Don advocates flexible teaching, learning modalities in University

From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna

Higher education institutions need to migrate to flexible teaching and learning modalities by recalibrating the curriculum, incapacitating and upgrading the infrastructure.
Professor Faruq Haruna Abdulrashid, Provost, Federal College of Education, Kontagora stated this while delivering a keynote address at the annual International Conference organized by the Faculty of Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
He said these strategic actions have to be continuously assessed, modified, and enhanced to respond to volatile, uncertain, and changing scenarios in times of crisis.
According to him, teaching and learning continuity amid the pandemic and beyond requires an analysis of the parameters by which the University operates from the perspective of the stakeholders.
Professor Faruq noted that the disruption of COVID-19 and possible future pandemic in the educational system is of great magnitude that Universities have to cope with at the soonest possible time.
He advised Higher education institutions to develop a resilient learning system using evidence-based and need-based information so that responsive and proactive measures can be instituted.
The keynote speaker said, coping with the effects of COVID-19 in Higher Education Institutions demands a variety of perspectives among stakeholders.