OBE Train-the-Trainers Workshop VII

REPORT ON TRAIN-THE-TRAINERS’ OUTCOME-BASED EDUCATION (OBE) WORKSHOP, HELD AT THE ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA UNIVERSITY, BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE, FROM FRIDAY, 10TH – SATURDAY, 11TH FEBRUARY, 2023. 

  1. Introduction 

The train-the-trainers Outcome-Based Education (OBE) workshop was held at the PTDF-IV. PTDF Building Room, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Yelwa Campus, Bauchi, Bauchi State, from Friday 10th to Saturday 11th February, 2023.

 

About one hundred and sixteen (116) participants from the following four (4) Universities were in attendance:  Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi; University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri; Federal University, Wukari, Taraba State; and Federal University, Dutsinma, Katsina State.

  1. Registrar’s Opening Remarks

The Registrar of COREN, Engr. Prof. Adisa, Ademola Bello, FNSE, FAEng., welcomed all the participants and the resource person to the workshop. He briefly introduced Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), highlighting its Vision and Mandate. He equally underscored the objectives of the OBE Workshop as well as the expectations of COREN from participants and their various Universities at the end of the workshop.

  1. Courtesy Call on the Vice Chancellor of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi

The Registrar, Engr. Prof. Adisa, Ademola Bello, in company of COREN Team paid a Courtesy Call on the Vice Chancellor of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Prof. Muhammad Ahmad Abdulazeez. He stated that COREN normally pays courtesy visits on Vice Chancellors of universities at OBE workshops to ensure that the leaderships of such institutions are carried along in this very important programme. He intimated the Vice Chancellors that COREN, henceforth, expects those in need of OBE workshops to sponsor them. Also with the Vice Chancellor were Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Prof. A. D. I. Sulaiman; Assistant Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Engr. Prof. Ya’u Haruna Shuaibu among others.

In his response, the Vice Chancellor welcomed COREN delegation expressing the determination of the university to be Outcome-Based Education compliant in order to produce graduates with employable skills. He equally thanked the Registrar for bringing the OBE programme to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, (ATBU), Bauchi. Describing the Registrar as one of theirs, he urged the Dean and other participants to take the workshop seriously as Nigeria is in dire need of scientists and engineering practitioners who would help proffer practical solutions to the developmental needs of the nation and the continent at large.

Thereafter, the Team proceeded to the venue for the workshop proper.

  1. COREN TEAM

The workshop was chaired by the Registrar, Engr. Prof. Adisa, Ademola Bello, FNSE, FAEng., and assisted by other members of the team as shown below:

S/N  Name Interest Represented Address
1. Engr. Prof. Adisa, Ademola Bello Registrar COREN, Abuja
2. Engr. Prof. Baba Shehu Waziri Council Member University of Maiduguri, Borno State
3. Engr. Prof. Baba El-Yakubu Jibril Resource Person ABU, Zaria.
4. Engr. Precious C. Onuoha PPD&C COREN, Abuja
5. Matthew Aondoakura TYOVER Registrar’s Office COREN, Abuja
6. Mr. Mahmood Salisu COREN State Officer COREN, Bauchi

 

  1. OPENING CEREMONY

In his Opening Speech, the Registrar of COREN, Engr. Prof. Adisa, Ademola Bello, FNSE, FAEng. welcomed all the dignitaries and participants to the occasion. He briefly reiterated the vision and mandate of COREN explaining the rationale for the workshop. The registrar added that COREN in 2016 became a member of the Federation of Engineering Institutions of Asia and the Pacific (FEIAP). Not only that COREN has applied to be become a member of the Washington Accord and part of the requirements is the successful incorporation of Outcome-Based Education curriculum in its accreditation exercises.

Already, COREN has been visited and one of her accreditation exercises supervised by one of the two Nominators who have accepted to endorse her application to the Washington Accord – the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC). In no distant time, the second Nominator – Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) would pay COREN a verification visit.

He concluded that having conducted the workshop in the five Geo-Political zones, COREN thought it wise to organise one for the North East. He thanked the Vice Chancellor; Dean, Faculty of Engineering and all the participants for turning up for the programme.

Goodwill messages were received from various dignitaries after which the Vice Chancellor, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Prof. Muhammad Ahmad Abdulazeez highlighted the achievements recorded by the university. He thereafter, declared the training workshop open.

Registration of participants according to their Institutions took place on the first day of the workshop.

