Nigeria: Assistance for Distance Learning Underway

The Commonwealth of Learning (COL), based in Canada, has re-affirmed its commitment to assist Nigeria and other developing African countries to strengthen their Open University and Distance Learning Scheme (DLS) in order to enhance the quality of the programmes. COL regional representative, Prof. Aisha Kanwar, who spoke at the weekend in Kaduna during the closing ceremony of an international workshop on instructional design for DLS, noted that the distance learning programme was an effective way of meeting the increasing demand for higher education in the African continent.