The National Universities Commission (NUC) has concluded its series of train-the-trainers’ workshop for staff of 206 universities in the country.
The training programme was to ensure effective delivery of the new curriculum – the Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) developed by the commission for Nigerian universities.
The coordinator of a segment of the exercise, Prof Emeritus Peter Okebukola, said the objective of the training was to strengthen the knowledge and skills of all university staff in the effective implementation of the CCMAS.
Speaking with newsmen in Abuja at the end of the four-month training exercise which ended on Thursday, Professor Okebukola said the overall training was coordinated by Prof Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa’i, former minister of education and a member of the NUC Strategy Advisory Committee.
Prof Okebukola said this phase lasted for three months and was conducted at the NUC-NOUN Virtual Institute for Capacity Building in Higher Education (VICBHE).
In a press release after the graduation ceremony of the second phase of the training, Okebukola stated that the overall coordinator was delighted at the success of the two phases.
He said Prof Ruvvayyatu extolled the commitment of the seven nominees of the vice chancellors of universities to the demands of the training.
On his part, Okebukola who is the immediate-past chairman, Governing Council of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) lauded the impressive efforts of Prof Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, the immediate-past NUC executive secretary, in the rapid revitalisation of the Nigerian university system and the support received for the implementation of this agenda from the former minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu.
In his goodwill message, the acting executive secretary of NUC, Christopher Maiyaki, commended the participants and pledged to continue with vigour, the implementation of the revitalisation agenda set by Professor Rasheed.
Vice-Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Prof Olufemi Peters, expressed delight that NOUN fully sponsored the training as part of its corporate social responsibility to the Nigerian university system and urged the participants to join hands to ensure the successful implementation of the CCMAS.
The convocation lecture was delivered by Prof Abayomi Arigbabu, commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Ogun State and former vice chancellor of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun in which he stressed the importance of blending onsite and online modes in effective delivery of the CCMAS.
