UNILORIN Lecturers To Teach From Homes By 2014 – Registrar

The Registrar of the University of Ilorin, Mr Emmanuel
Obafemi, has said that the institution would, from
January 2014, be fully digitalised.
Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on
Sunday in Ilorin, Obafemi said that the development
would make it possible for lecturers to be able to send
assignments to their students via the Internet.
"As from Jan. 2014, University of Ilorin lecturers would
be able to send assignments to their students
through the Internet from the comfort of their
homes,'' adding that students would also be able to
respond respond via the same channel.
He said that the school had ordered for 25,000 pieces
of mini iPads from the U.S. for the students, to enable
the lecturers to send assignments to them from
home.
He noted that the iPads were already fully loaded with
the students' courses and each student would get one
as they resume in January.
Obafemi confirmed that because the iPad was
produced in large quantity, the university had
subsidised its price, noting that the whole school had
already been connected to the Internet.
He expressed the readiness of the institution's
administration to make the university one of the best
in Nigeria and Africa.
Obafemi noted that the school would continue to
encourage programmes and policies that promote
global best practices in the education system.
The registrar gave an assurance that the institution
would sustain the legacy of the past Vice Chancellor,
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede.
"If you come here in another five months, you will see
a positively different Unilorin and well managed
institution," Obafemi said.
He commended the management of the institution and
expressed delight in the fact that the university had
not gone on strike in 13 years. [NAN]