ASUU Strike: UNIABUJA Starts Virtual Learning For Students

…To clear backlog of 14,307 certificates

The University of Abuja has said the certificates of 14,307
persons who graduated from various programmes being run in the
university from 1994 till date, was ready for collection.

Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah
disclosed this on Wednesday at the main campus of the university in
Abuja.

He said never again would the university record a backlog of
graduates’ certificates.

While appealing to the affected graduates who for one reason or
the other were unable to collect their certificates over the years,
urged them to endeavour to make the sacrifices of coming from far
or near to obtain their certificates.

He said: “This university has finished producing, signing and
ready for collection, certificate of all those who have graduated
from this university from 1994 up to 2019.

“If you have not collected your results please come to this
university your certificates are ready. Forever and ever this will
never happen again in this university that people graduate and
certificates are not given. This is a leading university and only
the best happens in UNIABUJA .”

The VC said the university has developed an effective and
trustworthy virtual teaching system for its students to ensure the
process of teaching and learning was not disrupted presently and in
the future.

It said more than 5,000 students are already receiving lectures
from adjunct staff following the strike embarked upon by the
Academic Staff Union of Universities since March this year.

The VC noted that the COVID-19 pandemic made the university to
make use of its in-house skills and resources to develop the
virtual classroom system.

“We have conducted several pilot studies from April/May this
year and I am happy to announce that the UNIABUJA virtual classroom
system has piloted several courses taught mainly by our adjunct
lecturers because we know that our respected academic staff are on
strike and are having continued engagements with the federal
government.

“Close to 5,000 students of our university are taking courses
through our university of Abuja virtual classroom system and we are
very proud of that.

“What it means is that if there is a need and if there is any
reason that the entire students of this university have to go home
or do anything, this university is ready and fully prepared to
conduct all its courses virtually with everything that it takes,”
the VC said.

He added that a policy was being developed to ensure all
academic staff teaches at least one or two courses virtually, once
the strike was called off and normalcy returns to the
university.

“We are in an electronic age and the more we run away from
electronic technology, the closer we come to it, this is the
experience the Coronavirus has taught us. UNIABUJA virtual
classroom system is strong, capable, efficient, effective and its
interactive,” he added.

…To clear backlog of 14,307 certificates

The University of Abuja has said the certificates of 14,307
persons who graduated from various programmes being run in the
university from 1994 till date, was ready for collection.

Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah
disclosed this on Wednesday at the main campus of the university in
Abuja.

He said never again would the university record a backlog of
graduates’ certificates.

While appealing to the affected graduates who for one reason or
the other were unable to collect their certificates over the years,
urged them to endeavour to make the sacrifices of coming from far
or near to obtain their certificates.

He said: “This university has finished producing, signing and
ready for collection, certificate of all those who have graduated
from this university from 1994 up to 2019.

“If you have not collected your results please come to this
university your certificates are ready. Forever and ever this will
never happen again in this university that people graduate and
certificates are not given. This is a leading university and only
the best happens in UNIABUJA .”

The VC said the university has developed an effective and
trustworthy virtual teaching system for its students to ensure the
process of teaching and learning was not disrupted presently and in
the future.

It said more than 5,000 students are already receiving lectures
from adjunct staff following the strike embarked upon by the
Academic Staff Union of Universities since March this year.

The VC noted that the COVID-19 pandemic made the university to
make use of its in-house skills and resources to develop the
virtual classroom system.

“We have conducted several pilot studies from April/May this
year and I am happy to announce that the UNIABUJA virtual classroom
system has piloted several courses taught mainly by our adjunct
lecturers because we know that our respected academic staff are on
strike and are having continued engagements with the federal
government.

“Close to 5,000 students of our university are taking courses
through our university of Abuja virtual classroom system and we are
very proud of that.

“What it means is that if there is a need and if there is any
reason that the entire students of this university have to go home
or do anything, this university is ready and fully prepared to
conduct all its courses virtually with everything that it takes,”
the VC said.

He added that a policy was being developed to ensure all
academic staff teaches at least one or two courses virtually, once
the strike was called off and normalcy returns to the
university.

“We are in an electronic age and the more we run away from
electronic technology, the closer we come to it, this is the
experience the Coronavirus has taught us. UNIABUJA virtual
classroom system is strong, capable, efficient, effective and its
interactive,” he added.