IGNOU launches certificate course in gender, agriculture and sustainable development; check details here
Candidates aspiring to pursue the course must note that the online application window will close on March 15.
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has announced that it has launched a certificate course in gender, agriculture and sustainable development through open and distance mode. The course will be six months duration and the students who possess a Bachelor's degree are eligible to apply for the course. Candidates aspiring to pursue the course must note that the online application window will close on March 15.
According to IGNOU, the programme will address key issues on women’s participation in agriculture and farming. “Women and men are affected differently by economic change and development, and thus an active public policy is needed to intervene to close gender gaps. In this context, agriculture needs to look towards sustainability in its planning and policy process and the women’s contribution to sustainable agricultural development,” IGNOU in its release mentioned.
The programme aims to create awareness about gender roles and typology of issues in sustainable agriculture, knowledge on sustainable development in relation to gender and agriculture, to build capacities in gender research in agriculture. The course coordinator is Dr G Uma.
IGNOU offers more than 200 programmes at certificate, diploma, degree and doctoral levels. Two admission cycles are being conducted for the intake of students in a year in January and July. For the January session, the online registration for most of the courses usually starts from November every year and for July, registrations begin in May.
Owing to its widest network of learning support systems, it was declared as the largest institution of higher learning in the world in 2010 by UNESCO. As a world leader in distance education, it has also been honoured several times with awards of excellence by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Canada.
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