University Of Maiduguri Centre For Distance Learning (UNIMAID CDL)

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The University of Maiduguri is among the second generation Universities in Nigeria established by the Federal Government in 1975. After nearly three decades of its existence as conventional University, the seventh (7th) Vice-Chancellor Prof. J. D Amin constituted a committee on Distance Learning just three months after assuming office.

The ten-man committee was headed by Prof. Mohammad Nur Alkali (himself a former Vice-Chancellor). The committee submitted its report in December, 2003. The senate at its 190th meeting on Thursday, 5th February, 2004 considered and approved the report setting up the Centre for Distance Learning (CDL). The first Director/Coordinator, Dr. Saleh Joji was appointed by the Vice-Chancellor on 1st October, 2004.

This has made the University of Maiduguri an Institution providing academic programmes both conventionally and by way of distance learning, with the following objectives:

To provide access to University education to a large number of potential adults who have missed the opportunity of higher education at the early stages of their lives
To reduce pressure on enrolment into our Universities which only a tiny fraction (small percentage) of potential candidates are able to secure admission
To widen opportunities to matured adults to combine together working and learning as many have families and may not be able to obtain support or secure in-service facilities.

With these objectives in mind, the Centre set up some few structures thus inviting willing Departments wishing to participate in the Distance Learning Programmes. These Departments were selected based on commitment from the Faculties of Arts, Education, Business and Social Managements. A total of ten (10) Departments took part in the first year of the programmes with student enrolment of two hundred and twenty-one (221).