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Notes (b) Campus reading is prohibited in Open University. Therefore, these are also open in terms of locations.
(c) Their teaching methods are considerably diverse and open. They use the methods which are more helpful.
(d) These universities are open in terms of ideas.
‘’The basic principle of open universities is to look forward to unleashing the idea or innovation and
continuous experiments to be perfect.’’
“Open University is indeed an experiment or an ideology that is based on new needs and new
innovations. It is the most important centre of academic progress to higher education whose doors are
open to everyone, with no fastening, no boundaries and no hesitation. It uses scientific methods, neo-

innovations of educational technology and maintains flexibility in nature. It provides equal opportunity
for all takes care of everyone’s needs and tries to be coordinated and helpful for everyone to the end.
These are open book, you can study whatever and as long as you want. This free/open university who

offer higher education in the field of distance education is a new dynamic dimension.”
(S.P. Kulshreshta, 1999)
Objectives of Open University
Following are the important objectives of Open University:
(1) To provide higher vocational education and technical education to a large portion of the population.
(2) To provide the necessary education to persons in need, (especially those living in the distant rural
areas), teachers and women.
(3) To add the individuals and institutions to the development of the country through various
programmes of Open University.
(4) To give students the opportunity for higher education through distance learning and other modern
communication systems used in education.
(5) To keep the development of education and adult education.
(6) To increase the public knowledge and capacity by motivating students, according to needs of
employment by education and nation building.
(7) To develop the coordinated human behaviour.
(8) Providing quality education at the university level.

Instructional Methods
Following instructional methods are used in the Open University—
1. Printed Study Material
2. Radio
3. Audio and video cassettes
4. Television
5. Teleconferencing
6. Other audio-visual means
7. Experimental contents
8. Self-instructional material etc.

30.10 Personal Contact Programme

Most Open Universities conduct personal contact programs at the Distance Education Study Centre for

limited time for all the problems, difficulties and addressing questions by registered students in which
main points related to the course are explained and their problems are solved.

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