UK E-Learning launches in Nigeria.

UK E-Learning Africa is a one-stop online portal for continuing professional development courses from the UK. Partnering with leading education and technology providers in the UK, it aims to provide the highest quality e-learning and consulting solutions to support workforce development for organizations and governments in Africa.

Speaking recently in Lagos at the British High Commission Residence, the MD/CEO, UK eLearning Africa, Richard Hurst stated

“The purpose of our business in Nigeria is to help harness this unique spirit of Nigerians. We want to work with Nigerians and Nigerian businesses, educational institutions and governments at all levels to harness the rich and diverse talents of the Nigerian people.  

We believe that the Nigerian economy, now the largest in Africa can do even better with specialized vocational and professional training targeted at core skills that may not be presently taught at universities.”

When properly trained, a workforce can become the most potent and can compete even among the best in the world.  Like in various other countries around the world, universities provide the education people need to live in modern societies, but organizations need to train their graduates and staff with the core skills that prepare new staff for work and enhance the productivity of old staff. 

Speaking on how this works, the Director, UK eLearning Africa, Dr. Jacob Jacob stated: “We have developed two sets of extremely high quality courses in various areas which can help organizations fulfill this need. The first sets of courses are fully certified by the NCFE, one of the UK's most revered and oldest accreditation bodies.“

The NCFE has been accrediting courses in the UK for the past 150 years. It has now been recognized as a premier training body, turned to by institutions of higher learning and business not only in the UK but also around the world.  

Dr. Jacob continued saying, “The second set of courses are certified by the UK's CPD or continuous professional development. They have been recognized as courses that are needed at the work place to improve not only productivity but also professional development of staff.”

The organization partnered with one of the most innovative educational technology solutions providers in the world - The Skills Network. They provide education technologies for a diverse range of clientele - ranging from premier league clubs to transnational security organizations, giving assurance that the technologies that support the e-learning courses are among the very best in the world.  The tutors are very carefully selected professionals at the very cutting edge of modern practice.”

To buttress it’s commitment to Nigeria, UK eLearning partnered with a non-profit organization - the Excellence Community Education Welfare Scheme ECEWS.

ECEWS, headed by Andy Eyo as the Executive Director, has partnered with various organizations including the U.S. government, John Hopkins University among several others to deliver training and health campaigns in Nigeria. With offices around the country, they have the ability, stability and the integrity to bring the UK educational services to Nigerians.