Collaboration with institutions improved education quality – NIJ

The Provost, Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Dr. Elizabeth Ikem, on Saturday said that collaboration with some international institutions had improved quality education in the institute.
Ikem made the remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.
According to the provost, such collaboration had proven to be a great investment as it had helped in widening the students’ knowledge.
She said: “Currently, we are having collaboration with the World Press Photo based in Amsterdam.
“This has helped us to build and sustain a photojournalism programme over the years.
“It is indeed a great investment as it has helped us to equip and train not just our students but also our personnel within and abroad.
“We have produced international award winners in the area of photojournalism.”
Ikem said that NIJ’s collaboration with UNICEF had made the institute to develop a curriculum on child rights.
She added: “The collaboration with UNICEF has been waxing stronger and has resulted in training the trainers.
“We are abreast of local and international developments on child rights.
“The whole essence of training the trainers frequently is to ensure that our products are seasoned.
“We also have collaboration with the Nigerian French Village, Badagry, where we expose our students to French Language.”
NAN reports that the NIJ was established in 1963 by the Zurich, Switzerland-based International Press Institute.
In February, 2004, the institute received the National Board for Technical Education’s approval to organise programmes simultaneously for Ordinary National Diploma in Mass Communication and Higher National Diploma in Mass Communication.
The school also runs Postgraduate Diploma programmes in some specialised areas of Mass Communication such as Print Journalism, Broadcast Journalism, Public Relations and Advertising.