ABU launches distance e-learning centres with seven Diplomas

The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Kaduna state
has joined the drive to make education available to
more Nigerians by introducing its Distance Learning
Center (DLC).
Naij.com gathered that after introducing the distance
education programme, the institution also unveiled
seven Diploma programmes that will be offered on the
e-Learning platform.
The Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Ibrahim
Garba, who briefed newsmen on the latest development,
said: “We have plans to raise the number of students being
admitted into the institution from 6,000 to 50,000 over the
next 10 years. Included in this plan is the introduction of
our distance learning center and today we are glad that it is
a reality.
“The only solution to the limited admission spaces in our
tertiary institutions is through embarking on distance
learning education.”
The director of ABU Distance Learning Center, Professor
Hassan Adamu Zoaka, who also lent his voice to the
new arrangement, noted that students everywhere in the
world can have access to the institution’s e-learning
programmes.
He said: “ABU’s Distance Learning Center seeks to
provide practical solution to the problem of accessing
quality tertiary education in the country. Now students
anywhere in the world can have access to ABU’s quality
education without restrictions.
“Students in the eLearning programme will get the same
certificate as on-campus students and Online or
Distance Learning will not be stated on their certificates.
ABU’s Diploma is admissible for all relevant degree
programmes (on campus or by Distance Learning) in
ABU and other institutions.”
The center is offering the following programs via the e-
learning mode: “Diploma in Mass
Communication, Diploma in Social Work and
Development Studies, Diploma in Local Government
Studies, Diploma in Public Administration, Diploma in
Peace and Security Studies, Advanced Diploma in Public
Administration and Higher Diploma in Local
Government.
The ABU DLC programme allows students to attend
lectures without coming to the physical campus as
lectures are delivered electronically through a tablet
device.
Also, assignments and quizzes are also taken and
submitted online and examinations would be taken at
different test centers across the country. Students will
thus not be required to travel to Zaria to take their
examinations.