QUALITY ASSURANCE IN OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING: A YARDSTICK FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
Oyekan Opeyemi Aderonke & Peter Kolawole Ojedele
National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) Nig. Ondo.
Department of Educational Foundations, Kano State University of Science & Technology, Wudil, Kano State
Email: Oyekan@yahoo.com, kolawolepeters@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
The quest for lifelong learning and zeal to acquire academic qualification has opened up tertiary institutions to cater for the growing number of applicants every year. Therefore, Open Distance Learning (ODL) is a major channel of widening access to higher education in Nigeria to maintain provision of ODL and retain its relevance and recognition as complimentary to conventional or specialized higher education there is need for Quality Assurance Development. This paper therefore explores trends perspectives and challenges of quality assurance in ODL in Nigeria.
Keywords: Quality Assurance, Distance Learning, Educational Development, Nigeria.