The Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) has disclosed that it’s anticipated to orient 1000 college students via Open Distance e-Learning (ODeL) program presently underway at Bunda campus.
Speaking throughout the opening of the orientation on Monday, LUANAR ODeL Coordinator, Dr Precious Gawanani, stated they’ve began with 800 college students who’ve reported from an preliminary complete of 1000 who have been recruited.
“We imagine that extra are coming to enroll. We organized this assembly with our college students to welcome and orient them on mode of supply that the establishment has on ODeL,’ he stated.
Gawanani stated majority of learners aren’t accustomed to the mode of supply since nose to nose was principally used. “Now we want them to understand what it means to be an ODeL student.”
He added that additionally they need new college students to know the kind of help together with centres which have been established in Mzuzu, Lilongwe, and
Blantyre amongst others.
Gawanani highlighted that the centres have gotten all the mandatory help together with library, laboratories, ICT centre, web providers for research,
He pressured the significance of introducing ODeL that it’s going to assist enhance entry to larger and tertiary schooling of scholars.
“There are a lot of candidates that qualify for National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) to be selected and accommodated into universities but the space is limited,” he stated.
Gawanani nonetheless stated the establishment places schooling as one in all its main precedence space to go with authorities’s effort to attain human growth.
One of the participant, Bachelor of Arts Social Work and Youth Development scholar, Emma Nkwinika expressed gratitude for this system.
“The orientation will help us to understand the program what is all about as well as learning more about Social Work course and other courses,” she stated.
Nkwinika believed that via ODeL, they’ll significantly enhance their skilled profession thereby contributing to the nationwide growth.
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