Learning Needs for Internally Displaced Youth in Northern Nigeria: Role of Distance Learning System

Bawa Nura, Mustapha Bayaro

Abstract


Insecurity such as increasing number of Boko Haram attacks, heavy-handed counter insurgency operations and many more have placed Nigeria to be Africa’s largest country with over 3.3 million internally displaced persons as at December 2015. This has affected the educational progress of many youth especially in North-Eastern Nigeria. The issues affecting education being an important factor in bringing social, political and economic development need special intervention. The paper has identified educational technology through Distance Learning System as solution to providing quality education to tertiary institutions’ students in the insurgency affected areas. The paper suggests that tertiary institutions in the affected areas through collaborative effort should provide students with mobile devices (tablets) that can be used for easy communication and transfer of soft materials for a peaceful and smooth teaching-learning process.


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