The National Mathematical Centre (NMC) has announced plans to collaborate with the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, and the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) to enhance teaching, learning, and research in Mathematical Sciences.
This was contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by the Controller of Information and Public Relations at the Centre, Mr Onyekachi Njoku.
Njoku quoted the Director and Chief Executive of the Centre, Prof. Promise Mebine, as saying during a meeting of its Governing Council that the partnerships would promote academic activities leading to the award of postgraduate degrees in fields such as Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Theoretical Physics, Statistics, and Computer Science.
According to him, the collaboration with FUT Minna would enable the Centre to offer Postgraduate Diploma, Masters, and Doctoral programmes in the Mathematical Sciences.
He added that the affiliation with NOUN would further establish the Centre as a Centre of Excellence in the Mathematical Sciences, supported by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund).
He explained that these initiatives formed part of ongoing efforts to prepare the Centre for conversion into a specialised National University of Mathematical Sciences (NUMS).
“The NOUN Centre of Excellence with TETFund will help address the critical shortage of high-level manpower in Mathematical Sciences across industries and academia,” Mebine said.
He further stated that the Centre’s programmes would produce experts in both core and emerging fields such as Algebra, Number Theory, Algebraic Geometry, Theoretical Physics, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning.
These areas, he noted, were vital for producing impactful research outputs that would support Nigeria’s technological and industrial development.
Mebine also called for a speedy amendment of the Act establishing the Centre to facilitate its conversion into the proposed National University of Mathematical Sciences, saying that doing so would position Nigeria as a regional hub for advanced mathematical education and innovation.
(NAN)
