National Open University of Nigeria NOUN

The University for You
The National Open University of Nigeria is an ODL institution renowned for providing functional, flexible, accessible, cost-effective education adequate for flourishing in the 21st
century and beyond. Right from our first inception in July 1983, our mandate has remained to deliver university education at the doorstep of every interested
Nigerian. The founding president,
Alhaji Shehu Shagari, the first executive president of Nigeria, envisioned a university with the capacity to admit and meet the education and skill needs of citizens no matter their status and circumstances. This vision was predicated on the realization that
a sustainable democracy, functional economy,
happy
and prosperous
people,
all
depend
on knowledgeable citizens. Meeting the educational needs of such
citizens in a highly populous country like' Nigeria was beyond the capacity of Nigeria's conventional higher institutions.
Despite its suspension in 1984 by the Federal Military Government that succeded Alhaji Shehu Shagari, the resuscitation of NOUN in 2002 by the civilian regime of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, went side by side with the awakening of the vision that informed the initial establishment of the university. As a faithful trustee of the Nigerian people, NOUN leverages on Information and Computer Technologies to deliver
an education tailored
towards
the globalised
economy. The University offers
exceptional academic programmes
that
meet
the specific needs of all sectors of the global economy, in the Arts; Health; Law; Physical, Social, Agricultural and Management Sciences.
As an ODL institution, we are an equal opportunity university determined to meet the following objectives that necessitated the establishment of open and distance education in Nigeria:
Provision of Education for All and promotion of lifelong learning
Filling the gap created by the closure of outreaches/satellite campuses
Cost effectiveness
Improved economies of scale
Flexibility of delivery system
Maximum utilisation of academic personnel
On the job teacher training
Poverty eradication, vocational and lifelong education
Provision of non-formal education
Reaching the unreached
Propagation of national orientation