By: Augustine Osayande
2015-02-18 08:45
Abuja - The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) said it is
ready to formally open a study centre at the National Headquarters of
the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC).
Officials of the University expressed satisfaction with the facilities available at the centre.
The
Deputy Vice Chancellor in charge of administration of the university,
Prof Nebath Tanglang, disclosed this during a visit by a team of the
university to the Corps’ Headquarters in Abuja.
According to him,
after considering the requirements for setting up a functional study
centre run by the University, the team is satisfied the FRSC has met the
set criteria.
He said the study centre will address staff’s demands for higher education.
"The
centre will serve the needs not only the staff of the FRSC, but other
Nigerians who are desirous of benefiting from the system," he said.
The
official called on the FRSC Management to brace up to the challenges
that came up with the upsurge of students from outside the FRSC by
expanding the available facilities.
“From what we have seen here
in the FRSC in the course of our visitation, we can confirm that there
are adequate facilities on ground to meet the requirements for the
setting up of a study centre run by the university," Tanglang said.
Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, thanked NOUN for considering FRSC as one of its study centres in the country.
He said FRSC would do all that is possible to ensure that the centre offers the best facilities to its students.
Oyeyemi
said the need for the study centre became imperative following the
commitment of the management to address staff’s capacity development
needs.
His vision is to see that within the next five years of
opening the FRSC Study Centre, the facility would have staff who are
holders of Masters and Doctorate Degrees.
"To this end, I want to
assure you that we would do everything possible to support the centre so
that it can become one of the best in the country," he said.
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