Open and Distance Learning as a Strategy for Human Capital Development: Issues and Challenges

Human capital everywhere in the whole world is the mainframe that upholds the development of both government and private establishment structures that sees to the growth and continued existence of all services that make the country a habitable place for her citizens. They are the people that plan, coordinate, organise and also manage whatever is being put together for the development of their nation be it health, education, economic and infrastructure development. They are those behind all the policy formulations and executions. For the purpose of progress and improvement in the societal development of all available structures in the society, there is need for proper education, training and retraining of this workforce. This paper therefore showcases the option of an Open and Distance Learning (ODL) system as an inevitable strategy for human capital development.