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The Indira Gandhi National Open University
(IGNOU), since
its establishment in 1985, has contributed significantly to the development
of
higher education in the country through the distance mode. The University follows
a learner-centric approach and has successfully adopted a policy of openness and
flexibility in terms of relaxed entry qualifications, period required for completion
of a programme and place of study.
The University at present
offers 125 programmes of study through 1000 courses to a cumulative student strength
of about 14,33,490. These programmes are offered in widely diverse areas and at
different levels covering Doctorate degree, Master’s and Bachelor’s degree, Postgraduate
and Undergraduate diplomas and certificates. The education is disseminated in conventional
as well as emerging inter-disciplinary areas such as Consumer Protection, Disaster
Management, Environment, Human Rights, Tourism, Women Empowerment and Child Development,
Participatory Forest Management, Participatory Planning, Resettlement and Rehabilitation,
Teacher Education, Food and Nutrition, Continuing Medical and Health Education,
HIV/AIDs, Laboratory Techniques, and On-line Learning. One of the notable contributions
has been to achieve greater access to programmes which were hitherto exclusively
limited to face-to-face classroom transactions. These include Physical and Natural
Sciences, Nursing, Health, Engineering and Technology, Computers, Bachelor of Education
(B.Ed) and Library and Information Sciences.
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