IGNOU inks deal to extend e-learning in rural area

October 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Friday signed an agreement with the Papua New Guinea University of Technology for a number of educational and training programmes. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) envisages development of cultural, educational and scientific ties between the two universities.

October 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has bagged a World Bank project worth over Rs.10 million to train agricultural researchers to boost eco-friendly farm productivity. IGNOU's School of Agriculture has got a research grant of Rs.1.04 crore to undertake the prestigious project on 'Innovations in Technology Mediated Learning', varsity spokesman Ravi Mohan said Tuesday.

September 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Indian Army and Indira Gandhi National Open University to meet the twin objectives of empowering soldiers educationally and providing an opportunity for a second career option. The MoU was signed by Lieutenant General Mukesh Sabharwal Adjutant General and IGNOU Vice Chancellor Professor VN Rajasekharan Pillai in the presence of Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor at South Block today.

September 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Australia's Deputy Prime MInister and Minister of Education, Ms Julia Gillard launched an ICT Enabled Diploma of Primary Education at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in New Delhi. Developed as a result of a 12-month collaboration between IGNOU and Australia's Queensland University of Technology, the diploma program will provide an understanding of the primary school curriculum, and the skills required to implement it effectively.

September 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - An Australian university Tuesday joined hands with the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) here to train elementary teachers in rural India and to help the country attain universal primary education. The teachers training programe will be conducted through IGNOU centres across the country, authorities of the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) said.

September 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Helping India attain universal primary education, an Australian university Tuesday joined hands with the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) here to train elementary teachers in rural regions. The teachers training programe will be conducted through IGNOU centres across the country, authorities of the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) said.

August 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The country's premier long distance education varsity, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has collaborated with nearly a dozen universities in as many countries to develop skills among 10 million rural people in the next six years. The aim is to make rural people skilled.

August 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is set to start a Master's programme in philanthropy so that trained people work for "the destitute, orphans, streetchildren, social outcaste, leprosy-affected and physically challenged". The largest open university of the world has admitted 20 students who will get educated more on face-to-face mode rather than its traditional distance learning mode in Master in Social Work (Philanthropy), a press statement said Monday.

July 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - If learning Urdu and understanding the rich literary heritage written in the language was on your mind, then here is your chance -- the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Friday announced a certificate programme to popularise the language. Launched by Minister of State for Corporate and Minority Affairs Salman Khurshid, the course is meant for those who want to know how to read, write and speak correct Urdu.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Impressed by its excellence in education and plans for further expansion, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday allocated Rs.500 million to the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). The Union Budget 2009-10 proposals said that IGNOU, which has been in the forefront of distance education, has been provided an allocation of Rs.900 million that also includes Rs.400 million for grants to state open universities.

July 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Saturday started 100 community colleges to bring a learning revolution among under-privileged students across the country. Launching the community college programme of IGNOU, Minister of State for Human Resource Development D.

June 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Considering the growing attraction among youngsters for the media, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is offering a variety of media-related courses in face-to-face mode from the current academic session. The university, which has always fascinated students for the wide range of courses that are available, is especially looking forward to students who have some media experience, as the course material has been developed with inputs from many international universities renowned for their communication departments.

June 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has halved the fees for ten programmes in its school of agriculture for candidates below the poverty line, rural youth and women, university officials said. "Of these courses five are diploma and five are certificate categories, which are high yield and vocation-oriented.

March 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Many aspirants for government jobs have been left in the lurch after the Delhi University distance learning course they undertook was not recognised by the recruitment body Staff Selection Commission (SSC). SSC, a government recruitment body constituted by the government, has cancelled the candidature of all the students who graduated from School of Open Learning (SOL), University of Delhi, claiming their degrees were not recognised by the Distance Education Council (DEC).

December 27th, 2008 NEW DELHI - Enrolment at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is estimated to cross two million by January 2009, the university said Sunday. The current percentage of enrolment amounts over 15 percent of the entire higher education enrolment in the country.