How do national and regional differences affect distance education policy? In
many cases in distance education the lines of responsibility between levels of government
are blurred.
Often distance education is a national responsibility, with limited authority delegated
to lower levels of government. Sometimes it is a provincial or state responsibility, with
the national government playing only a limited part in policymaking. And in large
countries especially (such as Australia and Canada), distance teaching institutions often
reach across state or provincial boundaries to serve students in other jurisdictions.
Government attempts to regulate responsibility for distance education have seldom been
wholly successful, as shown by such examples as the Australian attempt to set up national
distance education centers and the Indian provision for a national open university with
oversight over the state open universities.
More resources on national or regional differences
- Ministry of Education. 1998. Draft National Policy Statement on
Education. Swaziland resource.
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