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Development of Education System

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The Management structures of universities will be remodeled to provide
opportunities for greater participation of teachers at all levels in academic
administration.

7.3.9 Open University and Distance Education
The Open University System augments opportunities for higher education, ensures access, is
cost-effective and promotes a flexible and innovative system of education.
The Indira Gandhi National Open University has been established with these objectives and
came into existence in September.,1985. The University has been assigned the responsibility to
coordinate the distance learning system in the country and determine its standards. In order to
develop and strengthen the Open University System:
(1) To strengthen the delivery system of the Open University and the media support to its
programmes, discussions will be held with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
for provision of separate Radio and T.V. channels.
(2) In the discharge of its responsibility to coordinate the distance learning system and
determine its standards, the National Open University will frame necessary statutes for
the guidance/compliance of the State Governments who either wish to establish their own
open universities or want to take advantage of the facilities offered by the National Open
University.
(3) Arrangements will be made to develop a network of courses in the Open University
System. This would mean that a student joining one Open University can take courses
from another Open University. The system will, therefore, offer a wide variety of academic
programmes.
(4) It is essential that the quality of the Open University programmes and the efficiency of the
delivery system are ensured. Since adequate expertise and trained manpower in this area
are limited, it will be necessary that the Open Universities to be established develop their
programmes in close collaboration with the Indira Gandhi National Open University.
(5) State Governments will ensure that Open Universities are established after very careful
planning and that the required resources and facilities are available to them.

The National Open University will also give financial assistance to the State
Open Universities and departments of correspondence courses for development
purposes.

Under extention, it is proposed to encourage educational institutions to take up Programmes
which directly benefit the community and bring about the empowerment of women.
These would include actual implementation of development programmes directly aimed at
women's empowerment such as adult education, awareness building, legal literacy, informational
and training support for socioeconomic programmes of women's development, media, etc.

write the short notes on distance education.
Priorities and Machinery for Implementation : The following areas identified for implementation
of the National Policy on Education will deserve priority attention:

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