National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN): A Historical Perspective and Challenges

dc.creator	Terhemba Nom AMBE-UVA
dc.date	2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:17:01Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:17:01Z
dc.identifier	1302-6488
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/a192228ccc4d4cb9b30ecbef7ba969ab
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/26036
dc.description	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 Open University in Nigeria to salvage the promise of education only to be choked prematurely to death. It’s subsequent re-emergence points to its imperative in salvaging the demand for placement in the universities in Nigeria. The review attests to this promise, despite the ups and downs and argues that the revitalisation of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) by the government has the potential to widen access and become a rallying point for higher education in Nigeria. NOUN will however face two major challenges as it seeks to transform the educational landscape: the first is that it needs to demonstrate that it can provide programmes of high quality to its students; second, it needs to be able to demonstrate that it can offer programmes cost-effectively. These challenges demand a refocus and a re-conceptualizations of the superstructure, distance education in Nigeria.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey
dc.relation	http://tojde.anadolu.edu.tr/tojde25/articles/Article_6.htm
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1302-6488
dc.source	The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 73-84 (2007)
dc.subject	Revitalisation
dc.subject	distance education
dc.subject	open learning
dc.subject	NOUN
dc.subject	policy.
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.title	National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN): A Historical Perspective and Challenges
dc.type	article