Ajah, Miracle (2014)

One of the bigg est challenges facing Theologica l/ Religious Education in Nigeria is access to quality learning materials. For instance at the Trinity (Union) Theological College, Umuahia, it was difficult for lecturers to access suitable and qualitative materials for instruction especially the ones that would suit the African context and stimulate a deep rooted intere st among the students. Some textbooks written by foreign author s were readily available in the School Library, but were lacking in the College bookshops for students to own copies. Even when the Colle ge was able to order some of the bo oks from abroad, it d id not u sher in the needed enthusiasm expected from the students because they were either very expensive or very difficult to understand during private studies. So it became necessary to develop contextual materials which were affordable and under standable, though with little success. The National Open University of N igeria (NOUN)’s innovation in the developm...2014One of the bigg est challenges facing Theologica l/ Religious Education in Nigeria is access to quality learning materials. For instance at the Trinity (Union) Theological College, Umuahia, it was difficult for lecturers to access suitable and qualitative materials for instruction especially the ones that would suit the African context and stimulate a deep rooted intere st among the students. Some textbooks written by foreign author s were readily available in the School Library, but were lacking in the College bookshops for students to own copies. Even when the Colle ge was able to order some of the bo oks from abroad, it d id not u sher in the needed enthusiasm expected from the students because they were either very expensive or very difficult to understand during private studies. So it became necessary to develop contextual materials which were affordable and under standable, though with little success. The National Open University of N igeria (NOUN)’s innovation in the developm...