IGNOU launches web portal for students and partners

Updated on: Tuesday, March 08, 2011

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has launched a web portal for students and partner institutions (PIs). “It would play a vital role in providing guidelines, publishing information and enhancing interaction,” an official said.

"From distance learning, we have come to distributed learning. The portal has a list of programmes currently on offer with all details; support services for registration and evaluation; a query management system and a space for interaction in the form of community blogs and discussion forums. There is also a list of PIs that students can access by clicking on the relevant links," the official said.

The portal has been designed and developed jointly by the Advanced Centre for Informatics and Innovative Learning and the International Division of the University in the Electronic and Media Production Centre.

Internationally, IGNOU programmes are offered through PIs in various countries. At the moment, there are over 40,000 students studying in 40 countries, supported through 67 PIs.

IGNOU, according to UNESCO, is the world's largest university with almost three million students in India and 33 other countries.

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