EDUCATION IN INDIA

Benefits of Distance Education

It is inexpensive.  The employment market is highly competitive and the best jobs go to persons possessing requisite qualifications.  In many organisations, getting promotions depend on the possession of higher qualifications.  The correspondence courses provide them opportunities to enhance their qualifications.  In particular, distance education is a boon to housewives, who can use their precious leisure time to enhance their educational qualifications and employment potential.

In India have increased student registration for distance education courses. Public good in regular university courses have been very competititve on limited number of places in specialised professional courses. Distance learning Council is an organization responsible for promotion and coordination of the Open University and distance education system and for the determination of their standards in India. The Council was formed in the Indira Gandhi National Open University Act (1985). See a list of programmes approved by the Council (education) distance and distance learning in Indian States.

There are a number of universities offering a course in MBA through correspondence in India. Distance learning courses are popular in India and many students will earn MBA degree while you work. You can search the list of universities offering MBA by distance learning through the following pages.

In addition to the aforementioned institutions complemented efforts towards the improvement of technical education with a number of recognised Professional Engineering societies such as the

• The institution of engineers (India)
• Department of chemical engineering (India)
• Department of electronics and Tele-Communication Engineers (India)
• Indian Institute of metals
• Department of industrial engineers (India)
• The Institute of town planners (India)
• Indian Institute of architects

to carry out technical studies at different levels (degree and diploma) for working professionals who wish to improve their technical skills.

Eleventh plan destination for technical training

The quality of distance education courses
Distance education courses, success is based inter alia on three important factorshigh-quality, well-designed instructional materials in both printed and electronic media,

The use of distance education technologies based on new communications and information technology,

appropriate guidance and counselling in the study centre.

The Indian Government has made a number of scholarships for foreign students in the country. The names of few of the systems listed below-

• General cultural scholarship program
• Scholarship scheme for Mauritius and Sri Lanka
• ICCR scholarship programme
• Crafts instructor systems
• Apasaheb pants scholarship program
• SAARC Fellowship system
• Technical cooperation programme Colombo Plan
• Reciprocal scholarship programme
• Commonwealth Fellowship plan

Distance learning is the track alignment of three types of institutions:

• Departments in correspondence courses in universities and University-level
• Open universities shall participate only in the learning phase of higher education through distance mode, and
• A large number of private institutions which primarily offers professional training courses.

useful links

http://www.indiaeduinfo.com/openuniversity.htm

http://www.indiaeduinfo.com/cores/mca.htm

http://www.indiaeduinfo.com/online_universities/mba.htm

http://www.indiaedu.com/education-india/schools-and-colleges.html

http://www.indiaedu.com/education-india/education-system-india.html