The Minister of Girls Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, a political economist, Prof Pat Utomi and the Vice-Chancellor of the College of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe have all made case for a rebranding of open distance schooling and e-learning in Nigeria.
They mentioned the rebranding is vital in order that Nigeria may transfer alongside in larger schooling with the superior international locations within the face of worldwide improvement and a brand new actuality that COVID-19 pandemic has dropped at the worldwide economic system together with schooling.
They gave this place individually on the worldwide colloquium organised by the Distance Studying Institute of the College of Lagos on Thursday.
The discussion board with the theme “Recalibrating open distance schooling and e-learning for resilient and inclusive schooling” has many ODL specialists together with the vice-chancellor of the Nationwide Open College of Nigeria, Prof Olugbemiro Jegede; UNESCO Chair on ODL College of South Africa, Prof Moeketsi Letseka; Prof Yemisi Obashoro-John from Division of Grownup Training, UNILAG; Dr Akanimo Odon, who’s Africa technique adviser at Lancaster College, UK, and Mr Kayode Odedina, who’s the Director of Open and Distance Training at Nationwide Universities Fee, Nigeria, as discussants.
Talking as a visitor of honour, the minister, who was represented by the Director of Financial Companies in her ministry, Mr. Idris Mohammed, mentioned since schooling is the method of attaining sound information, values, abilities, beliefs and ethical habits crucial for bettering the way of life and socioeconomic standing, the method have to be accessible to and inexpensive by all no matter intercourse, age, faith and geographical areas.
Based on her, as the federal government is committing to the schooling of all, the ministry of ladies affairs is especially devoted to sensitizing stakeholders in the direction of the availability of high quality and inexpensive schooling to girl-child anyplace they’re within the nation.
She added that since COVID-19 pandemic had redefined the narrative and dynamics of the training course of globally, Nigeria can not lag behind in utilizing digital platforms to study in a approach that may also issue within the monetary skill of each little one.
On his half, Prof Utomi, who chaired the occasion, recommended UNILAG for the colloquium initiative, saying the deliberation on the discussion board by specialists in ODL from inside and outdoors Nigeria would definitely assist Nigeria to reshape its method to the training mannequin.
Talking earlier, the UNILAG VC, Prof Oluwatoyin mentioned that was what really UNILAG as a twin mannequin college needs to realize with the colloquium for the college and the others.
He mentioned although UNILAG for a few years had a separate institute that operates and coordinates ODL programmes in numerous disciplines as a approach of accelerating entry to high quality and quantitative larger schooling to all lifelong learners, the fluctuation and disruptions that COVID-19 pandemic and world improvement have dropped at studying expertise globally together with blended lecture rooms, which is the mixture of face-to-face studying and virtual-learning collectively, has necessitated Nigeria to reposition ODL for appropriate adaptability, resilience and inclusiveness.
He promised that his administration would definitely repackage the ODL studying mode of the college and evaluation its tutorial programmes to make the institute changing into a mannequin in Africa.
He mentioned ODL is past utilizing digital platforms however encompassing to incorporate curriculum, engagement, supply, accessibility and affordability, amongst others.
The keynote speaker, Dr Neil Fassina, who’s the President of the Worldwide Council for Distance Training at Okanagan School, in Canada, maintained that efficient expertise and collaboration amongst colleges are keys to an efficient ODL supply system anyplace globally.
He, nonetheless, suggested colleges in much less developed international locations together with Nigeria to maximise each face-to-face studying and ODL fashions to supply high quality larger schooling to all together with these in distant communities.
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