By Ishaya Ibrahim
The National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), has approved the implementation of Open Distance and e-Learning (ODeL) in all Colleges of Education.
NCCE’s executive secretary, Professor Bappa-Aliyu Muhammadu, disclosed this while inaugurating the NCCE/M8 Global Tertiary Institutions E-learning Resource (TIER) Project Implementation Committee on Friday, October 5, 2018 in Abuja.
Addressing the committee’s members drawn from NCCE, Provosts of Colleges of Education, and the TIER Consortium partners led by M8 Global KNOW Network, Bappa-Aliyu stressed the need for a successful implementation as a way to keying into the Federal Government Sustainable Development Goals on access to quality education in all NCE-Awarding Institutions, irrespective of ownership.
He said the involvement of the organised private sector and the NCCE’s regulated institutions would ensure the prompt delivery of the TIER project, especially in the areas of NCCE policy and administrative frameworks for ODeL, Extramural financing and resource collaboration for technological and ICT services; Vocational qualifications, training and development; Internationalization and Enhanced student progression through collaborative provision in all the institutions.
National Chairman of the Committee of Provosts in Colleges of Education and a member of the Committee, Professor Johnson H. Pongri, thanked the Management of NCCE and pledged the support of the Provosts and Colleges of Education towards realizing the TIER project objectives.
Head of Project and Partnership, M8 Global KNOW Network, Dr. Lovedays Egbedion, assured all the TIER Consortium partners’ readiness towards improving Teachers’ Education in Nigeria in tandem with the best global practice.
The TIER Consortium is made up of financial and technological firms and international development partners.
