UNILORIN Purchases 25,000 Mini Ipads for Its Students

This is in a bid to encourage use of IT in teaching.
The Registrar of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN),
Emmanuel Obafemi, has said that the institution
would, from January 2014, be fully digitalised.
Mr. Obafemi made it known that the development
would make it possible for lecturers to be able to
send assignments to their students via the Internet.
He said;
"As from January 2014, University of Ilorin lecturers
would be able to send assignments to their students
through the Internet from the comfort of their
homes."
He said that the school has already ordered for
25,000 pieces of mini iPads from the U.S. for the
students to enable lecturers to send assignments to
them from home. He noted that the iPads were
already fully loaded with the students' courses and
each student would get one as they resume in
January.
Mr. Obafemi confirmed that because the iPad was
produced in large quantity, the university had
subsidised its price, noting that the whole school was
already connected to the Internet. He expressed the
readiness of the institution's administration to make
the university one of the best in Nigeria and Africa.
Mr. Obafemi also noted that the school would
continue to encourage programmes and policies that
promote global best practices in the education
system. giving an assurance that the institution
would sustain the legacy of the past Vice Chancellor,
Ishaq Oloyede.
"If you come here in another five months, you will see
a positively different Unilorin and well managed
institution."