Open distance schools in Nigeria offered flexible learning, correspondence courses, and even supported self-study and resource based learning. The main point about open distance schools in Nigeria is that there is geographical distance between the learner and the teacher.
The courses offered in open distance schools in Nigeria offer flexible mode of education where certain requirements are relaxed in terms of age for admission, duration of courses, or choices of courses, etc.
Open distance schools and learning in Nigeria describes all the teaching-learning arrangements in which the learner and the teacher are separated by space and time. In fact, it is a mode of delivering education and instruction to learners who are not physically present in a traditional setting of classroom.
Transaction of the curriculum is effected by means of specially prepared materials (learning materials) which are delivered to the learners at their doorstep through various media such as print, audio/videotapes, Internet and World Wide Web, etc.
Example of open distance schools in Nigeria are University of Ibadan Distance Learning Centre (UI DLC) and National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).
Here’s the accredited courses offered in open distance schools in Nigeria. The National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN and University of Ibadan Distance Learning Centre (UI DLC) offers a number of courses that are not well known by people.
List of Courses Offered in Open Distance Schools in Nigeria.
- BA (Hons) English
- BA (Hons) Philosophy and Public Affairs
- BA (Hons) History & Diplomatic Studies
- BA (Hons) Communication. & Language Arts
- BSc (Hons) Psychology
- BSc (Hons) Economics
- BSc (Hons) Political Science
- BSc (Hons) Sociology
- BEd (Hons) Adult Education
- BEd (Hons) Guidance & Counselling
- BEd (Hons) Educational Management
- BSW (Hons) Social Work
- BLIS (Hons) Library and Information Studies
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science
- BSc (Hons) Statistics
- BNSc (HONS) NURSING
- Agricultural Extension and Management
- Agricultural Science and Education
- Business Education
- Christain Theology
- Communications Technology
- Computer Science
- Conflict and Peace Resolution
- Cooperative Management
- Criminology and Security Studies
- Data Management
- Early Childhood Education
- Education and Biology
- Education and Chemistry
- There Is Also Education and English Language
- Education and French
- Education and Integrated Science
- There Is Also Education and Mathematics
- Education and Physics
- English Language
- Entrepreneurship and Business Management
- Environmental Science Resources Management
- French and International Relations
- Hotel and Catering Management
- Hotel and Tourism Management
- Islamic Studies
- Law
- Mass Communication
- Mathematics
- Mathematics with Computer Science
- Nursing/Nursing Science
- Peace and Development Studies
- Primary Education Studies
- Public Administration
- Public Health Science
- Shipping and Maritime Technology
- Tourism Studies
