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Amini, Clifford; Oluyide, Oluwaseun – Open Praxis, 2016
The paper posits the Regional Training and Research Institute for Distance and Open Learning (RETRIDAL) as an institution established for the purpose of enhancing Open and Distance Learning in the West African sub-region. The institute has pursued this mandate with an unparalleled vigour since its establishment in 2003--a partnership of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Capacity Building, Open Education, Distance Education
Agboola, B. M.; Ofoegbu, F. I. – Online Submission, 2010
Demand for university education has increased due to the recent innovations of universal, free and compulsory education at the basic and senior secondary education level. Education has been expanding very rapidly at all levels in Nigeria. However, there are serious problems related to quality, equity, unavailable human and material resources and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Compulsory Education, Foreign Countries, Access to Education
Ambe-Uva, Terhemba Nom – Online Submission, 2007
Distance education has become an important policy option for educational planners in developing countries. In the context of Nigeria, increasing population, growing national demand for education, dwindling financial resources, increasing fiscal constraints, and therefore narrowing of access to education led to the emergence of Open University in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Educational Demand, Open Universities