Education Minister lays foundation stone of IGNOU regional centres buildings virtually
The Education Minister said that IGNOU plays an instrumental role in taking higher education to the masses and the top-notch infrastructure is imperative to provide quality education.
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan laid the foundation stone of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) regional centres building in Bangalore, Noida and Pune. Owing to the COVID-19 restrictions, the event was held in virtual mode. While addressing the event, the Education Minister said that IGNOU plays an instrumental role in taking higher education to the masses and the top-notch infrastructure is imperative to provide quality education.
Talking about the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in the context of higher education, especially Open and Distance Learning (ODL) system of education, the Education minister said that the new policy aims to establish India as a global knowledge hub and ODL system by IGNOU needs to have regulations to enable the same.
Prof. Nageshwar Rao, Vice-Chancellor, IGNOU during his address said that it is a historic occasion for us at IGNOU.
While thanking the Education Minister for laying the foundation stones of the RCs at Noida, Pune and Bangalore, Professor Rao said that we will work together to achieve the goals that have been set by the Ministry in fulfilling the larger objective of making the country a Global Knowledge Hub as is envisaged in National Education Policy 2020. He laid stress on using tech-enabled education as mentioned by the Hon'ble Minister in the address.
Professor VC, IGNOU Prof RP Das in his address said it is necessary to have facilities at the regional level to provide quality student services.
Prof. Uma Knajilal, Pro-VC emphasized on embracing technology to become tech-enabled and provide better services to learners by being smart regional centers. Prof. Sumitra Kukreti, Pro-VC said that having its own infrastructure at key places of India will boost IGNOU's reach and coverage, providing quality education and also increasing the GER.
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