THE ROLE OF OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION

Abstract

The popularity and recognition of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) educational system is increasing day by day, the ODL programme is flexible and learner friendly especially to those who could not get access to formal educational system. ODL is more cost effective and take place while continuing full-time employment as well learning vocational agricultural education. Vocational agricultural education provides individuals or the society with basic or essential agricultural knowledge and skills to innovate them explore the environment for the betterment of the whole society or nation. Vocational agricultural skills are necessary for economical, commercial growth and national development. The vocational agricultural education deals with the skills necessary for ensuring high-level production in farming business. This paper pointed out the objective of open and distance learning through vocational agricultural education, role of Open and Distance Learning in vocational agricultural education and problems facing ODL through vocational agricultural education in Nigeria.