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Can Recruitment, Success, Gender Equality and Retention Rates be Enhanced in Vocational Fisheries Education with a Shift in Delivery Mode to ODL

Azad Shah, A K M (2013-11)

Bangladesh Open University has been offering a certificate programme on fisheries namely Certificate in Pisciculture and Fish Processing (CPFP) through its School of Agriculture and Rural Development from January 1998, ...

Transforming the Training of Technical and Vocational Education Instructors Through Open, Distance and Flexible Learning: The Case of Malawi

Chimpololo, Andrew (2013-11)

The Malawi Growth and Development Strategy 11, the blueprint that maps out the national development agenda from 2011 – 2016, recognises technical and vocational education and training (tevet) as a tool for propelling Malawi ...

Integrating Technical/Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Open and Distance Learning (ODL): a Strategy for Delivering Skills Training to the Doorstep of Nigerians

Idris, Amina (2010-11)

Nigeria is a country with a population of more than 140 million people, and a total land area of about 923,768sq. Km. As a developing country, and indeed, as other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria continues to ...

Reducing Gender Disparity in Vocational Education in Lagos State through ODL

Oyakhiromen, Ifidon; Anene, Francisca (2013-11)

Lagos State is the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria accounting for more than 25% of all economic activities in the country. The State is the major international gateway to Nigeria by air, land and sea. This makes it an ...

Life Long Learning and Skills Development: An Investment in Botswana Human Capital for the Development of the Emerging Knowledge Economy

Rocke-Collymore, Joanna (2010-11)

This paper focuses on The Botswana Technical Education Program (BTEP) which emanated from the need to provide flexible, relevant, technical education and training for the youth in Botswana. The discussion focuses on a case ...

Continuing education & TVET: an alternative system at the university of the south pacific

Bakalevu, Salanieta; Narayan, Neelam (2010-11)

This paper will discuss the systems of open schooling that exists at the USP. A combined system of the complementary and alternative forms of open schooling (Daniel and Ferreira, 2008) operates through the Continuing and ...

Empowerment of Agricultural Skills through Distance Education at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

Santhy, P; Jothi, G; Valluvaparidasan, V (2010-11)

The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, a century old renowned institution committed for the development of agricultural education and research in the state of Tamil Nadu has ventured ...

Reformation of Female Prison Inmates in Benin and Kirikiri Prisons: ODL to the Rescue

Anene, Francisca (2013-11)

Post-conviction stigmatisation and the failure of the Nigerian prison system as a means of reformation for prisoners make it imperative for prisoners to be equipped with the means for self dependence upon reintroduction ...

Quality Assurance Issues in Work Integrated Learning through Open and Distance Education in Nigeria

Awonuga, Olukayode O (2010-11)

The trend at which distance education is moving these days has become increasingly noticeable in leaps and bounds. This is very much evident from the increasing enrolment in open and distance learning (ODL) institutions ...

The Role of TVET in Developing Skills for Kenyan Rural Women through Open Learning: A Case of Samburu Women at Coastal Region

Kithinji, Anne P K (2013-11)

The modern girl’s dream is to live and work in an urban locality regardless of her background. This reverie is based on the perception that an urban setting has so much to offer including better education, dream job and ...