| Venue:- Le Meridien Kochi, India |
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Theme Leader
| Theme:- Formal Education |
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 Dr. A. Umar
Dr. Abdurrahman Umar joined COL in August 2008 as Education Specialist, Teacher Education.
Dr. Abdurrahman Umar obtained his B.A (educ) from the University of Sokoto in 1982 and his M.Ed and PhD from the University College of Wales Aberystwyth UK in 1985 and1988 respectively. From 2001 he was the Director of Academic Services at the National Teachers' Institute Kaduna, Nigeria, which is a single mode distance learning institution that is exclusively dedicated to teacher training and an enrolment of over 200,0000 students. As Director of Academic Services, he was in charge of Programme Design and Development and Examinations. He also served as the Director of Programme Development and Extension at the National Commission for Nomadic Education, Kaduna, Nigeria from 1997 to 2001 and was the Special Assistant to the Minister of State for Education at the Federal Ministry of Education in Abuja from 1993 to 1995. Prior to that he was a Senior lecturer at the Faculty of Education and Extension Services, University of Sokoto, Nigeria.
Abdurrahman was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University, U.K. from 1993 to 1994 and a Visiting Scholar at Syracuse University, New York under the Kellogg project. His research interests and publications include: teacher development, open and distance learning, and education for disadvantaged groups particularly nomads and basic education.
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