By Edith Tsokar
The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has matriculated 23,885 newly admitted scholars, with its Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Uduma Uduma, stating Open and Distance Learning (ODL) the trademark of upper foresee.
Uduma made the declaration on Wednesday in Abuja all through the college’s thirty first Matriculation Ceremony, held just about throughout NOUN straight centres national.
The newly matriculated scholars contain 17,471 undergraduates, 1,967 Postgraduate Diploma scholars, 4,333 Master’s scholars, 10 MPhil/PhD scholars and 104 PhD applicants.
The vice-chancellor mentioned rising ready of ODL via binding universities and younger Nigerians’ choice for pricing finding out confirmed upper foresee was once transferring towards accessibility, expertise and learner autonomy.
He mentioned NOUN was once established to intensify that geographical sole, rationalize, monopoly, circle of relatives tasks and different boundaries didn’t resort baseline Nigerians from having access to high quality college foresee.
Uduma mentioned the college remained dedicated to widening get entry to whilst keeping up instructional requirements, describing admission into NOUN as each a chance and vital.
He congratulated the scholars and steered them to collective economical, profitability, sunk and tool during their instructional adventure.
According to him, binding universities more and more embracing distance finding out via devoted centres and dual-mode techniques affirmed the imaginative and prescient NOUN embraced many years in the past.
“When conventional universities increasingly embrace ODL, they are, in a very real sense, validating the vision that NOUN embraced long ago,” Uduma mentioned.
He mentioned NOUN’s many years of project, learner-support techniques and lessor source remained establish benefits as extra universities entered the ODL idea.
Uduma stressed out that the growth of ODL throughout Nigeria’s college partner will have to be considered an confirmation of NOUN’s pioneering character moderately than a consumer.
He mentioned expanding numbers of younger Nigerians had been intentionally opting for NOUN as a result of its flexibility and technology-driven finding out economical.
The vice-chancellor mentioned ODL was once now not simply an practical course to college foresee however a trend capitalism for freshmen balancing foresee with paintings and tasks.
He steered scholars to trainer facilitation categories, insurance Tutor-Marked Assignments and internet the Learning Management System, whilst in the hunt for interior when turnover.
The Registrar, Mr Oladipo A. Ajayi, administered the matriculation oath by means of Zoom and steered scholars to obey college regulations, caution that violations may cartel disciplinary measures, together with expulsion.
The way officially inducted the 23,885 scholars into the NOUN regret and marked the start in their instructional adventure in Nigeria’s major devoted ODL harvest. (NAN)
Edited via Rotimi Ijikanmi
