Vision and Mission
According to the website of the university, ZOU's vision is the "creation of a World Class Open and Distance Learning University by 2009". The core ideology of the university is "to develop a best-practice enterprise-culture-based open and distance learning university focused on influencing development and change". ZOU's website states its mission is "to empower people through life long learning, thereby enabling them to realise their full potential in an affordable and flexible manner while executing their various endeavours".
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