Public Hearing: Senate, NUC Back NOUN Act Amendment

The Senate and the National Universities Commission (NUC) have thrown their weight behind the proposed amendments of tne law governing the establishment and existence of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).

At a one-day public hearing at the Senate on   Monday ,   January   16 ,   2017, stakeholders brainstormed on the Bill to ratify  the  amendments  effected  by  the Senate.

The    Bill    seeks    to    incorporate technological  development into the mode of the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) process offered by the university. The  public  hearing,  organised  by  the Senate Committee on Tertiary Education and TETFUND, followed the smooth passage of the amendment bill into second reading at the chambers of the , Senate in December.