Promising facts about distance education universities in india

LAXMI NAGAR, India - Dec. 17, 2013 - PRLog -- Learning is one of the most important and a must not only to enhance the skills and the knowledge but also be in touch with the latest development of society with the touch of scientific advancement that it has brought through it. It is one of those factors that can be achieved irrespective of age, gender, caste or any other discrimination. The very mentioning of the word distance education we automatically understand the fact that it is a form of learning or education oneself irrespective of the distances that are there, it first came to being in India in 1985 as Distance Education Council (DEC) and since then it has been increasing its strides throughout the country and even in the most remote areas making education available for one and all.  Today it has grown to be one of the largest of its kind and there six types of institution that is offering it such as:

Under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education, Government of India has laid upon the University Grand Commission to bring forth that distance education in higher learning. The old system has now been modified in such a way to meet the demands of the present progress in these sectors, apart from it there are the old system which is formed by:

• National Open University

• State Open Universities

• Directorate (DEIs/DDEs)

As the distance education universities in india is undergoing tremendous change with time with the implication of various sections with print, television, radio, satellite, audio/video tapes, CD-ROMs, Internet and World Wide Web and many more. It has also transformed the way communication is being made between the learner and teacher with the assistance from electronic media apart from the time to time meeting with teachers at the study centers. One of the main reasons for imparting this system is to impart knowledge to one and all despite the difference of the area between them. It also provided opportunity to increase skills and be qualified for different jobs.

National Open University

State Open Universities

Distance Education Institutions (DEIs) -

• Institutions of National Importance

• Central Universities

State Universities -

• Deemed to be Universities

• State Private Universities

DEIs at Stand alone Institutions -

• Professional Associations

• Government Institutions

• Private institutions

List of distance education universities in India are:

• Indira Gandhi National Open University

• Amity University Directorate of Distance & Online Education

• Annamalai University

• Osmania University

• Sikkim Manipal University

• Nalanda Open University

• Symbiosis Center for Distance Learning

• University of Madras

• Mahatma Gandhi University

• Karnataka State Open University

• ICFAI University

• University of Calicut School of Distance Education

• Bangalore University Directorate of Correspondence Courses and Distance Education

• English and Foreign Languages University School of Distance Education (EFLU SDE)

• Kannada University Distance Education Centre

• Madurai Kamraj University Directorate of Distance Education (MKU-DDE)

• Mahatma Gandhi University School of Distance Education (MGU-SDE)

• Netaji Subhas Open University (NSOU)

• Rabindra Bharati University Directorate of Distance Education

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