![]() ![]() 123 Darojat Ojat, Chandrawati Titi Diedericks Hanneli.Ĩ4 Casimiro Leni Chen Ying, Chen Ke 115 Darojat Ojat. 171 Iwuchukwu Onyeka, Kelikume Genevieve.ġ54 Gunduz Osman Mehdi, Hasrat Almaz İsrail Inegbedion Juliet Obhajajie. 180 Jakovljevic Marija 186 Job Gabriel C Khar Thoe Ng, Suma Parahakaran, Thien Lei Mee 210 Le Van Thanh. 270 Ouyang Xiyu 272 Rajguru Hemant, Shewale Madhukar, Yashwantrao Chavan 278 Rapp Christian, Margarov Gevorg, Gulbahar Yasemin, Zhurbina Natalia, Shykova Olena 285 Roberts Jennifer, Gous Ignatius 289 Sabo Elizabeth 302 Shchelkonogov Mikhail 310 Sherrie Lu Hwangji.Ģ30 Li Dun, Xu PingĤ Mahapatra Sukanta Kumar Nguyen Van Quang 251 Obaka Abel Inabo 257 Olusanya Samuel Olumuyiwa, Ebobo Christiana Urowoli Oosthuizen A G, Davis A. 316 Spamer Manie, Van Zyl Marinda Sri Sediyaningsih Santosh Sujata, Ayyagari Ravi. 332 Tenebe Vincent A., Galadima Madu Baba. 363 Tuaru Velepat 367 Vento Gianfranco 377 Wang Jin-Long, Chen Jian-Bo, Hung Shu-Chiu, Chen Chun-Man, Lin Wen-Ting, Ming Chua Xu Wei. 392 Yang Mei-he, Wang Chun-ying Ye Xuan Lin Zhang Daiĥ Xiangyang Zhang, Xiaofeng Ye, Shuchiu Hung 424 Zubaidah Ida 433 Zubieta Garcia Judith, Rosario Freixas Flores Zubieta-García Judith, Bautista-Godínez Tomás, Germán-Castelán Edgar Albert 451 5Ħ KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: THE ROLE OF OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING (ODL) IN NIGERIA Adedeji Abiodun L. Odishika Vivian A., National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Nigeria ABSTRACT: In today s globalized, competitive and technologically driven world, human capital is seen as the major engine of growth and development especially in the industrialized nations where the majority of their labour force is highly skilled, and the main driver of growth is service provision, which is no doubt knowledge driven. #Courseforum industrial organization uva driver# Education is seen as the key to economic development, as it is through education that humans can acquire the skills and knowledge needed to effectively utilize the scarce resources at their disposal. This paper uses descriptive analyses, employing secondary data from existing literature to compare ODL in Nigeria with what is obtainable in other parts of the world, with the aim of addressing the efforts made by ODL in this case National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) which is the first and for now the only unimode ODL tertiary institution in Nigeria, in providing education fit for economic growth of the nation and it also addresses the areas it is lagging behind. From the result gotten it was found that NOUN has greatly increased the number of graduates in Nigeria, and it has provided education that is apt to the needs of the economy as regards human capital development for economic growth for example, nursing, lifelong learning, vocational and entrepreneurial courses. ![]() However, the paper found that the institution still needs to improve the quality and capacity of its infrastructure and human resources on ground so that it can compete with key players in other countries of the world like Open University United Kingdom, Open University Malaysia among others and therefore recommends adequate funding of the institution by the government. KEY WORDS: Knowledge Economy, Economic development, ODL, Education, Capability INTRODUCTION In recent time, globalization, international competition and the rapid evolution of information and communication technology (ICT) have triggered various 21st Century challenges, such as changing employment practices, crave for knowledge and societal values as well as expanding international trade and commerce. #Courseforum industrial organization uva driver#. ![]()
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