Commonwealth, NOUN Urge West African Institutions To Embrace Assistive Technologies

The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) have urged higher education institutions across West Africa to embrace assistive technologies to improve access to inclusive, accessible and equitable education for learners with disabilities.
They made the call on Tuesday at a two-day regional workshop on assistive technologies for differently-abled learners in open and distance learning (ODL) institutions in West Africa, organised by the Regional Training and Research Institute for Distance and Open Learning (RETRIDOL), NOUN, in collaboration with COL.
Speaking at the workshop, Professor Jane-Frances Agbu, Adviser on Higher Education at COL, said a...