Nigeria Open and Distance Learning is a promising and practical strategy to solve the challenge of widening access to education therefore increasing participation in tertiary education. It is increasingly being accepted ...

The paper reviewed the present status of unemployment situation in Nigeria with emphasis on university graduates. Effort was also made to examine the role vocational education through open distance learning can play to ...

This study on the reasons why learners drop out from NAMCOL was important to do because NAMCOL has experienced an increase in the drop outs rate. Of course, the reasons for dropout are numerous and complex. Accordingly, ...

Several studies and available evidence have revealed that women in Nigeria have been denied access to education due to sociocultural practices and religious beliefs. Women are therefore grossly disadvantaged in education ...

Among the sectors in which mobile phones have become very vital are banking, health management and education. In education, for example, as Houser, Thornton and Kluge (2002) have noted, mobile learning (i.e. learning with ...

The paper is about the issue of insecurity situation in Kano State as one of the socio economic forces which, serves as a constraint to access to university education most especially to girls and women. It is abundantly ...

This study focuses on societal and cultural factors that cause gender inequality at the doctorate level in some Cameroonian universities, and how the use of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) can help address the gender ...

This paper examines the level of commitment of Open and Distance Learning Institutions to the global development goals with emphasis on access to education in Nigeria. Documentary evidence pertaining to the demand and ...

The future of economic development depends on people who are equipped with competencies and skills that are needed for the knowledge economy. To ensure the sustainability of economic growth, higher education institutions ...

The results of the study will shed light on the bottlenecks that have hindered the growth of the ODeL programmes in Kenyatta University. This may lead to increased student enrolment and retention in the ODeL programmes and ...