Wye External Programme: Current practices and prospects for development

Distance education can be more cost‐effective than conventional education. In view of scarce resources available to developing countries, it is, therefore, a valuable means of tackling educational problems. The paradox is that this mode of education has not yet firmly established itself where it is badly needed (except in a few Asian and Latin American countries). This paper does not attempt to discuss the paradox but examines the potential of creating programmes that can cross national boundaries, taking as an exemplar, the context of Wye External Programme. It is believed that such programmes can assist these countries in resolving current educational problems and pave the way for further developments.