Gboko Polytechnic, Gboko

Gboko Polytechnic is a polytechnic in Gboko, Benue State, Nigeria, with its campus at KM 5 Captain Dawnes Road, Adekaa. It trains middle-level manpower in technology and business programmes leading to the National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND).

Its vision is to create skilled professional technologists, engineers and entrepreneurs capable of performing to the highest international standards in order to build a knowledge-based economy in Nigeria. Its mission is to provide an environment for training qualitative middle-level manpower with adequate technological skills and to develop entrepreneurial creativity through theoretical and practical knowledge rooted in sustained research and application.

Teaching is organised in two schools. The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences offers ND/HND Computer Engineering Technology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technology, Computer Science, and Library Science and Information Technology, together with ND Mathematics and Statistics and ND Laboratory Science Technology.

The School of Business Administration and Management offers ND/HND Accounting, Business Administration, Public Administration, Office Technology and Management, Local Government Administration, Marketing and Entrepreneurship, together with ND Law/Legal Studies, Mass Communication and Fine Arts.

Practical skills training is emphasised, including a computer laboratory and computer maintenance training. The polytechnic also runs an Open Distance and Flexible e-Learning (ODFeL) admission route alongside on-campus admission.