The first On- Campus, Term- end Examinations for Face-to-Face Programmes of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) shall commence tomorrow and will conclude on 21st January, 2010.
The exams will be held for MA Social Work, MSc Chemistry, MA Journalism and Mass Communications, amongst others. The University has established Examination Centres at the New Classroom Block between Block 6 and 9 at IGNOU campus, Maidan Garhi.
On this occasion, IGNOU Vice Chancellor, Professor VN Rajasekharan Pillai said,” IGNOU is now looking forward to working on the Right to Education, Skill Development, strengthening the large number of study centres and consolidating the existing programmes.” With the availability of Educational Satellite(Edusat), the University is poised to take giant steps towards Information and Communications technology, web and satellite based education across the globe and pursue flexible and blended learning further.
The VC emphasised that the IGNOU system can be an effective model for education communities all over the world. The Open and Distance Learning system has brought into its fold a large number of students, who have got transformed into a useful human resource for promoting integrated national development and global understanding.
Although the primary aim of Open and Distance education has been to improve the Gross Enrollment Ratio, this is not to take place in isolation. The quality of teaching-learning processes needs to be improved. Technology capacitated distance education has enabled the university to improve the quality of distance education classrooms as well as to enhance the reach of education. IGNOU is continuously modifying and adapting the nature and mode of education delivery.
The enthusiasm of the journey has equally been supported by the Government with adequate outlay for higher education to achieve the target of increasing the participation rate in higher education, he added.
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