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Empowering And Educating Communites For Rural Development
(2013-11)
In Africa rural dwellers make up the majority who, while scratching a living, still aspire to be urbanized -hence the continuing migration to cities, despite evidence that industry and manufacture no longer offer employment. ...
Open and Distance Education: A Contribution to Poverty Alleviation and Empowerment of Women?
(2010-11)
In Nigeria, as elsewhere in the world, Open and Distance Learning (ODL) is used as a major vehicle to break the three vectors - access, quality and cost – that has constrained education time immemorial in order to improve ...
A case study to demonstrate the role of community radio in Khayelitsha, South Africa, as a platform for ODL and the empowerment of mothers of children under the age of five
(2013-11)
The adoption of community radio as a platform for ODL in Africa plays an increasingly important role in health and development interventions. This paper will explore how a training and mentorship programme contributes to ...
Open and Distance Learning: A Catalyst for Women empowerment in Nigeria National Open University of Nigeria as Case study
(2013-11)
Open and distance learning education has come of age in Nigeria. For over a decade, National Open University of Nigeria (N.O.U.N) remains the only one-mode university in Nigeria. Education is the bedrock of women empowerment, ...
ODL, an Imperative to Women’s Educational Status and National Development: A Study of Bende Local Government Area, Abia State, Nigeria
(2013-11)
This study examines how Open and Distance Learning (ODL) mode of education can be used to advance the educational status of women and their involvement in National development. The role of education as a medium of empowerment ...
Open and Distance Learning and Information and Communication Technologies: Implications on Formal and Non formal Education: Kenyan Case
(2013-11)
The Population; female (% of total) in Kenya was last reported at 50.05 in 2011, according to a World Bank report published in 2012. Despite this higher percentage, women in Kenya are not well represented in education and ...
The Role of ODL in Improving Skills Acquisition in the Informal Sector in Zambia
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)
The Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training Authority (TEVETA) piloted Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) assessments on worksites or project sites. The purpose of this programme was to equip the ...