Unimaid To Establish Distance Learning Centre In Gombe

The University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) has concluded plans to establish the first Distance Learning Centre of the institution in Gombe.

The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Ibrahim Njodi, who made the disclosure when he led a delegation of the university’s leadership on a courtesy call on the Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Dankwambo, said the university expects the State Government to provide a befitting place for the immediate take off of the Centre which will afford more opportunities for the state and its environs.

He explained that the objectives of the Distance learning initiative is to provide access to university education to large number of potential adults who have missed the opportunity of higher education at early stages of their lives.

The VC said it is also aimed at widening opportunities to matured adults to combine working and learning.