Sure Foundation Polytechnic, Ikot-Akai

Sure Foundation Polytechnic (SFP) is a private polytechnic at Ikot Akai in Ukanafun Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, in the former Abak Division. It is the first private polytechnic in Akwa Ibom State to begin with NBTE/FME approval and a licence to operate, and it operates on its own permanent site built to a master plan, with standalone status rather than affiliation to another polytechnic.

The founding vision draws on 34 years of technical and senior managerial experience in Exxon Mobil Corporation in Nigeria and overseas, and on comparison with polytechnics in the United States, Canada and Great Britain. Laboratories and workshops are a stated emphasis.

National Diploma programmes (all also offered as weekend programmes):

• Electrical/Electronics Engineering Technology, with concentrations including electronic engineering, instrumentation and industrial measurements and controls, telecommunication engineering, electrical power and machines, industrial and domestic installation, and industrial air conditioning and refrigeration
• Computer Engineering Technology, covering computer communications and networking, architecture and design, software development engineering and embedded systems
• Computer Science, covering artificial intelligence, computer information systems, computer graphics, programming, networks, computer servicing technology, data processing, database systems and management information systems
• Statistics
• Accountancy
• Public Administration

Certificate courses include the Technicians Certificate (Advanced) for holders of a technician certificate or City & Guilds who wish to progress to the full City & Guilds Technology Diploma, Advanced Electrical Installation for technical school graduates, Telecommunication Technicians (Advanced), Computer Servicing Technology, Applied Information Technology, Computer Operations and Data Processing, and a Senior School/JAMB preparatory course.

Student life: students come from across Nigeria. Accommodation is provided on the premises, so students need not arrange housing outside the school. Football competitions are held across departments, with badminton, volleyball and lawn tennis also played, and field excursions related to courses of study are organised. Prospective students can take a campus tour covering the library, lecture halls, accommodation and laboratories, and may attend lectures to experience teaching before enrolling.