ABU, UK varsity to study out- of- school kids in Nigeria, others

AHMADUBELLO University ( ABU), Zaria, under its Distance Learning Centre ( DLC), and the University of Edinburgh ( UOE), United Kingdom, have agreed to jointly conduct a research on out- of- school children in Nigeria, Pakistan and Tanzania.

Both institutions have also accepted to work together to access a range of grants to support teaching, research and community development.

Subsequently, ABU and UOE are expected to access support from key sponsors such as Google Outreach

Grant, Mastercard Foundation and the British Council.

The two istitutions have also agreed, in principle, to engage in research and publications leveraging ABU’S DLC database.

ABU’S Director of Public Affairs, Auwwar Umar, stated yesterday: “All these are the outcome of a high- level meeting in London recently at which officials of DLC and UOE identified a number of areas for collaborations, partnerships and supports.

“Other areas identified included a conference on digital education, which UOE and DLC have agreed, in principle, to jointly organise. Additionally, some experts in digital education from UOE have offered to be e- tutors for DLC.”

Under the partnership, for example, he said: “Uoe’s Centre for Research in Digital Education ( CRDE) has agreed to organise a workshop for DLC e- tutors, staff and other stakeholders on pedagogy in digital education.”

The Vice Chancellor, ABU, Prof. Kabiru Bala, described the London meeting as a huge success and expressed gratitude to UOE for its willingness to collaborate with DLC.