The president, who is the university visitor, represented via a virtual connection by the Deputy Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission (NUC), Ramon Yusuf, said NOUN is delivering on its mandate by taking education to the doorstep of Nigerians.
He noted that his administration has placed a great premium on education, especially in ensuring lifelong learning via the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) mode.
According to a statement signed by the NOUN Director, Media and Publicity, Ibrahim Sheme, the president commended the efforts of the university’s management in continuing to expand access to higher education while acknowledging that NOUN has remained the only single-mode ODL institution in Nigeria.
TODAY
January 29, 2021
An expert in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) mode of education, Prof. Olufemi Peters, has identified standard as the “weak-link” in the recent flurry by the single-mode universities in Nigeria to offer online education in the race to find an answer to the Covid-19 challenge.
A statement by Ibrahim Sheme, Director, Media and Publicity of NOUN quoted Prof. Peters as speaking during an inaugural lecture delivered virtually on Thursday at the institution.
“Peters said many otherwise single-mode, face-to-face (f2f) universities are fast converting to dual-mode institutions due to certain reasons,”the statement said.
“The professor of chemistry said, while presenting the lecture on the topic: “Weak-Links: A Structural Phenomenon to Systemic Efficiency,” that the altruistic nature of ODL to Nigeria and its instructional delivery has an established standard, which may be the weak-link to the latest “converts” offering online education,”it ad
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Schools in Kaduna state are to remain closed with the exception of Kaduna Polytechnic and the National Open University who requested to re-open to enable their students to write examinations.
The Kaduna State government on Sunday ordered all schools in the state to remain close until further notice.
However, the Kaduna State Polytechnic and the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) are not affected by the directive.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mrs. Phoebe Sukai Yayi, who disclosed this in a statement in Kaduna, said the state government has not set a date for resumption of schools.
She said the state has recorded an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases, adding that it is necessary to monitor the situation before allowing schools to commence academic activities.
The Federal Government had earlier directed all schools in the country to resume academic activities on January 18.