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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Zimbabwe: Distance Education Vital in Capacity Building - Kamurai Mudzingwa, All Africa
The Distance Education Association of Southern Africa conference held in Harare recently showed the importance of distance learning and regional integration on the continent. Distance learning -- which is known variously as external studies, correspondence education, independent study, home study and community study, among other descriptions -- has become an important concept in Africa. Initially, distance education was taken as an educational philosophy in the industrialised world, but now it is seen as an efficacious and cost-effective method of providing education in the developing world, particularly in Africa.
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