IGNOU at par with international institutions: VC

Updated on: Tuesday, January 04, 2011

V N Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor of The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), has said that the institution is at par with other national and international institutions of higher learning.

Pillai said that IGNOU has established itself as a national resource centre and a provider of quality education through its high-quality self-learning material and innovative programmes.

“Since 1985, the university has come a long way by contributing significantly to the development of higher education in the country through the Open and Distance Learning mode,” Pillai said.

"Education is disseminated in conventional, as well as emerging inter-disciplinary areas, such as consumer protection, disaster management, environment, human rights, women empowerment and child development, resettlement and rehabilitation, among others," Pillai added.

IGNOU has also entered into bilateral and multilateral alliances with several countries like Australia, United Kingdom, France, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Ethiopia, Madagascar, and Liberia.

The university has facilities for audio, video, radio, television, interactive radio and video counseling, as well as tele-conferencing. “IGNOU has also been identified as the nodal agency for running a 24-hour educational TV channel- Gyan Darshan - in collaboration with other institutions of higher learning,” Pillai further added.

IGNOU at par with international institutions: VC

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