ABU to admit 50,000 students in 10 years
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KADUNA — AHMADU Bello University, ABU, Zaria, plans to raise the number of students being admitted into the institution from 6,000 to 50,000 over the next 10 years, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, has said.
A statement signed by Alhaji Garba Kumo, Principal Assistant Registrar, Public Affairs, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Zaria, yesterday, said part of the plan was the introduction of distance learning programme.
It quoted the vice chancellor as having disclosed this during the Annual Public Lecture of the Faculty of Education held at the Samaru main campus of the university.
The statement said: “The only solution to the limited admission spaces in ABU is through embarking on distance learning programme.”
It also listed other measures to include the provision of infrastructure and ICT facilities, adding: “In the next five to ten years, ABU will be able to increase its admission space from 6,000 to 50,000 students annually.”
The statement also said that the guest speaker at the lecture, Prof. Aminu Mohammed-Dorayi, had in a paper entitled “Open and Distance Education in Nigeria: An overview and prospects,” enumerated the successes recorded in distance learning programmes in developed countries.
According to him, it has brought about speedy development in various counties, adding that it will provide practical solution to the problem of accessing quality tertiary education in the country.
