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NOUN VC urges 17,804 matriculating students to be studious, courageous
By Emmanuel Afonne
Abuja, May 15, 2021 The Vice Chancellor, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Prof. Olufemi Peters, has urged new students of the university to be studious, have thirst for knowledge and the limits of ideas during their academic journey with the institution.
Peters made the call during the 20th Matriculation Ceremony for the students which took place virtually on Saturday across the 103 study centres in the country.
A statement issued by Mr Ibrahim Sheme, Director, Media and Publicity, NOUN, quoted Peters as also urging the students to be expository and courageous.
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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.
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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