AISECT signs MoU with IGNOU to roll out 500 AISECT IGNOU learning centres

Updated on: Friday, October 23, 2009

AISECT, All India Society for Electronics and Computer Technology, has recently signed an MoU with the Indira Gandhi National Open University. The aim of this collaboration is to launch AISECT IGNOU learning centres across the country to impart IT based education and vocational training programnmes. AISECT which has a network strength of about 6,500 centres present across 27 states and three union territories plans to roll out more than 500 IGNOU learning centres in the first phase. There are over 100 courses that a student can choose from. The AISECT IGNOU learning centres will be launched with seven IT and management courses, five hardware and networking courses and 17 vocational courses which will all be certified by IGNOU.

Santosh Choubey, Chairman and Managing Director, AISECT on signing the MoU said, “The objective of this partnership is to tap the huge potential of students who reside in rural India at the block and panchayat levels. The fact is that even today, millions of students in rural India are denied access to high quality, employment oriented and skill development based education. AISECT believes that the efficient use of ICT and the Distance Education model can help bridge this gap effectively.”

The various courses will be administered at the AISECT IGNOU learning centres at the district, block and panchayat level. Among these will be the Government of India sponsored Common Service Centres (CSCs) which have also been identified by the Ministry of Information Technology as centres which can offer IGNOU programmes. With this in mind, AISECT is specially designing a host of courses and has begun registration of students in all parts of the country. Students can also register themselves online at http://www.aisect.org

“There also lies a huge need today to build the vocational skills of people to make them immediately employable. Through this initiative AISECT hopes to help people gain a sustainable livelihood for themselves in their community,” said Choubey.

AISECT signs MoU with IGNOU to roll out 500 AISECT IGNOU learning centres

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