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education in India
June17,2015Sandeep0CommentDistanceEducation,DistanceLearning,india
Sincedistancelearningaimedataneasyandaffordableaccessto
highereducationforthemasses,itprovedverybeneficialtoavast
numberofstudentsscatteredacrossthecountry.Duetolackof
financialresources,alargenumberofambitiousyouthfind
themselvesunabletogetqualityeducation.Thismodeoflearningis
reallyveryadvantageousforlearnerswholiveatadistancefromthe
teachinginstitutionoreducationprovider.Anotherclearadvantage
ofdistancelearningisthesignificantlyenhancedlevelofflexibility
whencomparedtotraditionalcourses.Oneofthebenefitsof
distancelearningisthatthereisawidevarietyofmaterialsthatcan
meeteveryoneslearningpreferenceatleastpartofthetime.
Besides,educationalinequityisamajorissueinIndia.Ruralschools
oftenhavelesscontactwitheducationaltrends,fewerqualified
teachers,andmoreneedfortechnology.Distancelearningoffers
greatpotentialfordoingawaywiththeseissues.Distancelearning
canalsobefittedaroundexistingprofessionalandpersonal
responsibilities,allowingpeopletogainanewqualificationwhile
maintainingtheirearningpower,familylifeandleisuretime.With
distancelearning,youprogressatyourownpaceandsubmitworkor
takeexamswhenyouarefullyreadytodoso.Distancelearningis
notonlyconvenient:itisalsoeffectiveandaffordable.
Distance education
institutions offer courses
at different
First degree
Postgraduate degree
Diploma
Postgraduate diploma
Certificate
M.Phil.
Ph.D.
TheIndiraGandhiNationalOpenUniversity(IGNOU)istheonly
nationaluniversity.TherestareStateopenuniversities:
1 Dr.B.R.AmbedkarOpenUniversity(BRAOU),Hyderabad,
AndhraPradesh
2 VardhamanMahaveerOpenUniversity(VMOU),Kota,
Rajasthan
3 NalandaOpenUniversity(NOU),Patna,Bihar
4 YashwantraoChavanMaharashtraOpenUniversity
(YCMOU),Nashik,Maharashtra
5 MadhyaPradeshBhojOpenUniversity(MPBOU),Bhopal,
MadhyaPradesh
6 Dr.BabasahebAmbedkarOpenUniversity(BAOU),
Ahmedabad,Gujarat
7 KarnatakaStateOpenUniversity(KSOU),Mysore,Karnataka
8 NetajiSubhasOpenUniversity(NSOU),Kolkata,West
Bengal
9 U.P.RajarshiTandonOpenUniversity(UPRTOU),
Allahabad,UttarPradesh
10 TamilNaduOpenUniversity(TNOU),Chennai,Tamil
Nadu
11 Pt.SunderlalSharmaOpenUniversity(PSSOU),
Bilaspur,Chhattisgarh
12 UttarakhandOpenUniversity,Haldwani(Nainital),
Uttarakhand
13 K.K.HandiqueStateUniversity,Guwahati,Assam.
OpenschoolssuchasSymbiosisCentreforDistance
Learning(SCDL),UTSPuneandUniversitiessuchasSikkim
ManipalUniversity(SMU),AmityUniversity,Annamalai
University(AU)offerawiderangeofskillbasedprogrammes.
DistanceEducationInstitutes(DEIs)arespreadingtheirnetworkby
settingupmorestudycentresandinformationkiosks.Somealso
providelinkstoopencoursewaretodistanceeducationinstitutes,
overseas.DistanceLearning(DL)institutionscomeinvarious
forms.UniversitieslikeIGNOU,whichareOpenUniversities,
exclusivelyofferDLprogrammes.ManylikeDelhiUniversityare
DualModewhereintheyofferbothregularandDLprogrammes.
PrivateinstituteslikeInstituteofManagementTechnology(IMT)
andInstituteofCharteredFinancialAnalystsofIndia(ICFAI)also
offerprogrammesthroughDL.Butthebestpartisthatthedegree
awardedbyOpenUniversitiesisthesamedegreeawardedtoregular
collegestudents.
The following subjects can be studied through distance learning in
India:
Management
Business
Law
Public Administration
Psychology
IT and Telecommunications
Service Excellence
SomeofthebestcentresforDistanceEducationinLaware:
IndiraGandhiNationalOpenUniversity
NationalLawSchoolofIndiaUniversity,Bengaluru,Karnataka
Dr.AmbedkarLawUniversity,TamilNadu
KakatiyaUniversity,Warangal,AndhraPradesh
KurukshetraUniversity,Haryana
MaduraiKamarajUniversity,Madurai,TamilNadu
MahatmaGandhiUniversity,Kottayam,Kerala
S.N.D.T.WomensUniversity,Mumbai,Maharashtra
SomepopularDistanceEducationcoursesinLaware:
1.AlagappaUniversity(Karaikudi):PGDiplomainPersonal
ManagementandLabourLaw
2.AnnamalaiUniversity(Annamalainagar):BachelorofAcademic
Law(BAL);BachelorofGeneralLaw(BGL),ML;PGDiplomain
TaxationLaw:PGDiplomainLabourLawandAdministrativeLaw
3.BangaloreUniversity(Bangalore):PGDiplomainTaxationLaw;
PGDiplomainLabourLaw
4.BundelkhandUniversityCampusForOpenLearning
5.UniversityofHyderabad(Hyderabad):PGDiplomainCyber
Laws
6.KakatiyaUniversity(Warangal):BGL,LLM
7.KurukshetraUniversity(Kurukshetra):LLM
8.UniversityofMadras(Chennai):PGDiplomainLabourLaw
andTaxationLaw
9.MaduraiKamarajUniversity(Madurai):BGL,PGDiplomain
LabourLawandAdministrativeLaw
10.MahatmaGandhiUniversity(Kottayam):LLM,PGDiplomasin
AccidentCompensationLaw,ConsumerProtectionLaw,andLocal
SelfGovernmentLaw
1I.NationalLawSchoolofIndiaUniversity(Bangalore):PG
DiplomainEnvironmentalLaw
12.AmityLawSchool(NewDelhi):DiplomainCyberLaws(6
months).
YashwantraoChavanMaharashtraOpenUniversity(YCMOU)in
MaharashtraandNetajiSubhasOpenUniversity(NSOU)inWest
Bengalhaveperformedwellovertheyears.AndhraPradesh(DrBR
AmbedkarOpenUniversity,BRAOU),Maharashtra(YCMOU),
MadhyaPradesh(MPBhojOpenUniversity)andWestBengal
(NSOU)haveregisteredlargeenrolments.TamilNaduOpen
University(TNOU)hasbeenactiveinareaslikeLivelihood
Educationbenefitingthepoorandruralcommunities.Open
UniversitiesinRajasthan(VardhamanMahaveerOpenUniversityor
VMOU),Gujarat(DrBabasahebAmbedkarOpenUniversityor
BAOU),Karnataka(KarnatakaStateOpenUniversityorKSOU)and
UttarPradesh(UPRajarshiTandonOpenUniversityorUPRTOU)
havenotgrownmuchalongtheexpectedlines.
Distance Learning In India
As distance learning offers an opportunity of flexibility regarding
time and affordable courses, millions deem it fit to add something
more to their skills and qualifications for sure and attractive career
advancement.
Owing to the development in the area of Information Technology, a
new trend in distance learning mode has become popular with the
name of Online Education. But distance learning and online
education differ from each other to a great extent. Online learning