dennisworld1:
why dont u inform team delsu

We have and got no response. This is the second time in this edition this is happening.

HerexG:


Well done TopeQs, nice piece you have got there.
You seem to have stressed more on working class people who still want to be educated , now my question is how will someone working with an O level qualification, earning so low, be able to afford the high Distance or Open university fees ?

...tanks for d question

Most of the Nigerian population are living on less than the global average income per head, if a person with o level qualifications, earning so low can still afford to pay for a distance learning course, most of them are affordable and as the saying goes education knows no age, the person can still work, save over time and still be able to attend the course and get his or her certificate

HerexG:


You seem not to understand my question well, the person is working but still earn so little how then would such person afford the high fees of distance learning, don't you think the aim of establishing the institution is defeated if the unlearned can't afford it.

such person has to be ready for it........education isn't that cheap, it comes with a price which one must be ready to pay, but still not all distant learning institutions are very expensive, some polytechnics allow payment of more than one installment, take federal poly, Ede, osun state as an example.
so one has to find out about such schools and take advantage of it....

Hello Audience, feel free to ask your questions as well if any

Djhack1:
Good evening Distinguished chairman, Distinguished panel of judges, ever present moderators and coordinators of this great and impacting online essay competition, my co-debtors and awesome readers. All protocols dully observed, I am Djhack, a student of Project management department of the Federal University of Technology Minna, representing Futminna in this debate. I am here to support the topic which says, Open university (online university or distant learning) the panacea to Nigeria literacy challenges. I will briefly like to define the terms of the topic. Distance education is a field of education that focuses on teaching methods and technology with the aim of delivering teaching, often on an individual basis, to students who are not physically present in a traditional setting such as a classroom. In Nigeria, the emergence of distance education dates back to external examinations organised by Universities of London, Cambridge and Oxford, which provided opportunities for Nigerians wishing to acquire western education. Although these universities allowed Nigerians to take examinations, none of them provided tuition to prepare students for its examinations.

Therefore, the need to fill the gap created due to lack of tuition led to the patronage of correspondence institutions abroad by Nigerians. Thus, early Nigerian graduates went through the University of London correspondence institution examinations. During this period, other Nigerians took advantage of correspondence courses offered by British institutions such as Rapid Results College and Wosley Hall to acquire their general certificate in education which was a prerequisite for admission into university.

The first official recognition of distance education by the Nigerian government came in 1959 when as a prelude towards independence; the Federal Ministry of Education inaugurated the Ashby Commission. The Ashby Report submitted in 1960, recommended the establishment of University of Lagos with a department for correspondence courses. Later on, some universities such as University of Ibadan and Ahmadu Bello University were providing extension services to their catchment areas. The Ahmadu Bello University Institute of Education also introduced the Teacher in –Service Education Programme to raise the quantity and quality of teachers in Northern Nigeria. According to Adegbite and Oyekanmi (2010), the University of Ibadan also inaugurated distance education in 1988 in an attempt to meet the needs of the ever increasing applicants for university education through distance learning programme.

When the National Council of Education ruled that the National Certificate of Education (NCE) should be the minimum qualification for teaching at primary school level, the Ahmadu Bello University Institute of Education, started the NCE by correspondence programme. The launching of the Universal Primary Education in 1976 led to further recognition of the distance learning mode as a veritable means of promoting teacher education.


Towards this end, National Teachers Institute (NTI) was established by the Federal Government in 1976 as the first institution providing distance education courses designed to upgrade under-qualified and unqualified teachers.
An attempt to establish an Open University in Abuja was truncated and was replaced with a dual-mode institution established as the University of Abuja. At the University of Abuja, the Centre for Distance Learning and Continuing Education (CDLCE) was set up and mandated to provide distance education component of every programme that the University would provide. However, the strong commitment of the Federal Government to distance education led to the establishment of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in 2002.


As of today, the National Universities Commission has approved the following universities as dual mode institutions; namely: University of Ibadan, University of Lagos, University of Abuja, Obafemi Awolowo University, University of Maiduguri and Federal University of Technology, Yola. The dual mode institutions combine both the conventional and distance education programmes. In some of these institutions students come for residential programmes when the regular students are on vacation. Only the National Open University of Nigeria is the only uni-mode University in Nigeria. The National Teachers Institute is another type dedicated to distance learning in Nigeria.


However, shortages in critical areas of manpower demand, the need to meet unsatisfied demand for higher education as well ability to acquire further education while on the job make distance education imperative and important in Nigeria today.The Commonwealth of Learning International (2001) identified major reasons for strong and growing institutional commitment to distance education in Nigeria as follows, Institutions see potential for it to expand their reach and scale of operations, They regard distance education programmes as a strategy to absorb large number of students who cannot currently be placed in face-to-face programmes due to their various responsibilities, They see it as a means to provide education to working students and adults of all age group in Nigeria.


