August 8, 2023

Over 2Million Nigerian Students To Access Online Academic Resources

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says over 2 million students and staff of higher education institutions in the country will soon have access to online academic resources through the deployment of Blackboard learning platform.

Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono, made this known at the flag-off of three-day workshop on the Implementation of the Enhanced Blackboard Learning Management System and Train the Trainer Programme on Monday in Abuja.

Echono said the workshop, which attracted Directors of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) from the 253 beneficiary institutions of the Fund, was part of measures put in place to bridge the digital skills gap in universities, polytechnics and colleges of education in Nigeria.