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Unit 26: Distance Education :Concept, Need and Modes of Distance Education)

Self Assessment Notes
1. Fill in the Blanks :
(i) Distance education is a form of education in which there is long distance between
............... and ................... .
(ii) The opposite of distance education is ................. education.
(iii) According to Prof. F.R. Jovens Distance education is also called ....................... .
(iv) The basic difference between the correspondence education and distance education is
the use of mode of ..................... .
(v) In ............................ there may be minimum education qualifications prescribed for
joining a course.

26.2 Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
The University came into being on December 1985 by an Act of Parliament.

26.2.1 Mission and Objectives of IGNOU
These included the following:
— Introduction and promotion of open university and distance education system in the
educational pattern of the country.
— Widening access to higher education for large segments of the population, particularly the
disadvantaged groups.
— Ensuring relevance to programmes of education by relating them to the needs of economic
development, employment and empowerment of the people of India.
26.2.2 The Strategic Goals of the Open System of Education
The strategic goals the IGNOU sets for itself are:
(i) To expand higher education facilities and widen access to education that will empower
increasing diversity of people.
(ii) To ensure relevance for educational programmes by diversifying the course provisions
and developing high-quality, multi-media open learning curriculum, designed to meet
the academic, technical and vocational needs of diverse student groups.
(iii) To reach out to large number of learner groups, especially those who have no
opportunities to pursue good quality higher education programme, and enable them to
acquire knowledge, skills and competence to become productive participants in
development.

What are the objectivs of IGNOU?

26.2.3 Special Features of IGNOU
University stands significantly apart from others because of:
— national jurisdiction;
— flexible admission rules;
— individualised study : flexibility, in terms of place, pace and duration of study;
— use of latest educational and communication technologies;

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