AYF-News> Is there a need for Distance Education in Africa?

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Have a look at Africa, and you see bountiful natural resources, large labour
pools, and untapped markets - a continent rich in business potential. But if
you want to actually set up operations on the continent, you face forbidding
obstacles: the population's lack of education and training. Only 3% of 18-
to 25-year-olds enrol in college, and few have any business experience. 

It is about time this obstacle shrunk. Distance education - the use of
sophisticated communication technologies to connect geographically dispersed
teachers and students - should emerge as an efficient way to bring academic
courses and training programs to Africa. A model, the AYF intends to start. 
Forumers let?s discuss this. Will distance education break the gap in Africa
and is there a need? 

Moderator

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