Stop! Don't Buy That HND Form!

If you are not self employed already and would be seeking for
employment after your program, please I beg you in the name of
whatever you worship, don't buy that HND form.
Don't make that mistake. Buy Direct Entry form or buy UTME form to
start afresh at a conventional University. You also have the
opportunity of approaching any Open University study center close to
you and explore the opportunities therein available. All of these would
eventually make you get a University degree. Worry less about the
number of years and fund involved. Please don't buy that HND form.


Don't be fooled by those who will tell you that you can always proof
your worth on the field. See, the truth is that you may not even be
given the opportunity to proof anything at all. A large percentage of
Nigerian employers including the government worship certificates and
there isn't any traces that they might change any soon.


Take for instance, Ogun government commenced the sale of ASCON
forms for the employment into the civil service of the state and HND
holders are barred from partaking in the exercise. Even if you make
it to the civil service through other avenues, there's is a level
beyond which you can't rise because of your HND background. Why
would you want to be subjected to such ridicule? Don't buy that
form!


You may also be thinking of doing PGD, Masters and PhD later on.
Well some universities wouldn't let you pass the Masters stage. LASU
for Instance specifically stated that MED holders with HND and PGDE
background are not eligible to apply for PhD. You see, the
discrimination is huge and you wouldn't like it later on. Please drop
the idea of the HND form.
What I don't understand is why the government and others in charge
of our education have not scrapped these Polytechnics. Why would
they allow them to churn out products that are not accorded the
right respect in the society? Scrap the Polytechnics or at best stop
them from awarding HND Certificates forthwith
Don't get carried away with the fact that HND holders are also called
graduates and are allowed to partake in the NYSC scheme. See, the
euphoria of their 'graduates' status expires with NYSC. If you doubt
me, try to pick up a masters form with your HND after your NYSC.
The discrimination is huge and you wouldn't like it.
Whilst it is true that some HND holders are doing very very well in
their various fields, their percentage is also very very small compared
to those battling with the ridiculous discrimination both in public and
private establishments. Why would you therefore allow yourself
experience such mockery after spending five years pursuing the
certificate. (2 years for ND, 1 year for IT and another 2 years for
the HND)
It is good to be educated but please be educated properly at least In
Nigeria's context. This is because the most ridiculed certificate in
Nigeria now is the HND Certificate.
Again, if you don't have a business of your own and would be seeking
employment later on, don't buy that HND form. My two cents.