Distance Learning UK Universities Offer Quality Education To Nigerians
Education is an essential factor that influences the growth and progress of a particular city, state or nation to a great extent. Thus, a desire to see your nation at the top position can only be fulfilled if proper learning platform is provided to the citizens. In most of the cases, it has been found that in spite of having an above-average intelligence level, several individuals are unable to pursue their education because of the unavailability of proper learning facilities. Distance learning process has been introduced for the individuals who, due to some reasons, could not attend their regular campus classes. Inability to attend regular lectures ruins the career of even the students with extra-ordinary brilliance. The mode of distance learning gives the students with multiple level of intelligence, a fair chance to build up their career in a desirable field.
Traditional mode of imparting education via campus classrooms was restricted to a certain limit, as as result of which, several career aspirants residing in remote areas of the world with a desire to pursue their advance studies were left behind. The main aim of the educationists behind planning for the emergence of distance learning technique was to take those career-oriented individuals into its fold who remain out of the reach of conventional learning process. The role of UK universities in Nigeria can be quoted as one of the best examples in this context. However, with the name and fame that these universities have gained in imparting regular programs, they have acquired a cult status in the academic arena.
Though UK universities in Nigeria were recognized as reliable source for imparting quality education via regular means, it was difficult for the people to believe that they would gain the same fame in providing online or distance education too. The main reason that compelled the people to think in such a way was the unavailability of any direct interaction facility between the instructors and students. But with gradual technological developments in the educational field, web or video conferencing techniques evolved, with the help of which the UK universities in Nigeria try their best to make this learning arrangement as effective as possible.
The pass-outs from the distance learning mode, after the completion of their respective courses, showed such tremendous performance in their corporate field that the recruiters never even have to think for a second while appointing a distance or online learner for a prestigious post of their organization. Their record breaking performance did not only enabled the employers to get out of their hesitation that they faced earlier, but also changed the mind of the people, for whom distance education was simply a platform for below-average learners so that they could earn a degree for namesake. UK universities in Nigeria played a great role in helping the career aspirants structure their career to achieve their desirable goal.
Distance learning arrangement has come up as an effectual source with the help of which the Nigerians got an opportunity to pursue their courses conveniently despite of the socio-economic or political and communal tensions that the nation very often experienced. UK universities in Nigeria follow a standard curriculum, which is subject to changes as per the transformation introduced in the professional market trends in order to help the learners be updated all the time.
Sikkim Manipal University Distance Education Ranked Among Indias Top Distance Education
Sikkim Manipal University “” Distance Education (SMU-DE) , a unique public-private initiative between the Government of Sikkim and Manipal Education, Ranked #1 in the student perception survey conducted by CAREERS360, a magazine for young professionals in collaboration with Yahoo.
With over 710+ SMU-DE Learning Centers covering 310 cities across India, Sikkim Manipal University – Distance Education emerged as the top distance education learning provider across parameters ranging from quality of study material, library support, quality of faculty, access to study centers, conduct of exams and publishing of results among others. SMU-DE was also found to have one of the largest presences on the web with over 500+ unique IP addresses, showing the substantial reach technology could achieve.
SMU-DE spokesperson Mr. V Sivaramakrishnan, President – Distributed Learning, Manipal Education says “We are thrilled to be ranked among India”s premier Distance Education providers in the country. In line with the vision of providing affordable & accessible education to aspirants across the country, our endeavor is to collaborate technology with high quality education, providing a learning experience that”s incomparable.”
In one of the most extensive exercises undertaken in the field of distance learning, the survey elicited over 7000 responses from current and past students of distance learning. For the analysis, over 5000 entries, which ranked over 81 Universities, were taken into consideration. After eliminating those with less than 50 responses and unique IP addresses, the research team finally zeroed in on 30 top distance learning providers which were subjected to detailed analysis.
In the objective ranking, Sikkim Manipal University – Distance Education was ranked 4th on various parameters including reach, course offerings, processes, pass ratio and transparency. Interestingly, only 11 out of the 32 top distance learning providers in the objective ranking list made it to the perception ranking which hailed SMU-DE as a top provider of distance learning education in India.
The Universe for Open and Distance Learning Institutes (ODLIs) in India comprises 249 institutes, out of which 188 institutes are currently offering Distance Learning Programmes.
Over the years, SMU-DE has consistently raised standards in Distance Learning space and earned its place of pride. Some of the recognitions & awards received include:
“Ranked 1st for Results and Efficiency and Ranked 2nd for Learning and Experience by CAREERS360 magazine for the year 2010. The CAREER360 survey is the first of its kind survey in distance learning space and ranks SMU-DE in the top 3 best distance learning institutions in India.
“Best B-School offering Management Education through Distance mode at 2nd Asia”s Best B-school awards
“Dewang Mehta Business School Awards- Best Distance Learning programme
“DNA-Best B-School for the use of Technology in providing Management Education in Distance Education
“Star News- Best Management Education in Distance Education
“Winner of e-India and e-Rajasthan Awards for Digital Learning ICT enabled University of the Year”
Expanding education- Technology to review education
Dear readers, this is not my regular work of technology or tech news review. Consider it a highly imagined piece where realistic assumptions are made with collective goodwill to expand the education base. What and how are decided once we are willing to understand the power that digital world gives us in improving life in large scale and have that illusive peaceful sleep. Technology no doubt is going through too many disruptions where there is innovation and mainly more so in the internet world but there is more scope.
First the opportunities. With Skype being downloaded wholesale it is already time for this app to work to deliver online classes. Even in some parts there are classes where international professionals are taking voluntary classes for economically backward masses. The main communication system here is definitely vernacular so that you do not need to teach them anything added for language in priority. Language can move forward with other subjects simultaneously. Once this is implemented it is better as the students will learn more practical oriented education rather than the conventional knowledge and attention challenging theories from these professionals. A very significant role is played by games if they are designed properly in online education.
Why games? This is a sort of entertainment and children will be more attentive to them. So even complex ideas can be easily executed and delivered once you have their full attention. Similarly to test their level of education it is better to use games as there also they will welcome the challenges of the games more than the conventional tests. This way there can be smooth early education for children and then comes the part of monitoring and designing fitting course curriculum. There lie our toughest challenges.
To monitor very individual and find their suitable vocations will need keen evaluation of their progress and at no point we can abandon those students. It is better to remember that most of these students are first generation of learners and they will have difficulty to grasp the education process. So we will have to suite the education to their liking. It is not that tough. We need to keep analysing our every move and monitor their effects.
If the prospects are understood more companies will come up with newer apps for these purposes, they will definitely do once they understand the enormity of their work. What will it give? Reduce education costs and the subsidies used in it. This is where you can save lot of money for other developmental work. This free money can even be used for building infrastructure of education these students will need and spread the process of education worldwide.
There will be difficulties. As the complexity of subjects increase more students will try the escape route. They will desert midway. It is for us to make them understand the impact difference of education can have in their life. Once we can do that we can move to keep them for longer time. Still some will desert. This is natural even in schools and there will come another technology to disturb our status quo of education completely. Till then we can work on our existing ideas.
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