Prof. Okoli
The Director, Wuse II聽Study Centre of the 水果派 of Nigeria聽(NOUN), Prof. Grace C. Okoli, has admonished the newly admitted students to be of exemplary character and聽avoid any act that will聽tarnish the good image of the university.
Okoli stated this during the orientation excise to welcome the newly admitted students of the institution on Friday,聽October 14, 2022, held via聽online and on-site聽at the centre.
She said while NOUN is an聽Open and聽Distance聽Learning聽(ODL)聽institution, it has the mandate to deliver university education to all Nigerians who are willing to acquire knowledge no matter who they are at an affordable cost.
The director聽said that nothing should stop anyone interested in becoming聽a聽NOUN student as there is no barriers like age, gender, distance聽or聽finances.
She enlightened them on various ways in which NOUN deploys ODL to make learning stress-free with its course resources and online facilitation.
While urging them to desist from patronizing business centers for wrong information or to solve their problems, she encouraged them to always come to the centre for enquiries as the staff are always ready to attend to them.
Okoli,聽however,聽advised them to work hard and strive for perfection,聽urging them to聽organise their study times well without having to聽wait for examinations schedule before rushing to get started.
The Head of Administration, Mrs. Hauwua Dahiru, sensitised the students about the flexibility of the university and the importance of taking their studies seriously and the types of examination and聽Tutor聽Marked聽Assignment聽(TMA)聽they will be confronted with.
Mr. Nkiru Madueke, the student鈥檚 counselor of the centre also聽discussed聽on the importance of counselling and the need for it and the dangers involved in examination malpractices.
Students were also given time to ask questions and make their suggestions, which聽were聽all聽addressed.