Indira Gandhi National Open University offers educational programs at par with the education and offers an extensive range of professional courses as well as vocational fields.
This university was established by a Parliament act to provide higher quality education through distance learning in various disciplines.
It caters to students having financial constraints and also to students in remote areas or even aspiring working professionals.
It has an efficient networking with over 1000 study centers throughout India.
Educational Streams
Indira Gandhi National Open University covers all levels of education including diploma, PG certificate, advanced diploma, PG diploma, Doctoral, Masters and Bachelors programs.
This university also enrolls foreign students and is renowned for its excellence of promoting and maintaining the levels and standards of distance education. It offers multimedia approach as instruction method and they offer materials as self-instruction.
There are counseling sessions, teleconferencing mode and various other instruction methods. Practical classes are imparted at selected study centers for computers, science, nursing, engineering and technology.
Evaluation is done through a continuous process through computer marked assignments, project work and practical assignments.
Faculties
The faculties include various fields namely, journalism, tourism hospitality, continuing education, foreign languages, engineering and technology, management studies, sciences, agriculture, vocational education, and more.
IGNOU also offers training and extension in its academic activities. It serves to maintain the standards and acts as one of the best resource centre.
Prominent Features
The prominent features of IGNOU are flexibility in terms of pace, place and duration, relaxed admission rules, student support services, special course materials, latest communication technologies, cost effective programs, and more.
IGNOU has an excellent network featuring 2300 study centers, 7 sub-regional centers, 59 regional centers and 52 overseas centers. This educational university offers 175 programs comprising of diploma, certificate and degree levels.
There are non-accredited skill oriented programs offered as well through schools. It has created a unique identity and recognition that this distance education is considered to be identical to other direct courses. |
