidates who have successfully completed the Board’s recognized
pre-National diploma (Science Technology) course may be admitted into
the programme. Such students must have passed Biology/Agricultural
science, Chemistry, Mathematics, English language and any one of the
following subjects: Economics, Technical Drawing, Physics and Geography
at WASC, SSSC, GCE O’Level or NEW and NABTEB before undertaking the
course.
(c) Post NVEC Final (articulation from VEIs). This candidate must also
possess the five credit level passes in the relevant
(d) Subjects as itemized in (a) above.
STRUCTURE OF PROGRAMME
The National Innovation diploma in Agriculture is a two year programme
i.e. four semesters.
Three months supervised industrial work experience (SIWES) shall be
carried out at the end of each year of the programme.
Each semester shall be of 17 weeks duration made up as follows:
15 Contact weeks of teaching, i.e. recitation, practical exercises,
quiz, tests, etc and 2 weeks for examination and registration.
EVALUATION SCHEME
The National Innovation Diploma Examination must be externally
moderated. In grading the students, theory shall constitute 30% while
Practical is 70%.
