Open AccessWidening Access of Nigerians To Distance Education Programmes
Author(s) -
Cecilia A. Beshel,
Glory B. Asuquo,
Violet Oyo Ekpenyong,
CA Eneji
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
review of social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2378-8569
pISSN - 2378-8550
DOI - 10.18533/rss.v2i7.105
Subject(s) - nigerians , distance education , certificate , open education , productivity , work (physics) , school certificate , economic growth , political science , medical education , public relations , business , sociology , pedagogy , medicine , economics , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , algorithm , law
Two distance education programmes prominently exist in Nigeria. These are the Nigerian Certificate of Education (NCE) distance learning programme and the Open University distance education models. Ample evidence abounds to show that numerous Nigerians have not maximally taken advantage of these programmes to acquire requisite knowledge and skills in order to fit into the world of work and/or to improve their productivity. A plethora of factors underlie these unsavory situations. This paper highlights the inherent needs to the participation of Nigerians into these distance learning programmes and also suggests different strategies for widening or enhancing the access of more Nigerians to these new paradigms of accessing education.