Ukrainian varsity set to establish transnational programme with Igbinedion University

A foremost Ukrainian University, V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University, established in 1804 has signed a cooperation agreement with Igbinedion University Okada, a premier private university, for the establishment of a joint transnational programme in a bid to ensure Nigerian students who were displaced by the war in Ukraine return to class.

A statement by Dr Cliff Ogbede, who is the representative of the Ukrainian university in Nigeria, on Wednesday, explained that the cooperation would enable students who were displaced by the war in Ukraine to resume classroom lectures on the Igbinedion University campus on a joint educational programme, under the Nigerian National Universities Commission (NUC) transnational educational guidelines.

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• Ukrainian varsity set to establish a transnational programme with Igbinedion University
• Ukrainian varsity set to establish a transnational programme with Igbinedion University

The joint transnational educational programme which was recommended by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, in line with the guidelines of the Nigerian national universities commission allows Ukrainian academic institutions to continue online adaptation of study in addition to a joint educational programme with highly rated foreign partner institutions.

In this new collaboration, the two Universities would jointly be developing educational activities, expanding opportunities for access to all levels and forms of quality higher education, educational programs and courses, based on the recommendations of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), as well as the implementation of the right to academic mobility, which meets the basic principles of the Bologna declaration.

Ogbede, further stated that the joint transnational educational programme would enable the undergraduate and postgraduate students of the foremost Ukrainian V.N. KarazinKharkiv National University to continue their academic programmes uninterrupted in addition to the existing distance learning mode, as a similar model is applied in particular for the organisation of academic cooperation with Universities in Turkey and some other countries.

According to him, in addition to these programmes, the two Universities would expand their cooperation by ensuring quality cross-cultural communications, developing international partnerships for the commercialisation of educational products, encouraging the development of the knowledge economy and enriching the scope of educational programs, disciplines and teaching experience of both institutions.

“Igbinedion University, which championed the higher education revolution in Nigeria through innovation, entrepreneurship, bespoke and research in tandem with its motto of knowledge & excellence,” he said.