Abstract:

An attempt is made in this paper to find out learners'perceptions and feedback on various aspects of two professional development in distance education programmes of IGNOU in general and face-to-face (F2F) academic counselling workshops in particular. Learners from Ethiopia, Liberia, Madagascar and Ghana who had enrolled for the programmes and attended academic counselling workshops under IGNOU-IICBA scheme were the sample for the study. The findings reveal the success of these programmes, and particularly the utility of academic counselling workshops, as also some of the difficulties~limitations which should be taken care for such international programmes.