Department of Office Technology and Management
Dr (Mrs) Florence Oluchi Nnaji
Office Technology and Management
A polytechnic Office Technology and Management department provides practical training in modern office administration, secretarial studies, communication skills, records management, and ICT-based office operations. It prepares students for efficient performance in administrative and clerical roles in both public and private organizations.
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY
FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC BALI, TARABA STATE
The department was accredited after the NBTE visitation of 2nd July, 2011 to run National Diploma in Office Technology and Management with two streams of forty students each. Currently, the Office Technology and Management department is running the Higher National Diploma, National Diploma and certificate programmes.
The new Office Technology and Management (OTM) programme was designed by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) to replace the Secretarial Studies program which has been in operation since 1989. The new OTM programme is designed to equip secretarial and office students with vocational skills in Office Technology and Management and socio-psychological work skills for employment in various fields of endeavor (NBTE 2006).
Amidst other changes, the new programme incorporates courses in Information and Commination Technology as against a few courses in word processing in the old programme. Mrs Hauwa Bawa Pyiki was the pioneer Head of Department from 2011-2018, followed by Dr Frank Okoro who served from 2018 February -2023 December, and Dr (Mrs) Florence Oluchi Nnaji from January 2024-Date.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
National Diploma (ND)
Applicants with the following qualifications may be considered for admission into the National Diploma by direct entry:
1. The West African School Certificate (WAEC) General Certificate of education (G.C.E) Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSCE), National Examination Council (NECO), National Business Certificate (NBC) or its equivalents with five (5) credit passes (including English Language and Mathematics) and any other three subjects from the following Business Method, Economics, Commerce, Typewriting, Shorthand. Principle of Accounts, Literature in English, History, Religious Knowledge, Geography, Government, and Agric. Science/Biology obtained at not more than two sittings.
2. The Grade II Teachers Certificate with five (5) credits including English Language and Mathematics at not more than two sittings.
Higher National Diploma (HND)
The general entry requirements for the HND programme are:
i. All the requirements for admission into the ND Office Technology and Management programme.
ii. A minimum of lower credit pass (CGPA2.50 and above) in the ND Office Technology and Management Final Examination.
iii. A minimum of one-year post ND cognate Working Experience.
iv. Candidates with pass at ND should have 2 yeas work experience: the number of such candidates should not exceed 10% of students in the class.