Community Development through Open Learning and Distance Education

The global need for community development is greater now in the early 21st century than ever before. According to UNESCO, half of the world's 195 countries will have to expand their stock of educationist significantly, some by tens of thousands, if the goal development targets are desired to ac...

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Published inBulletin of education and research Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 183 - 196
Main Authors Mehmood, Tahir, Ch, Abid Hussain, Saeed, Amna
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Lahore Knowledge Bylanes 01.06.2016
AsiaNet Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd
Institute of Education and Research
Subjects
Access to Education
Analysis
Change Agents
Community Development
Data Analysis
Developing Nations
Distance Education
Distance learning
Economic Development
Educational Change
Educational Quality
Educational Resources
Equal Education
Foreign Countries
Gender Differences
Job Skills
Learning Processes
Nongovernmental Organizations
Open education
Open Educational Resources
Social Differences
Specialists
Student Attitudes
Teacher Attitudes
Teacher education
Teacher Shortage
Teachers
Teaching Methods
Pakistan
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Summary:The global need for community development is greater now in the early 21st century than ever before. According to UNESCO, half of the world's 195 countries will have to expand their stock of educationist significantly, some by tens of thousands, if the goal development targets are desired to achieve. Socioeconomic inequities, political instability, demographic changes and crises such as the HIV/AIDs epidemic have engendered huge shortfalls in teacher supply and low teacher quality in many developing countries. Education serves as back bone in development process. Open learning and distance education programs are serving as pivotal part of development process.
ISSN:0555-7747