The revised National Policy on Education (2004) articulated the goals of open and distance education as to Provide access to quality education and equity in educational opportunities for those who otherwise would have been denied, Meet special needs of employers by mounting special certificate courses for their employees at their work place, Encourage internationalization especially tertiary education curricula, Ameliorate the effect of internal and external brain drain in tertiary institutions by utilizing experts as teachers regardless of their locations or places of work,
The demand for university education and on the job training remains unabated in Nigeria.

According to Aderinoye (2002) the imperativeness of distance open education could be rested on its ability “to provide dual mode learning processes that will take care of the educational needs of those that are qualified for university education but could not be accommodated for lack of space in the existing tertiary institutions. The desire of this category of students that are locked out of universities, despite the possession of minimum entry requirements can only be realized through open and distance education. This is because the issue of carrying capacity is alien to open and distance education. With deployment of modern technology, it is possible for a single open and distance learning university to absorb all students currently enrolled in all Nigerian universities as well as those that are denied admission because of lack of space.
Why choose distance learning? the benefits of distance learning are that it allows the students to fit the learning around work and home life, the students can study at their own pace and doesn’t matter where you stay in Nigeria. As with a full time degree, students may find that they gain useful, transferable skills such as planning and research and it costs less than a full time degree.



In conclusion, the federal and state government of the federation place high premium on education in Nigeria, the recognize it as a weapon against ignorance and as a means of raising an enlightened, lively and very industrious citizenry in order to reduce the rate of illiteracy in Nigeria. Distance learning should be given the full support its needs in terms of favourable policies and finances to educational institutions to promote and upgrade their canters of learning, administrative training of instructors, the future of distance learning and education in Nigeria as a whole will be bright and it will be shown with the increase in the number of students enrolling in distance learning classes, and has a greater potential to deliver educational opportunities to less privileged Nigerians and for a prosperous future. Thank you.

REFERENCES
Adegbile, J.A & Oyekanmi, J.O (2010): Adequacy of facilities provided by the University of Ibadan Distance Learning Centre, towards meeting distance leaners’ educational, social and psychological needs.

Aina, O.I(2007) Alternative modes of financing higher education in Nigeria and implications for university governance, In Babalola and Emunemu(ed). Issues in higher education: Research evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa, Revised Edition, Lagos: Bolabay Publications.
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Awe, A.B (2012): Barriers to distance learning at the National Open University of Nigeria. Journal of Education Review 15(4).

Well done Djhack , my question for you is , the recent graduands of the National Open University lamented on national TV about how employers prefers the full time students who studied in a school building certificate than theirs . Can you suggest a solution to this problem ?

TopeQs the question goes to you too

Ask4bigneyo:
Distance learning paves way for Examination malpractices.
I need you to prove me wrong.
Cc: Topeqs
Djhack1

Thanks for the question sir,examination malpractice virtually common in all spheres of education and distance learning is not left out...but the objectives of distance learning are to make the participants to take their study at times which are not in any way inflicting on their work or home life and it wil afford the participants time to properly learn at their pace and time and this should reduce the rate of malpractice, in developed countries distance learning are mostly virtual where the learner interacts with the instructors online and materials, tests are done online n time given submit if it is done in Nigeria it Wuld aid to reduce the cases of malpractice in it

Where are the team delsu na ? Why una come dey give us falling hand first class ?

HerexG:


Well done Djhack , my question for you is , the recent graduands of the National Open University lamented on national TV about how employers prefers the full time students who studied in a school building certificate than theirs . Can you suggest a solution to this problem ?

TopeQs the question goes to you too

tanks sir
To me the government should make and speedily approve policies to give the same respect given to regular degrees from university and that of NOUN...and also educational facilities and teaching techniques and curriculum should be upgraded to match that of universities so as to readily compete with their certificate anywhere...

1. Please, are online degrees recognized here in Nigeria for promotion in one's place of work
2. Are there any issues one would come accross if he has an online degree from a western country?
3. Do people fail online exam, because there could be room for malpractices?

oforij:
1. Please, are online degrees recognized here in Nigeria for promotion in one's place of work
2. Are there any issues one would come accross if he has an online degree from a western country?
3. Do people fail online exam, because there could be room for malpractices?

TopeQs, Djhack1

I rep FUTminna,,,,,, I finish 2012 as a geologist. I love FUTminna, Great FUTminna.

HerexG:


Well done Djhack , my question for you is , the recent graduands of the National Open University lamented on national TV about how employers prefers the full time students who studied in a school building certificate than theirs . Can you suggest a solution to this problem ?

TopeQs the question goes to you too

qualification segregation is one term in the labour market of our country which seem really hard to eradicate, every employer already have a picture of his employee in mind even before the call for interview, personally I feel adequate awareness would further bolster the reputation of this program, in the sense that most employee tend to look down on the distance learning because of it simplicity they prefer the chubby ancient classroom with board way..this awareness open their mind to the new world and enlighten them on the equality of the two learning methods.

