The types of training and support needed for those responsible for effective student support are as follows:
1. preserving and managing records, admissions counseling
2. Information on admission and registration and administrative support
3. Modules/Course Content sent via mail and library services.
4. counseling as well as tutoring
5. Establishment of Study Centres
6. Various forms of electronic communication, including telephones, radio, audiotapes, video, and television. The list constantly expanding as a result of the development of technology, particularly in the developed world where new inventions are being invented every day.