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What is NOUN

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Is the National Open University of Nigeria, established in 1983, but actually began operation in 2003 as a non-face-to-face educational intervention for the provision of free access to higher education by all those in need of it but were not admitted into the conventional tertiary institutions of learning in line with the National Policy on Education, Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and the Education Reform Act ( Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2004 ; 1999 ; 2011 ) with a view to addressing the continued increase in the population of Nigerians demanding university education.
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Merits and Worth of National Open University of Nigeria as Distance Education Intervention
Peter James Kpolovie (University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria), Isaac Esezi Obilor (Rivers State College of Arts and Science, Nigeria), and Nwachukwu Prince Ololube (Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Nigeria)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 27
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8162-0.ch005
Abstract
This chapter employed Program Theory-Based Evaluation Design and Summative Evaluation Model to evaluate the merits and worth of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) from 2003 to 2013 as a distance education intervention. A sample of 902 was drawn from students of and staff of NOUN, National Universities Commission and conventional Federal Universities in Nigeria. Construct validated Program Theory-based Evaluation Questionnaire with reliability coefficient of 0.79 was used. Ten hypotheses were tested using ANOVA and independent samples t-test at 0.05 alpha. Results indicated that great discrepancy exists between the expected and actual outcomes of NOUN as it is significantly inadequate in addressing ‘higher education for all in need' intervention for which it was established. Though the objectives for which NOUN was established has been partially implemented as defined and aspects of its objectives achieved. The study recommends that the defected aspects of NOUN should be modified to meat stated objectives.
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