The university is working relentlessly to achieve the national goals through the launch of new programmes, courses in regional languages as envisaged in the New Education Policy to realize the goal of a 50 per cent GER by 2035. As many as 40 Online Programmes have been launched by the University last year, the VC said.
IGNOU committed to providing quality education at an affordable cost to millions of aspiring learners: VC
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Nageshwar Rao said that the varsity is committed to providing quality education at an affordable price to millions of aspiring learners in diverse disciplines offered by the varsity. IGNOU Vice-Chancellor was speaking on the occasion of the 75th Independence Day.
While addressing the crowd at the IGNOU campus in Maidan Garhi, Delhi, he said, "The university is working relentlessly to achieve the national goals through the launch of new programmes, courses in regional languages as envisaged in the New Education Policy to realize the goal of a 50 per cent Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) by 2035. As many as 40 Online Programmes have been launched by the University last year."
While applauding the role of varsity in advancing the NEP 2020 goals, he said, "The University has been entrusted with the task of training 10,000 teachers on the new policy by the government. "Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat" course has been introduced by IGNOU which has gotten a good response from the learners and 4,000 students have already opted for the course."
As part of the 76th Independence Day Celebrations at IGNOU, a number of activities were organized including Tiranga Yatra at the IGNOU HQ, distribution of assistive devices to students with disability and the booster dose vaccination camp.
Meanwhile, the IGNOU has extended the deadline for fresh admission to the July 2022 session. Candidates can now apply online for programmes including undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) courses for July 2022 session until August 25.
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