Owerri director
The nature of study at the National聽Open University of Nigeria (NOUN)聽is聽not聽meant聽for mediocrities聽but聽for those who are determined to pay the price of burning the midnight candles in order to achieve聽good聽academic performance,聽Owerri Study Centre director, Dr.聽Ettu Theresa Ucheoma, has said.
She made this remark while addressing both fresh and old students during the 2022_2 orientation exercise on Thursday,聽October聽13,聽2022 at聽the聽study聽centre聽in Owerri.
The director explained that NOUN is an Open and Distance Learning (ODL) institution driven with technology, adding that students who desire to excel in their academic pursuits聽must strive to be computer compliance.
“It is imperative to know that the university management has designed the online facilitations to enrich and enhance聽students knowledge and experience. The online facilitations are meant to聽dig out the grey areas of your courses and therefore, you need to ensure its participation for your betterment,”聽the director said.
Ettu charged the students to be serious with their studies and described the university management as a promoter of zero tolerance to exams malpractices, cautioning them to avoid vices capable of ruining the hard earned reputation of the institution, as offenders would not go聽free.
She implored them to imbibe the culture of accessing information from reliable source at聽the centre and avoid hearsay attitudes of seeking information.
According to Ettu, students are expected聽to,聽among others,聽come to the exam hall with their signed and stamped exams clearance slip & e-wallet, ID card, be punctual to all exams and no entry with phone/extraneous materials.
While the students were given opportunities to ask questions, Ettu and her staff provided satisfactory answers, even as the exercise ended smoothly.