Distance learning- gaining popularity in India

The education campaigns, NGOs seminars, word of mouth, lectures in different small cities have paid well, with more of Indian citizens realising the importance of education. The need of making their children educated and helping them gain higher education is spreading among the Indians. This can be credited by the increase in number of students enrolling for distance education courses from different universities of India. Due to the absence of colleges at their home towns or the permission not granted at home for travelling to different cities, students opt for distance learning courses. Not only this, most of the students opt for distance education these days, so that they can work side by side.

Many reputed organisations motivate their employees to opt for higher education through distance learning. One of the most popular distance learning courses is MBA, which is opted by a large number of students in India. Universities like Symbiosis distance learning, IP University, Amity, IGNOU, Sikkim Manipal University, are popular for providing education in MBA courses. Other universities and colleges for distance learning courses in India are:

Indian Institute of Commerce and Trade

· University of Madras Institute of Distance Education,

Barkatullah University-Institute of Open and Distance Education, MP

Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning

Institute of Distance Education Jiwaji University, MP

Department of Distance Education, Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar

Nalanda Open University (NOU)

The details about the courses at these universities can be gathered from their websites. Like at Symbiosis distance learning centre, there are diploma courses for almost every field, from business to technology to writing. So, the students can choose their course according to their interest. The admission procedures to these universities are different from each other. Also, these universities have centres in different parts of the country, to make it easily accessible to students. Many universities also take entrance exam even for distance courses. Therefore, the applicant will have to do a proper research before he chooses a university for his choice of subject.

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Gurleen Kour