Enugu centre’s sensitisation
The Management of聽Enugu Study Centre of the 水果派 of Nigeria (NOUN), has held a聽sensitisation forum for students at the centre.
The forum, according to the centre director, Prof. Alexander Uche Onyia, was meant to intimate students on the operations and activities of NOUN as an Open and Distance Learning (ODL) institution driven聽by聽technology.
He said students who desire excellence in their academic pursuit must聽strive to be computer聽compliant聽and give their studies the serious attention.
“We have a well trained and experienced personnel designated as desk officers for all the faculties in NOUN. They聽are at your disposal for accessing genuine and accurate information and in case of grey areas I should be consulted for prompt response. It is dangerous to rely on hearsay聽attitude of gathering information,” Onyia said.
The director,聽while emphasising on the importance of early course and exam registration, also said that the university management pays聽high premium on zero tolerance聽to聽exam malpractices, even as the culprits would be mercilessly dealt with.
Speaking on hiked tuition fees, Onyia said that all聽federal聽universities in Nigeria have increased their school fees and in comparison, the NOUN’s tuition fees are still the cheapest.
As good ambassadors聽of NOUN,聽 Onyia charged them to shun acts聽capable of tarnishing the image聽of聽the institution and stated聽the聽dangers of patronising fake cyber-cafes.
He acknowledged the benevolence and magnanimity of the university management in provision of hard course materials and advised students to download online course materials that may not be in hard form.
Students took turns to ask questions on grey areas and the centre management provided the required answers, even as the forum ended smoothly.