DVC OF IBADAN INSTITUTION SAYS THE INSTITUTION CAN ONLY ADMIT 3,000 STUDENTS.

Ibadan – Prof. Gbemisola Oke, the Deputy Vice-
Chancellor (Academics), University of Ibadan,
said that the institution could only admit 3,000
out of over 33,000 candidates that applied for
admission for next academic session.
Oke spoke
on Friday in Ibadan at a stakeholders’ forum,
organised by the Distance Learning Centre (DLC)
of the institution.
She urged prospective students who met
admission requirements, but could not gain
admission to embrace Distance Learning to
satisfy their needs of qualitative tertiary
education. “If we can’t meet the need of our
people through the regular face to face mode,
then we should use the Open Distance Learning
(ODL). “Education drives growth and development and it
must be at the centre for any nation to make
advancement,” she said. Oke assured that the
university would ensure qualitative and standard
distance learning education, with strict
adherence to the mandate of the nation’s
premier university.
Prof. Francis Egbokhare at the forum delivered a
paper entitled “Accessibility and Openness of the
ODL Practice.” Egbokhare said that the
establishment of private universities as solution
to non- accessibility to university education by
Nigeria youths had failed.
He said that this could be ascertained from the
low patronage of private universities.
According to him, only three per cent of the total
population of candidates seeking admission
through JAMB choose private universities.
Egbokhare urged government to look for ways of
expanding the existing ODL facilities to be able
to accommodate more candidates. Similarly,
Prof. Abiola Awosika in her lecture entitled, “The
Importance of Technology in ODL Practice,” said
that technology had made the learning world
smaller so that everyone could have access to
the ‘’global classroom.’’
In his welcome address, Prof. Bayo Okunade, the
Director of the centre, said that the forum was
to fast track the process of change, being
witnessed at the centre. He also said that the
centre has advanced tremendously.
“We must do it right in order to justify the
purpose of our existence, and this is why we are
here to brainstorm and engage ideas on both our
challenges and prospects, “he said..