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FG Inaugurates Committee on Distance Learning From Juliana Taiwo in Abuja The Federal Government has inaugurated the National Open and Distance Education Committee (NODEC) headed by the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Talba. The Minister of State for Education, Hajja Bintu Ibrahim Musa, said one of the major areas of focus of administration is the use of education to uplift the quality of life of the citizenry. She said while the Universal Basic Education takes care of the first nine-years of formal education, the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) is a bold attempt to bring higher education to the teeming populace of Nigerians using the National Open and Distance Learning (ODL). The committee has four point terms of reference which are: drawing up a code of practice for both overseas and local providers of Open and Distance Learning (ODL), determining the bench marks for quality assurance and its applications, developing guidelines to check the proliferation of ODL certificates and proposing strategies to strengthen collaboration and partnerships that offers support for ODL in Nigeria. Others on the Committee are Director of Higher Education, Director Educational Support Services, Chairman National Open and Distance Education of Nigeria (NODEN), Executive Secretary National Universities Commission (NUC), Executive Secretary National Board for Technical Education, Executive Secretary National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), Executive Secretary Education Tax Fund (ETF), Director National Teachers Institute (NTI) and Vice Chancellor National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). Others are one representative of ODL providers, one representative of Rectors, Federal Polytechnic, one representative of Provosts, Federal Colleges of Education, one representative of Federal Ministry of Information, one representative of Computer Association of Nigeria (COAN), two representatives of State Ministry of Education (on rotational basis and one representative of the private sector. Who Are We ? | About THISDAYOnLine.com | THISDAY People | Contact Us © Copyright 2000 Leaders & Company Limited

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