RETENTION AND FAILURE IN DISTANCE EDUCATION: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE NATIONAL TEACHERS INSTITUTE (NTI) KADUNA

ABSTRACT

This study sets out to determine the factors leading to wastages among distance learners of the Teachers' Grade II Programme of the National Teachers' Institute Kaduna. This is with a view to finding possible Solutions to reducing the failure rate and increase the rate of retention. The data collected through the instruments used were analysed with the chi-square and analyses of variance (ANOVA) to determine the influence of the various factors on the failure and retention rate of the Teachers1 Grade II distance learners.