NAGPUR: In a big reform aimed toward offering higher facilities, Indira Gandhi National Open University (Ignou) has made up our minds to start out new find out about centres best at executive faculties and institutes affiliated to a identified university. Exemption can be restricted to prison and far flung spaces of the country, said Ignou vice-chancellor Nageshwar Rao on Sunday.
Flanked by regional director P Sivaswaroop all through his seek advice from to town, Rao said as consistent with new Open and Distance Learning Regulation, Ignou has requested all centres without any association to get the compliance inside 3 months. “Study centres can’t be deboarded abruptly and we have to give positive time,” Rao said.
Sivaswaroop said Nagpur has 34 find out about centres at Nagpur University, Institute of Science, Vasantrao Naik Government Institute of Arts and Social Sciences, GH Raisoni College and a few in Amravati Univesity.
Rao said Ignou plans to incorporate the centre’s name at the levels as smartly. “It will make find out about centres accountable,” he added.
Another reform planned within the upcoming year can be conducting online exams and imposing choice-based credit system (CBCS) for BA, BCom and BSc course introduced by Ignou.
“We are making plans to change it. First year can be annual development, while students can be given alternatives from the second year to make a choice electives. We already have a number of courses. This may be rolled out from July 2019 batch,” Rao said.
He admitted that CBCS, which involves two semesters in an educational year, would no longer be easy to enforce.
Rao said the year proved to be vital for open and distant training studying institutions. “The new law is a landmark. So far, every open university was following its personal norms. NAAC rating for open universities would now be a will have to which again is a great determination taken by the federal government,” he said.
After scrapping nod for online course, HRD ministry has allowed us to run them again,” he said.
Rao also disclosed that the previous 365 days had been tough for Ignou students especially as a result of difficulties in offering find out about subject matter. “We are running on an app to provide them seamless content material on their cellphones,” he said.
Flanked by regional director P Sivaswaroop all through his seek advice from to town, Rao said as consistent with new Open and Distance Learning Regulation, Ignou has requested all centres without any association to get the compliance inside 3 months. “Study centres can’t be deboarded abruptly and we have to give positive time,” Rao said.
Sivaswaroop said Nagpur has 34 find out about centres at Nagpur University, Institute of Science, Vasantrao Naik Government Institute of Arts and Social Sciences, GH Raisoni College and a few in Amravati Univesity.
Rao said Ignou plans to incorporate the centre’s name at the levels as smartly. “It will make find out about centres accountable,” he added.
Another reform planned within the upcoming year can be conducting online exams and imposing choice-based credit system (CBCS) for BA, BCom and BSc course introduced by Ignou.
“We are making plans to change it. First year can be annual development, while students can be given alternatives from the second year to make a choice electives. We already have a number of courses. This may be rolled out from July 2019 batch,” Rao said.
He admitted that CBCS, which involves two semesters in an educational year, would no longer be easy to enforce.
Rao said the year proved to be vital for open and distant training studying institutions. “The new law is a landmark. So far, every open university was following its personal norms. NAAC rating for open universities would now be a will have to which again is a great determination taken by the federal government,” he said.
After scrapping nod for online course, HRD ministry has allowed us to run them again,” he said.
Rao also disclosed that the previous 365 days had been tough for Ignou students especially as a result of difficulties in offering find out about subject matter. “We are running on an app to provide them seamless content material on their cellphones,” he said.
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