ABSTRACT
Following acceptance of an initial concept ‘paper’ in May 1974, the National Teachers’ Institute (NTI), Kaduna, Nigeria, was established by Federal government decree number 7 of 10 April 1978 in response to the national shortage of trained teachers. This case study examines the developing roles of the NTI and in particular the nature and costs of its distance-learning programme within the context of Nigeria’s educational needs.