 

  1. PAPER PRESENTATIONS BY THE RESOURCE PERSON

The resource person, Engr. Prof. Baba El-Yakubu Jibril presented six (6) papers in totality and conducted three (3) practical sessions on Day 2 of the training/workshop.  Below is the schedule of the paper presentations and practical sessions:

 

DAY 1 

S/N Topic Knowledge/Skill
Presentation 1 OBE and Engineering Learning Outcomes Knowledge
Presentation 2 Bloom’s Taxonomy and OBE Curricula Skill
Presentation 3  Washington Accord OBE Accreditation Criteria Part A Knowledge

 

DAY 2 

S/N Topic Knowledge/Skill
Presentation 4 Washington Accord OBE Accreditation Criteria Part B Skill
Presentation 5 Assessment and Evaluation Skill
Presentation 6 Washington Accord Accreditation: Team and Outcomes Knowledge
Practical Session 1 Review of exercise on Mapping of Mission –

PEOs —POs —CLOs (exercise to be given on day 2)

 

Skill

 

 

Practical Session 2 Review of Exercise on Development and Evaluation of CLOs for common courses (exercises was given)  Skill
Practical Session 3  

Review of exercise on Prospects and Challenges of Implementing new pedagogy in Engineering Programmes in Nigerian Universities (exercise given)

  Skill

 

  1. CLOSING

The workshop came to an end on Saturday, 11th of February, 2023 with a National Prayer from the 2nd Stanza of the National Anthem at 6:00pm.

 

ATTENDANCE FOR ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA UNIVERSITY, BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE

