NBTE, Commonwealth of Learning partner to strengthen TVET training

• Published date: 12 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has signed an agreement with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) on the design and development of Open Educational Resources (OER) courseware.

This is contained in a statement by the NBTE's Head of Media Unit, Mrs. Fatimah Abubakar in Kaduna.

She said the goal was to strengthen the delivery of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).

The spokesperson described OER as 'teaching, learning, and research materials that may be freely accessed, reused, modified, and shared by anyone'.

Abubakar said COL, the world's inter-governmental organisation, is concerned with the promotion and development of distance education and open learning.

She added that being a creation of the Commonwealth Heads of Government, COL encouraged the development and sharing of open learning and distance education knowledge, resources, and technologies.

She said the partnership would improve the capacity of both NBTE staff and lecturers in polytechnics.

According to her, the measure is to facilitate blended learning across Nigerian polytechnics and related institutions.

The NBTE, she said, already set up a Technical Team to design and develop 13 OER courseware for...