Getting Professionally Certified

Through

Business Education Examinations Council (BEEC)

Professional Diploma in Public Relations

This body has its roots in the UK. The President of the Council in Nigeria is Mike Okereke, a one time President of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and African Public Relations Association(APRA). Their Professional Diploma in Public Relations is recognized by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (UK) and the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations for membership admission and has been used over the years for further studies starting at 300/PGD/Matster’s level depending on one’s work experience and interest. Young persons without work experience tend to settle for university programme starting at the 300 level and for courses like Mass Communication and Management Science. If you are interested in any other discipline, you can move on to that after your first degree by doing a postgraduate diploma in that area which normally lasts only one year. Thereafter you can do a master's degree in that area and probably procede to the PhD level if you have the intellectual capacity and interest to go that far. Older, more experienced holders of this Professional Diploma who have the means tend to enroll for direct Post Graduate Diploma/Master’s degree programme. Opportunities for this exist both in Nigeria and in the United Kingdom (UK). Doing a conventional undergraduate programme in related areas in a Nigerian university today in the face of this wonderful opportunity has become unreasonable because of the time and money you will waste without getting the skills you desire. This is the reality we face today and as Albert Einstein would say, every person should look for what it is and not what he/she thinks it should be. Life offers most to those who make hay while the sun shines.

The programme has 3 Stages but those who successfully complete the  Accelerated Certification Training (ACT) programme being executed by Ogudoro Leadership Trainers & Management Consultants are permitted to write only the Final stage. This saves them the time and other resources required to sit for the first 2 levels. The training, however, covers the curriculum for the 3 levels. This is a one-off opportunity meaning that it is available only to those who enroll for the ACT programme ( see classes available at www.fasteducation.org.uk/scholarship). BEEC exam which will be conducted in December will last 2 days (exact exam dates will be announced by the Council in November). Result will be released in February, 2013 and statements of result issued immediately.

Opportunity for Networking- High profile government and private sector employees will be participating; so you will meet people who will give you job if you are seeking employment opportunity or contracts and contacts if you are self employed. With this opportunity, you can now get into the university at the time you want, at a cost you can afford, add professional certifications and earn money while there and finish with world-class skills that enable you work and live anywhere you want. This way, you move much faster and truly live life to the full. The times have changed. Do things differently and discover that you are smarter than you think. If you are a youth leader, school counsellor or religious leader, you are particularly encouraged to empower the youths under you by letting them have this information. It's okay to print this page and give it out to them. The graduates among them will enhance their chances of getting jobs by doing this programme which will give them the communication and leadership skills as well as the commercial and global awareness well-paying employers are looking for. Their success in life will enable you to accomplish more. Their lack of knowledge makes them to have needless sense of frustration.

SOME GRADUANDS AND OFFICIALS AT THE LAST BEEC CONVOCATION CEREMONY IN DECEMBER, 2011 AT LCCI, 1 IDOWU TAYLOR STREET, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS

 Minimum Qualification for Enrollment - Credit in English Language at Senior School Certificate Examination earned through diligent self effort.

Venue

Professional Exams Clinic, 3 Tonadde Street (Ipodo), Ikeja, Lagos.

Faculty

The resource persons are professional Communicators and media practitioners led by Peter Ogudoro, a Development and Career Strategist who trained in Communication for Innovation and Development at the Graduate Institute of International Development and Applied Economics of the University of Reading of Reading, England and is the Programme Administrator of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) Accelerated Certification Training (ACT) programme. He will process your membership of both the NIPR nad CIPR (UK) with this BEEC professional Diploma if you so desire (see www.fasteducation.org.uk/administrators-profile for his full academic and professional background). All of this you can accomplish by September this year if you register for the programme.

PEOPLE PARTICULARLY ENCOURAGED TO JOIN THE CLASS

-Those who are finding it difficult to secure university admission or prefer private university but cannot afford the fee. Passing this professional Diploma exam solves that problem and shortens the duration of undergraduate programme from 4 to only 2 years. This route additionally delivers world-class skills, and network that guarantees career success at a predictable fast speed.

BEEC will charge you N28, 500 for the exam. This exam fee will be required in November. The exam will last only 2 days for those coming through this accelerated route. The exam takes off at 9.30am and ends at 5pm on each of the 2 days.

You will be examined in 4 Public Relations based courses- 2 subjects per day meaning that you conclude the exam within two days which is a special fast track arrangement for  Accelerated Certification Training (ACT) participants. The regular exam takes one week to conclude and the training takes about one year to round off. The result will be released and statements of result collected within one month so that those who want to use it for professional membership and university admissions can do so in a record time. The success rate for the  ACT batches who wrote the December, 2011 BEEC exam was above 85%. The training is so practical and stimulating that the average serious minded person passes the exam without stress. All of this has been facilitated by Peter Ogudoro, a Development Communication expert and Career Strategist who trained at The Graduate Institute of International Development and Applied Economics of The University of Reading, England. He is currently researching into how Africa can use Innovative education to combat the pervasive poverty on the continent. He returns to England in September, 2012 which is the base for his research. Take advantage of this one-off opportunity and succeed along with your colleagues, relations and friends by spreading the information.

Summary of Programme

1.Fast University and Professional Education While on the Job

2.Can be Used to study Mass Communication or Management Science in the University starting at 300 level. Can also be used for direct admission into the university (both within and outside Nigeria) for Post Graduate Diploma/Master's Degree.

3.Can be used for Direct Membership of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), and the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (UK)

4.Only 9 Days of full-time or Sevent (7) weekends of Intensive Training for the Professional Diploma Exams. See www.fasteducation.org.uk/scholarship for the classes available.

5.Exams scheduled for 2 days in July, 2013.

6. Result to be released within one month. 

 8.Enrollment form obtainable with only N10,000

9.Compulsory Training fee is as low as N130,000 if you are coming through the scholarship route. You can also pay this in instalment.

How to Enroll and Register

Pay into First Bank of Nigeria Plc Account number 2001386194 in favour of Ogudoro Leadership Trainers & Management Consultants. The branch is Airport Bus Stop (Ikeja Main) but you can pay at any of the bank's branches in Nigeria. The sort code is 011151841 if this is required by your payment system. Text your full name, email address, telephone number, and teller number immediately after your payment so that your particulars will be put on the class register. 

Further Question?

Call 08023249654 to speak with Mr Peter Ogudoro, a Career Strategist or meet him at Professional Exams Clinic, 3, Tonade Street (Ipodo), Ikeja, Lagos for a free career counselling session (book appointment on phone).