Research team
- Professor Vincent Ado Tenebe (Lead Researcher)
- Dr Olugbenga D. Ojo
- DrYemisi I. Ogunlela
- DrAnthonia B.Yakubu
- Dr Dorothy Ofoha
Duration: 2016 – 2017
Funded by: Commonwealth of Learning
Project objectives
The objective of the research project titled “Minority Students in Graduate Studies: An Exploration into Women’s Accessibility to Higher Education through the Open and Distance Learning Mode in Nigeria” was to determine the effective strategies required to handle minority women’s barrier to accessing graduate studies in Nigeria through open and distance learning mode. It identified the factors that have prompted minority women despite observable barriers to access graduate studies and education generally. It also provides an appropriate response to how minority women in graduate studies see their access to education.
Summary of the outcomes
The findings identified the major barriers/challenges that the women experienced living in a patriarchal society, such as the cost of education, Islamic injunctions, traditional culture, lack of family support and time. With their quest for formal education through the ODL mode, they have been provided with a platform to manage their time and finances, and make their dreams, of impacting their society positively, possible. Several recommendations were also enumerated based on the findings.