The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) on Saturday matriculated no fewer than 16,000 new students into its study centres across the country.
Speaking at the virtual matriculation, the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Olufemi Peters, challenged the new students to demonstrate at all times to the society that NOUN offers quality education delivered with equality and flexible access.
According to him, this is what makes it possible to “learn at your pace and at any place.”
In a statement released by the university and made available to our correspondent in Abuja, the new entrants, comprising 11, 851 undergraduates and 4, 808 postgraduate students in various faculties, would join the over 150,000 returning students of the university.
Peters told them: ‘’As our ambassadors, therefore, I expect you to be well behaved and demonstrate at all times, to your family members, friends and associates, the value that distinguishes you from your counterparts.
The vice-chancellor added, “It is my steadfast desire that you will acquire, at this university, appropriate knowledge and skills, as well as the requisite strength of character and tenacity to sail through the challenges of a modern world of global competition.
“This will enable you to contribute meaningfully to the elevation of Nigeria to its deserved place of greatness in Africa and the world.”
He further reiterated that NOUN is the only accredited single-mode open and distance learning institution in Nigeria, established by the enabling Act No. 6, 1983 CAP N63,and fulfilling its mandate of equal access for all Nigerians and bringing education within reach.
‘’It is proof of our commitment to equity for the teeming population of Nigerians that seek to gain access to university education for better prospects and self-actualisation,” he said.
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