S/N NAME ADDRESS EMAIL TELEPHONE
1 ENGR. DAHIRU HALILU USMAN BAUCHI BAUCHI STATE dahiruhaliluusman@gmail.com 08065459534
2. ENGR. YAHAYA A. FATE BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE fateskali@gmail.com 08033896696
3. DR. RAPHAEL S. OGUIKE BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE oraphael@atbu.edu.ng 08127827109
4. ENGR. DR. ABDULLAHI LANRE AMOO BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE alabdullahi@atbu.edu.ng 09033784171
5. ENGR. ABUBAKAR ALIYU BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE Babanyoro777@gmail.com  08035748498
6. ENGR. DR. BALA GAMBO JAHUN BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE gjbala@atbu.edu.ng 08165556747
7. ENGR. DR. ISAH YAKUB MOHAMMED BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE yimohd@atbu.edu.ng 08038165583
8. ENGR. SULEIMAN ALIYU MOHAMMED BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE Suleialyuolo@gmail.com 07039602095
9. ENGR. YUSUF OLABODE RAJI BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE yoraji@atbu.edu.ng 08036380099
10. ENGR. DR. HASSAN ALIYU BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE hassancentauri@yahoo.com 07066573474
11. ENGR. JEMILATU BOSEDE OMODIBO BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE omodiboboye@gmail.com 08024578000
12. ENGR. USMAN ABUBAKAR BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE uabubakar66@yahoo.com 08036174622
13. ENGR. SAMBO ALIYU UMAR BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE asuma@atbu.edu.ng 08036402430
14. ENGR. MUSA IDI BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE imusa@atbu.edu.ng 08032629158
15. ENGR. DR. MOHAMMED BELLO ADAMU BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE mbadamu@atbu.edu.ng 08180668268
16. AMBROSE YAKUBU BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE ambroseyakubu@gmail.com 08109319592
17. ENGR. ADAMU YAWALE BABAWURO BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE adamu.yawale@atbu.edu.ng 08034315912
18. ENGR. MAHMOOD ABDULHAMEED BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE amahmood@atbu.edu.ng 08036314470
19. ENGR. AHMED HARUNA UMAR BAUCHI, BSUCHI STATE ahumar234@gmail.com 08155554149
20. ENGR. DR. USMAN HASSAN BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE uhassan2@atbu.edu.ng 07036155233
21. ENGR. NUHU MOHAMMED BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE mnuhu@atbu.edu.ng 07065064657
22. PHILOMINA HAMIDU BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE philominahamidu@atbu.edu.ng 07085147672
23. HALIMAT I. LAWI BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE halimatlawi@gmail.com 08134070013
24. ENGR. DR. HASSAN BUHARI MAMMAN BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE buhammamman2007@yahoo.com 08036045113
25. ENGR. DR. ABDULKADIR LUKMAN NIYI BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE nalukman@atbu.edu.ng 08036045113
26. EMMANUEL IDOKO ABAH BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE Iabah499@gmail.com 08101076499
27. ENGR. MOHAMMED AMINU BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE maminu@atbu.edu.ng 08038603353
28. ENGR. BASHIR MUHAMMAD BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE mbashir@atbu.edu.ng 08060850597
29. ENGR. NASIR KABIR BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE naskabirnasir@gmail.com 08039680911
30. ENGR. AHMED GARBA IBRAHIM BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE agibrahim@atbu.edu.ng 08036055400
31. ENGR. MOHAMMAD ABDU NASARA BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE mohammad.nasara@gmail.com 08067571999
32. ENGR. MUHAMMAD HADI IBRAHIM BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE hmibrahim@atbu.edu.ng 08035777862
33. ENGR. PROF. JACOB S. JATAU BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE jacobjatau@atbuedu.ng 08036183602
34. ENGR. PROF. YA’U HARUNA SHUAIBU BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE ysharuna@atbu.edu.ng 08130719445
35. ENGR. PROF. A.D. IBRAHIM SULAIMAN BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE sdibrahim@atbu.edu.ng 08060924136
36. ENGR. LAWAL A. SADDIQ BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE lawalsaddiq@yahoo.com 08026673557
37. ENGR. IBRAHIM N. CHIROMA BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE ibrahimnchiroma@gmail.com 08036207010
38. ENGR. TIJJANI YARO AHMED BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE tyahmed@atbu.edu.ng 08034205604
39. ENGR. PROF. AJE TOKAN BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE ajetokan@atbu.edu.ng 08029043706
40. ENGR. A. A. FACHWAY BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE aalifachway1963@gmail.com 08060874196
41. ENGR. DR. JIBRIL MOHAMMED BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE jmohammed@atbu.edu.ng 08104893452
42. ENGR. AMINU BELLO ALHAJI BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE aminuba8736@yahoo.com 08036556999
43. ALHASSAN SHUAIBU BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE alhassanbadikko@gmail.com 08034057789
44. ENGR. DR. SAEED ISA AHMED BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE siahmed@atbu.edu.ng 08131808280
45. ENGR. M. A. BAWA PhD BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE mabawa@atbu.edu.ng 08063226489
46. ENGR. ADAMU UMAR CHINADE BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE umaradamu@yahoo.com 08038625939
47. ENGR. BENJAMIN TERNENGE ABUR BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE tbabur@atbu.edu.ng 08162734084
48. ENGR. CLAUDIUS KONITUFE BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE kclaudius@atbu.edu.ng 08032460676
49. ENGR. ISHAKU THLAMA BALAMI BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE ishakubalami@yahoo.com 08068312514
50. ENGR. DR. ADEKUNLE MOSHOOD ABIOYE BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE amadekunle@atbu.edu.ng 08033932228
51. ENGR. DR. IBRAHIM SAIDU SINTALI BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE ssibrahim@atbu.edu.ng 07081616662
52. LIKITA NAMCHI BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE likitanamchi2@gmail.com 09038343036
53. DR. D. A. AJIYA BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE aadahiru@atbu.edu.ng 08038509546
54. ENGR. JAMILU MUSTAPHA AHMED BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE jmahmed@atbu.edu.ng 08076748644
55. ENGR. MUHAMMED AHMED BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE Ahmedbako1525@gmail.com 08026991987
56. ENGR. SHUAIBU SAIDU BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE sintalissaid@gmail.com 08038070691
57. ENGR. IDRIS AHMAD IDRIS BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE Idris.ahmad05@gmail.com 08035331233
58. ENGR UMAR GARBA AHMED BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE umargarbaahmed84.com 08054153150
59. ALFRED ADEYI JOSEPH BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE alfredadeyijoseph@gmail.com 08134070002
60. ENGR. DR. S. O. GIWA BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE sogiwa@atbu.edu.ng 07055647325
61. ENGR. ABUBAKAR SALIS BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE asalis@atbu.edu.ng 07068214437
62. ENGR. DR. OLUBAJO OLUMIDE OLU BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE ooolubajo@atbu.edu.ng 08062791594
63. ENGR. YAKUBU SHEHU BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE yhehu2@atbu.edu.ng 08065459840
64. ENGR. PROF. UMAR OMEIZA AROKE BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE ouaroke@atbu.edu.ng 08033896322
65. DR. KABIR GARBA BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE gkabir@atbu.edu.ng 08039596023
66. ENGR. ABDULKADIR HASSAN BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE bbcgwallameji6@gmail.com 08130629422
67. ENGR. KABIRU IBRAHIM JAHUN BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE kijahun@atbu.edu.ng 08037678785
68. ENGR. OBADIAH MAXWELL BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE omaxwell@atbu.edu.ng 08039420274
69. ENGR. DR. U. D. HAMZA BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE udhamza2@gmail.com 08144471019
70. ENGR. PROF. UMAR EL-NAFAR BAUCHI,  BAUCHI STATE elnafar@gmail.com 08023742492
71. ENGR. DR. SUNUSI AMINU ABUBAKAR BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE aasanusi@atbu.edu.ng 08039591276
72. ENGR. ABUBAKAR ALIYU BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE abanyero777@gmail.com 08035748198
73. ENGR. I. I AHMED BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE iiahmad@atbu.edu.ng 08065874832
74. ENGR. DR. ATUMAN SMAILA JOEL BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE sjatuman@atbu.edu.ng 08157680448
75. ENGR. PROF. JIBRIL DANLADI JIYA BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE jdjiya@atbu.edu.ng 07032153315
76. DR. IBRAHIM HASSAN BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE ihassan@atbu.edu.ng 08032890930
77. ENGR. DR. IBRAHIM A. IKARA BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE iiabdulkarim@atbu.edu.ng 07032466475
78. ENGR. NAFISATU ABDULHAMID ABUBAKAR BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE lillys0274@gmail.com 08135193578
79. ENGR. PROF. USMAN ALIYU EL-NAFATY BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE elnafaty@gmail.com 08023742492
80. ENGR. ABUBAKAR ABDULMALIK MAHMUD BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE mahmudatbu@gmail.com 07030556903
81. ENGR. DR. MURTALA AMINU BABA BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE limaminkobia@yahoo.com 08038027880
82. ENGR. DR. UMAR BELLO OKATENGWU BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE buokatengwu@atbu.edu.ng 07036000632
83. ENGR. IBRAHIM AHMAD IBRAHIM BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE iiahmad@atbu.edu.ng 08065874532
84. ENGR. ABDULWAHAB DUROJAIYE ISMAIL BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE adismail@atbu.edu.ng 08060434467
85. ENGR. PROF. DANDAKOUTA HABOU BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE hdandakuta@gmail.com 08038530933
86. ENGR. PROF. ROBINSON I. EJILAH BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE irejilah@atbu.edu.ng 08057243194
87. ENGR. DR. KABIR GARBA BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE gkabir@atbu.edu.ng 08039596023
88. ENGR. PROF. SHUAIBU M. MUSA BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE shbmusa@atbu.edu.ng 08023558399
89. DR. ABDULRASHEED ABDULRAHMAN BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE aabdulrasheed@gmail.com 08038870295
90. HAUWA BANYAMI MAIGARI BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE maigarihauwa24@gmail.com 08060838359
91. ENGR. YUSUF SALEH BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE ysaleh@atbu.edu.ng 07063536918
92. ENGR. ABDULRASAQ SALAUDEEN BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE asalaudeen@atbu.edu.ng 08084698123
93. ENGR. ALIYU MAHMOOD BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE aliyumahmood@gmail.com 08036367497
94. DR. AKANNANG HANNATU BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE akananghannatu@gmail.com 07035483911
95. BARAMBU AISHATU UMAR BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE aubarambu@atbu.edu.com 08032985884
96. ENGR. LUKMAN ONIKOLA ADESHINA BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE lukman.onikola@gmail.com 08032005415
97. ENGR. DR. HASSAN SABO MIYA BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE
98. ENGR. NURA MUSA TAHIR BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE
99. ENGR. NASIR ABUBAKAR YAKUB BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE
100. BASHIR MAIKAMA BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE
101. LAMIDO USMAN BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE
102. ENGR. USMAN ISYAKU BATURE BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE
103. SAEED MODIBBO BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE
104. ENGR. DR. MUHAMMED DAHIRU BUHARI  BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE
105. OMOTAYO OMONIYI BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE
106. ENGR. PROF. GANIYU A. BAKARE BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE
107. ENGR. I. TAHIR BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE
108. ENGR. HAMZA SULAIMAN PALI BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE
109. NASIRU UMAR AHMED BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE
110. ENGR. ABBAS MUSA HASSAN BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE
111. ENGR. DR. IDRIS MUHAMMAD MISAU BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE

