{"id":430610,"date":"2011-05-26T10:59:08","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T10:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/26\/nigeria-e-learning-to-gulp-n5-4-billion\/"},"modified":"2011-05-26T10:59:08","modified_gmt":"2011-05-26T10:59:08","slug":"nigeria-e-learning-to-gulp-n5-4-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/26\/nigeria-e-learning-to-gulp-n5-4-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: E-Learning to Gulp N5.4 Billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"22.9858766793\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailytrust.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/dailytrust180.jpg\" alt=\"Daily Trust (Abuja)\" title=\"Visit Daily Trust (Abuja)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Boco Edet<\/p>\n<p>26 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>The Federal Ministry of Education&#8217;s plan to introduce e-learning in schools in Nigeria would cost N5.4billion as was disclosed on Monday by Chairman of the implementation committee Professor Godswill Obioma.<\/p>\n<p>Prof Obioma said the current ministry&#8217;s budget did not capture the programme but a supplementary budget has been forwarded to the National Assembly for approval.<\/p>\n<p>He said the deployment of e-learning infrastructures would take place in phases and the first phase would cover Federal Unity Colleges and federal tertiary institutions in states across the six geo-political zones.<\/p>\n<p>While presenting the revised report on the implementation of e-learning, he advised the Ministry to convene a summit of parastatals involved in the project for it to encourage participation and full support.<\/p>\n<p>He said the final implementation plan would be presented before the Federal Executive Council by January 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Outgoing Minister of Education Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa&#8217;i said the introduction of e-learning was long overdue in the education sector.<\/p>\n<p>She said it would enhance access, adult literacy and produce a better skilled workforce.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105260594.html\" title=\"Nigeria: E-Learning to Gulp N5.4 Billion\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nigeria: E-Learning to Gulp N5.4 Billion<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Boco Edet 26 May 2011 The Federal Ministry of Education&#8217;s plan to introduce e-learning in schools in Nigeria would cost N5.4billion as was disclosed on Monday by Chairman of the implementation committee Professor Godswill Obioma. Prof Obioma said the current ministry&#8217;s budget did not capture the programme but a supplementary budget has been forwarded to the National Assembly for approval. He said the deployment of e-learning infrastructures would take place in phases and the first phase would cover Federal Unity Colleges and federal tertiary institutions in states across the six geo-political zones. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-430610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigeria: E-Learning to Gulp N5.4 Billion - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/26\/nigeria-e-learning-to-gulp-n5-4-billion\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Nigeria: E-Learning to Gulp N5.4 Billion - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Boco Edet 26 May 2011 The Federal Ministry of Education&#039;s plan to introduce e-learning in schools in Nigeria would cost N5.4billion as was disclosed on Monday by Chairman of the implementation committee Professor Godswill Obioma. 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