FUOYE To Run Dual-Mode Education
FUOYE To Run Dual-Mode Education
The Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) will soon become
a dual mode institution as it has entered into a partnership
with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in Vancouver,
Canada to develop its capacity to deliver Open Distance
Learning (ODL) education, the Vice-Chancellor(VC), Prof
Kayode Soremekun has said.
Speaking with reporters in Oye- Ekiti, Soremekun said COL,
an intergovernmental organisation established by the
Commonwealth Heads of Government in 1988 to encourage
the development and sharing of open learning and distance
education knowledge and resources, is being funded mainly
to enchance the quality of educational programmes of the
Commonwealth nations.
Soremekun added that COL hosts a biennial Pan-
commonwealth Forum on Open learning (PCF), and
Excellence in Distance Awards programme.
According to the VC, running the ODL mode would expand
the scope of its scholarship around the globe through
access to university education and exchange programme
among commonwealth universities.
He said Nigeria, as a prominent member of the
Commonwealth, has representatives on COL’s Board of
Governors, and this enables the country’s fast growing
academic institutions to have linkages with the organisation
on ODL programmes.
Soremekun said: “I have visited COL and held series of
meetings with the organisation and the matters discussed
were focused on developing FUOYE with regards to quality
assurance, employability and the strategy to transit FUOYE
into a dual mode University.
“Dual mode means that we are complementing our existing
orthodox programmes with the Distance Learning
Programme.”
a dual mode institution as it has entered into a partnership
with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in Vancouver,
Canada to develop its capacity to deliver Open Distance
Learning (ODL) education, the Vice-Chancellor(VC), Prof
Kayode Soremekun has said.
Speaking with reporters in Oye- Ekiti, Soremekun said COL,
an intergovernmental organisation established by the
Commonwealth Heads of Government in 1988 to encourage
the development and sharing of open learning and distance
education knowledge and resources, is being funded mainly
to enchance the quality of educational programmes of the
Commonwealth nations.
Soremekun added that COL hosts a biennial Pan-
commonwealth Forum on Open learning (PCF), and
Excellence in Distance Awards programme.
According to the VC, running the ODL mode would expand
the scope of its scholarship around the globe through
access to university education and exchange programme
among commonwealth universities.
He said Nigeria, as a prominent member of the
Commonwealth, has representatives on COL’s Board of
Governors, and this enables the country’s fast growing
academic institutions to have linkages with the organisation
on ODL programmes.
Soremekun said: “I have visited COL and held series of
meetings with the organisation and the matters discussed
were focused on developing FUOYE with regards to quality
assurance, employability and the strategy to transit FUOYE
into a dual mode University.
“Dual mode means that we are complementing our existing
orthodox programmes with the Distance Learning
Programme.”
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