Assessment of Selected E-Learning Centres of Arabic and Islamic Studies in North-Central and South-Western, Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects

The technology has affected every human activity without exception. Series of e-applications like zoom, face book, whatsapp, google meet, google classroom etc. are essentially acknowledged by users. Muslim scholars are found of appreciating the modern technology by creating e-learning centres to teach Arabic and Islamic Studies. On this light, the paper attempts to delve into a number of selected e-learning centres in Nigeria to pinpoint their contributions towards educational and national development. Descriptive method and interview and library are used as tools for data collection. Findings reveal that the centres ease access to the Arabic and Islamic Studies beyond the Nigerian society and create legitimate source of income for the staff. Also, a major problem encountered by the centres is the network imbalance and sequential electricity failure especially those who reside in Nigeria. In conclusion, the paper recommends that energy and network agencies should revitalise them in order to minimise the challenges of the stakeholders of the centres. This will enhance productivity and contributions of the e-learning centres to the national development of Nigeria.