Bonfring International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management Science
Online ISSN: 2277-5056 | Print ISSN: 2250-1096 | Frequency: 4 Issues/Year
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Sustainable Higher Education for Empowering Women through Open and Distance Learning Programmes of IGNOU
Abstract:
Indian higher education system has entered into the digital era with technology-enabled learning to attract digital natives and reach out to diverse sections of the society. Open and Distance Learning (ODL) is considered as a mega model to reach the largest section of the society with flexibility of system to cater the educational needs of millions in the society. The Government of India has launched Digital India, Skill in India and Make in India schemes aiming to cover the population to develop knowledge and skills for the needs of future, as the Indian subcontinent has world?s second largest population and major economic resource hub in Asiatic region. Many foreign countries aim to cover the Indian population for marketing their products in the globalised world, as the impact of information and communication technologies favors boost in economical growth all over the world. Empowerment of women through education is the real need for the society, and Open and Distance Learning (ODL) system in India has been found as suitable model for empowering women from various sections of the society like minorities, poor, housewives, differently abled and socially disadvantaged people. Even though number of universities, institutions and colleges are present in the higher education domain of our country, the thirst for higher education still is not fully resolved due to various factors. The present chapter examines the role of Open and Distance Learning in Indian higher education system to empower women through various innovative programmes of study, thereby increasing their potential of knowledge and skills for societal needs.
Keywords: Higher Education, Open and Distance Learning, Population, Empowerment of Women, Knowledge and Skills.
Volume: 3 | Issue: Special Issue-03
Pages: 107-111
Issue Date: February , 2018
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