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Balaji Institute of Modern Management, Pune; Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune; International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai; Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha
Indira Gandhi National Open University, known as IGNOU, is a public open & distance learning university located in Delhi, India.Named after the former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985 with a budget of ₹ 20 million, after the Parliament of India passed the Indira Gandhi National Open University Act, 1985 (IGNOU Act 1985). [4]
The Distance Education Bureau (DEB) is a bureau of the UGC based in New Delhi, India, in charge of regulating distance education in India. [1] It was established in 2012, replacing the DEAC , an organisation that was responsible for open learning and distance education since 1985.
Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at school, [1] [2] or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance. [3] Traditionally, this usually involved correspondence courses wherein the student corresponded with the school via mail.
It was established by the Ministry of Education (erstwhile Ministry of Human Resource Development) of the Government of India in 1989. [ 2 ] NIOS had a cumulative enrollment of about 15 lakh (1.5 million) students from 2004 to 2009 at secondary and senior secondary levels and enrolls about 3.5 lakh (350k) students annually which makes it the ...
In June 1999, MSC's stockholders voted to change the company's name to MSC.Software Corporation. [5] In July 2009, MSC Software was acquired by the private equity firm Symphony Technology Group. [6] The "dot" was dropped from the company's name in 2011 and the company's name is currently MSC Software Corporation.
The International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) [1] is a membership-led global organization in the field of online, open and technology enhanced education. It consists of more than 200 higher education institutions and organizations in some 84 countries. [2] Founded in 1938, the ICDE has its permanent secretariat in Oslo, Norway.
The private education market in India had a revenue of US$450 million in 2008, but is projected to be a US$40 billion market. [29] As per the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2012, 96.5% of all rural children between the ages of 6–14 were enrolled in school. This is the fourth annual survey to report enrolment above 96%.