Challenges Of Distance Education In Nigeria And Africa

A major problem of distance  education program in Nigeria and Africa is the low level of efficiency characteristic of our essential services such as the  postal and telecommunication services and electricity supply. This has made communication between centers and learners difficult. Beside, lack of a national policy to guild the practice of distance education in Nigeria and Africa;quality of staff, students support services and the course subsystem including inadequate funding, have also been highlighted. These deficiencies pose  a number of challenges that need to be addressed to make distance education in our circumstance efficient and effective


                                                       Main Challenges.

         Considering the  low level of efficiency in our communication system, there is an urgent need for the government to improve power supply and telecommunications services to facilitate the adoption of multi-media structure in the course  delivery.

         There is also need for a well articulated national policy framework on distance education with a view to mapping out guidelines  and infusing some acceptance standards in practices, procedures, and products. Considering the exceptionally large demand for education in Nigeria and Africa, and in response  to global trends,it is timely and strategic  to have a policy framework to guild the pratice of instance education in Nigeria And Africa

               Another Major challenges facing distance education in Nigeria and Africa is inadequacy  of qualified teaching staff.most often, the number of tutors recruited are not enough to handled the courses; those recruited are not qualified because they are not specialist in course they handle.Thus, lies another major challenge to distance education. There is the need to have academics, administrators, technologist, and other auxiliary staff within the distance education operational framework who are managers of their profession by training, exposure and competence. 
                 In Conclusion,Education is a fundamental right of all human beings and a vital tool in enhancing the quality of human existence.therefore distance education should not be over look by Nigeria government and Africa at large, as it stands out as the most ideal delivery system to satisf the exceptionally demand.
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