 

ATTENDANCE FOR FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, DUTSINMA, KATSINA STATE

S/N NAME ADDRESS EMAIL TELEPHONE
1 ENGR. ABUBAKAR SABO BABA KATSINA, KATSINA STATE abubakarsabobaba@gmail.com 08037153410

 

ATTENDANCE FOR FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, WUKARI, TARABA STATE

S/N  NAME ADDRESS EMAIL TELEPHONE
1 ENGR. PROF. SAM BABA ONOJA    WUKARI,     TARABA STATE deanfoe@fuwukari.edu.ng 08053453383

 

ATTENDANCE FOR UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI, BORNO STATE

S/N  NAME ADDRESS EMAIL TELEPHONE
1. ENGR. PROF. BABA SHEHU WAZIRI  MAIDUGURI, BORNO STATE shehuwaziri@gmail.com 08069636368
2. MUSA MUSTAPHA MAIDUGURI, BORNO STATE musamusty@gmail.com 08036753258
3. ENGR. BUKAR ADAM MAIDUGURI, BORNO STATE adambukar36@yahoo.com 07039227267

CONCLUSION

The workshop was successfully conducted as the participants demonstrated in-depth knowledge and skills using assessment tools such as Programme Learning Outcomes (PLOs) and Course/Activity Learning Outcomes (CLOs) during the practical sessions. Certificates of participation were issued to the one hundred and sixteen (116) participants who attended the workshop.

 

Registrar

7th March, 2023.