Djhack1:


Thanks for the question sir,examination malpractice virtually common in all spheres of education and distance learning is not left out...but the objectives of distance learning are to make the participants to take their study at times which are not in any way inflicting on their work or home life and it wil afford the participants time to properly learn at their pace and time and this should reduce the rate of malpractice, in developed countries distance learning are mostly virtual where the learner interacts with the instructors online and materials, tests are done online n time given submit if it is done in Nigeria it Wuld aid to reduce the cases of malpractice in it

Well said but you forgot that i can easily hire mercenary to write the test/exam for me as a distance learning student since it is online and no invigilator is involved neither CCTV.

what is the best way to tackle online examination from exam malpratise

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Thank you

Ishilove, HerexG, Ask4bigneyo.

oforij:
1. Please, are online degrees recognized here in Nigeria for promotion in one's place of work
2. Are there any issues one would come accross if he has an online degree from a western country?
3. Do people fail online exam, because there could be room for malpractices?

Tanks for the question
Will start from the third question
People fail online exam because no system is pefect and failure will b present buh the rate of malpractice to me online will be less than that of regular exams
Question two
As of now in Nigeria, the online certificate are rarely accepted if am to go by the national universities commission statement I saw in my research and I think that covers one too

please I am having network issues

luxanne:
Hello Judges,
kindly forward your score card to Nairalandinterschooldebate@gmail.com
Thank you
Ishilove, HerexG, Ask4bigneyo.

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Fear don finish d kids from delta....kikikiki

luxanne:
Hello Judges,
kindly forward your score card to Nairalandinterschooldebate@gmail.com
Thank you
Ishilove, HerexG, Ask4bigneyo.

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TopeQs:
please I am having network issues

Sorry about that.

The judges will compile your results now. Your individual scores are needed for us to determine the best debaters for this round.

Congratulations to FutMinna for making it into the quarter finals


The debate is now thrown open for discussions.

cc,

Djhack1

Ask4bigneyo:
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HerexG:
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Thank you for your time

We await your results @ Ishilove.

TopeQs:
what else are we supposed to do........where is team delsu

Well written piece.... Will be glad to be among the next contest for the next inter school debate.. See you in class tomorrow

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Can't seem to reach Fynestboi. Results will be posted as soon as he logs in.

Once again, Congratulations Team FutMinna.

Cc,

TopeQs, Djhack1

Let's do this again next weekend.

Good night everyone

Greatest FUTMITES, thank u guys for making us proud...
From yours in struggle
Suleiman Akande (SLY)

Djhack1:


Tanks for the question
Will start from the third question
People fail online exam because no system is pefect and failure will b present buh the rate of malpractice to me online will be less than that of regular exams
Question two
As of now in Nigeria, the online certificate are rarely accepted if am to go by the national universities commission statement I saw in my research and I think that covers one too

*thanks 4d answer. I'll ask more as the thread progressess.

Oga Djhack n topeqs tanks for making us proud kudos to yhu guys

luxanne:




Thank you for your time

We await your results @ Ishilove.

Sent

xolomite:
I rep FUTminna,,,,,, I finish 2012 as a geologist. I love FUTminna, Great FUTminna.

Class of 2012; Meteorologist. Futminna, great school!

luxanne:
Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Can't seem to reach Fynestboi. Results will be posted as soon as he logs in.

Once again, Congratulations Team FutMinna.

Cc,

TopeQs, Djhack1

Let's do this again next weekend.

Good night everyone

JUDGE X

Futminna: TopeQs-
Presentation:4
LOA:4
Strength of facts: 4
Demonstration of knowledge:2
Rebuttals:1
Persuasiveness:3

18

Dhjack1:

Presentation: 4
LOA:3
Strength of facts:3
Demonstration of knowledge:3
Rebuttals:3
Persuasiveness:2

18

JUDGE Y




DjHack
5 points to be awarded to each criteria.
1. Presentation (opening, flow, paragraphs, grammar punctuations, word count, closing,) 3.5

2. Logic of arguments 4

3. Strength of facts, examples, cases 3.5

4. Persuasiveness 4

5. Demonstration of knowledge and understanding of the subject 3.5

6. Rebuttals and response to questions raised by the judges and the audience 4

Total: 22.5



TopeQs
5 points to be awarded to each criteria.
1. Presentation (opening, flow, paragraphs, grammar punctuations, word count, closing,) 3.5

2. Logic of arguments 3.5

3. Strength of facts, examples, cases 3

4. Persuasiveness 4

5. Demonstration of knowledge and understanding of the subject 3.5

6. Rebuttals and response to questions raised by the judges and the audience 3

Total: 20.5