open university in the world, has prepared a list of initiatives that
could be undertaken in the years to come to enhance its growth and
reach, Vice Chancellor V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai said on Tuesday.
"Special onsite admission campaigns are in the pipeline. Districts
would be assigned to faculty members volunteering to promote IGNOU
activities in that area with predefined objectives and accountability
parameters," said Pillai.
In addition, learning support mechanisms would be enhanced and contact
points for learners would be established, thus increasing the
contacts, he added.
According to Pillai, there are over 250,000 public educational and
training institutions in the country, all of which can become
skill-development centres without affecting the formal teaching and
other activities during class hours.
"These can be harnessed to provide skills to the untrained youth of
the country. IGNOU with its country-wide network of study centres has
the greatest potential in the country to address the issue of skill
deficit in Indian youth," he said.
Pillai also explained how the goal could be achieved with the regional
and study centres networking with local educational and training
institutions for providing modular skills in different trades and
vocations.
"Vertically integrated engineering programme, assessment and
certification of prior learning, the telecentre movement for
skill-upgradation and the collaboration with the rural NGOs are some
of the recent IGNOU interventions in the skill development sectors,"
he added. IANS
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