MINIMIZING SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS ON ADMINISTRATION OF DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.

Ugwoegbu Ifeanyi

Department of Adult Education

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria

E-mail: ugwoegbuifeanyi@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study was to identify how group and guidance and counseling strategies can minimize socio-psychological problems on administration of distance education programmes in tertiary institutions in South East zone of Nigeria. The population was made up of 1904 administrators and lecturers from where a sample of 1551 respondents were selected. A 21 item questionnaire constituted the instrument for the study. Mean ratings were used to analyse the two research questions while t test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) for the four hypothesis. The findings of the study revealed that Group study and Guidance and Counseling strategies were capable of minimizing socio-psychological problems on administrators of distance education programmes. Based on the findings of the study, recommendations were made.