The Open and Distance Learning Centre at Mzuzu University was opened in 2006 and enrolled its first group of students in 2011.[1] Interest in Open and Distance e-Learning (ODeL) is growing in Southern Africa. This mode is increasingly seen as an alternative route to for Malawi citizens to access higher education. [2] The National Council for Higher Education administers access to six institutions with their public universities selection (PUS)[3] process. ODeL offers school leavers and mature students an alternative route to access and enter into tertiary studies. The ODeL unit has five satellite ODeL centers. They are located in Mzuzu, Lilongwe, Balaka, Mulanje and Karonga.[4] Other public universities have followed MZUNI’s lead. For example, in 2016, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) established an ODL unit on their campus.
References
edit- ^ "Online and distance centres advance tertiary access". University World News. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ Chawinga, Winner Dominic; Zozie, Paxton Andrew (2016-07-08). "Increasing Access to Higher Education Through Open and Distance Learning: Empirical Findings From Mzuzu University, Malawi". The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning. 17 (4). doi:10.19173/irrodl.v17i4.2409. ISSN 1492-3831.
- ^ https://pus.nche.ac.mw/
- ^ "Online and distance centres advance tertiary access". University World News. Retrieved 2024-03-29.