In a bid for clarification on the recent unblinking of Mass Communication as a course in Nigerian tertiary institutions, the National Universities Commission (NUC) has said that the course was not scrapped but only broken down into seven units for easy understanding
The NUC divided mass communication the into cinematography, media studies, public relations studies, advertising, broadcasting, film and multi-media studies, development communication studies, information and media studies to enhance specialization of students.
On Friday, January 10, 2019, the commission’s spokesman, Ibrahim Yakassai, in an interview with press, said that universities had the liberty to begin the new programs after securing NUC approval.
“We have unbundled mass communication, but we did not scrap it. Any institution that wishes to retain it could and those that wish to break it into different programs can; there is no confusion.
