Emphasising Philosophy of Education For All in the Employment of Information and Communication Technology in Open Distance Learning for Sustainable National Development

Abstract

The paper is hinged on the projection of Education for All (EFA) by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to have development possibilities, a course to educate every willing individual; by the provision of educational opportunities) by the new projection of year of 2030, a possibility for every individual to have basic education. In all, due to population expansion associated social and economic developments, there has been a growing and compelling desire by many young people especially and considerable old people, across genders, to achieve tertiary education, and the problems have been that of the necessity and accessibility of such educational facilities due to their localities and their feasibilities, and brings to the fore, the demands for the general adoptability of Open Distance Learning (ODL) arrangement to meet with such objectives of EFA. The concern of this paper assessed the necessity of the employment of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) in meeting the EFA objectives through the adoption of ODL arrangement which is peculiar to tertiary education. The paper adopted the descriptive method of analysis. Hence, it considered that ODL arrangement will greatly help, if properly harnessed or adopted by all tertiary institutions to give education to those willing to be educated at any level of learning, as requested by UNESCO from all nations, living in areas distanced from the physical schooling facilities, but they should be met to assess education (teaching and learning) through the aids of efficient employment of ICT modelling, especially online studies platforms, in meeting the target populations, irrespective of their locations and social engagements. The paper concluded that, all objectives of such arrangement should be directed towards the realization of Sustainable National Development (SND) through the provision of qualitative, quantitative and assessable education in line with EFA Agenda.

Keywords: Education for All (EFA), Information and Communication Technology (ICT), (Open Distance Learning (ODL), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Sustainable National Development (SND)