NOUN and NUC train 271 Vice Chancellors
The National Universities Commission and the National Open University of Nigeria(NOUN) have graduated the fifth set of participants in the series of capacity-building activities to strengthen the implementation of the 2019-2023 Blueprint on the “Rapid Revitalization of University Education in Nigeria.”
The training programme is one of the thrusts of the Rasheed Revolution in the Nigerian university system. Module five of the training which was conducted between July 18 and August 29, 2022, was on the theory and practice of strategic planning and was designed to reposition Nigerian universities for delivery of quality education through the implementation of well-designed strategic plans.
The statement provided by the NUC and made available to our correspondent, partly read, “A total of 271 Vice-Chancellors, Deputy Vice-Chancellors, Directors of Academic Planning, senior academics and staff of the NUC and NOUN graduated from the eight-week course on Tuesday, August 30, 2022.
“Speaking at the event, the Executive Secretary, NUC, who was represented by Dr. Biodun Saliu, underlined the importance of strategic planning for a revitalised Nigerian university system and urged all university managers to take steps to reformulate their strategic plans to respond to contemporary developments in higher education.
“In an earlier address, the Vice-Chancellor of NOUN, Professor Olufemi Peters, expressed delight that the NOUN platform is being used for the conduct of the training through the Virtual Institute for Capacity Building in Higher Education.
“Peters noted that ‘this confirms, increasingly, the high quality of NOUN’s delivery system.” Of the 271 participants who graduated, 195 earned Distinction. Professor Ibiyinka Fuwape of Michael and Cecilia Ibru University won the Nimi Briggs Prize for the Best Vice-Chancellor in the course while Professor Bolanle Akinwande of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, six won the Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa’i prize for best female participant and four other prizes.
“The Olufemi Peters Prize for the best former Vice-Chancellor in the course was won by Professor Ezzeldin Mukhtar Abdurahman, former Vice-Chancellor, Bauchi State University. The Abubakar Adamu Rasheed prize for best participant in the course was won by Professor Abdulrasheed Adeoye, former Dean of Arts of University of Ilorin.
“The Director/Facilitator of VICBHE, Professor Emeritus Peter Okebukola presented an overview of the training. According to Okebukola “during the course, participants learned conceptual and theoretical framework of strategic planning; key elements and stages of strategic planning; setting up a website for progressive development of a strategic plan; comparative analysis of university strategic Plans; implementing steps 1 to 6 in the VICBHE Strategic Plan Model and uploading to the website and practical steps in midterm and final review of a strategic plan”.
Source: Punchng.com
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